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The Eulogy Method 🪦

2024-01-30 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:38 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Goals, purpose and life design · mode: Explanation and tutorial

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali's eulogy method asks what you would feel good about a family member, friend, relative or co-worker saying at your funeral; they would speak of your character, relationships and impact rather than money made for an employer, so use it to reappraise what matters now.

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00:00:00 — The eulogy method: what would you feel good about people saying at your funeral

  • ★★★ Ali's eulogy method: ask yourself what you would feel good about someone saying in your eulogy, thinking of a family member, a close friend, a distant relative and a co-worker speaking at your funeral. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says the eulogy method gets at what you value by looking from other people's perspective. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says even your co-workers would be unlikely to say at your funeral that you helped them close million-dollar deals: they would talk about your character, relationships, hobbies and positive impact on the world, not the money you made for your employer. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ Ali advises applying the eulogy method to your life today: ask what the life you want people to remember in a few decades means for the life you should build now, and reappraise what matters. — 00:00:00

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Central: funeral technique

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

Also centred on funeral technique: Change Your Life by Journalling - 10 Powerful Questions

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