I had forgotten about this book. I believe I got it as a gift for St. Nicholas’ Day in 2014. After hearing Tai Lopez read a few passages from it, I knew I had to read it.
On The Shortness Of Life is the definite call to action to end procrastination, and it’s 2,000 years old. De Brevitate Vitae in Latin, Seneca the Younger wrote it in 49 AD, as a moral essay in form of a letter, addressed to his father-in-law.
People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy. ~Seneca
If we had a bank account into which $86,400 were deposited each day, with the remaining balance being deleted at 12 AM, we’d all be sure to draw out every cent and spend it wisely. Yet, we gleefully give away the 86,400 seconds we’re given each day to strangers and senseless pursuits. Seneca will help us change that.
Here are my 3 lessons from this timeless masterpiece: