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All of us spend so
much of our lives
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trying to make our
future selves happy.
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We don't stop to ask, "Is it
possible that in 20 or 30 years,
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our future selves are
going to ask us,
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"What made you possibly think
that that is what I would want?".
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We don't imagine, fundamentally,
that we're going to have
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a different outlook or
a different perspective,
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that we're going to be different people.
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If you accept the idea that you're
going to be a different person
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in 30 years' time,
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you should play an active role
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crafting the person you
are going to become.
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You should be the curator
of your future self.
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You should be the architect.
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Expand your horizons,
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because you're going to become
someone different,
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you might as well be in
charge of deciding
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who that person is going to be.
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