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Re:Advice from Harvard Business School's Class of 1963 by maaku on Monday November 18, 2013 @11:15AM (#6754977)
I reject the premise entirely. Death does not give life meaning. Life gives life meaning.

Procrastination is a human error. You can choose to live each day to the fullest without embracing deathism.

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Re:Advice from Harvard Business School's Class of 1963 by melling on Monday November 18, 2013 @12:21PM (#6755442)
I guess first we'd have to define "fullest." Your meaning and mine are probably completely different. If all you want is to be in that happy place, well, ... good luck. I bet Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates have a different idea about what they want/wanted to accomplish with their lives.
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Re:Advice from Harvard Business School's Class of 1963 by derleth on Monday November 18, 2013 @01:42PM (#6755988)
> Death does not give life meaning. Life gives life meaning.

I never disagreed with this.

> You can choose to live each day to the fullest without embracing deathism.

I almost disagreed with this.

My point is that procrastination has its payoff as well, but, even if you don't die, the payoff from doing as much as you can is higher.

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