Rich Roll

I didn't reach my athletic peak until I was 43.

I didn't write my first book until I was 44.

I didn't start my podcast until I was 45.

At 30, I thought my life was over.

At 52, I know it's just beginning.

Keep running, never give up, and watch your kite soar.

To me, it means that change is always possible.

And I think that we put all of this pressure on ourselves.

We are in a hurry all the time to get to some place.

And we're indoctrinated into that at a very young age.

From the beginnings of school, where we're chasing grades and trying to get to the next level, there's always some goal that we're chasing or some gold star that we're grabbing for.

And we're measuring our self-worth against the

extent to which we're keeping up with our peers.

And so this race begins before our brains are even close to being formed.

And we carry it through our entire life, putting pressure on ourselves, always believing that we're behind and we have to catch up or we're just never going to get like, quote unquote, there.

And I think that's a real violence that we do, this socially imposed violence.

And in my experience...

Yes, life is short.

We have one precious life.

We should all devote ourselves to making the most of it, but life is also long.