Monday 4 August 2014

Why it helps to write your own Eulogy

The year is 2060. Occasion is your funeral. Your friend is preparing an eulogy for you. What would you want him/ her to say?
 
As odd or morbid as the question may sound, you'll be surprised to know that this is one of the assignments given in the Leadership program at the London Business School.
Not as easy as it seems, it takes a lot of introspection to come up with the eulogy, in the process making one reflect on different aspects of life ranging from career, to family, friends and society in general.
 

 

 
Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.

 

 
Going ahead in time, and planning life backwards can help us to understand what really matter to us, how we would want people to remember us.

 

 
Steve Jobs

 

 
Several thoughts had crossed my mind as I sat to attempt the assignment.
 

 

First, it served as a strong reminder that our life has an expiry date, post which we live through the memory of our family and friends.


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