Robin Sharma

And one day he walked into his physician's office to receive the results of a routine medical.

And the physician came back in, the doctor came back in with an expression you never want to see on the doctor's face when you're waiting for your results.

And the doctor said, you have 90 days left to live approximately, you have inoperable brain cancer.

And sadly, he passed away roughly 90 days later.

But Rangan confronted with his mortality, and I'd love to talk a bit more about the power of mortality and intimacy with it.

But confronted with his mortality, he decided to use the business skills he'd used as a corporate titan and reverse engineer the last 90 days of his life to be what he called a perfect moment creator.

Because he had realized in all his years as a mogul, he had never taken his wife to lunch.

He had missed Christmas concerts with his daughter.

And he'd never taken long walks with his great friends in Central Park.

And so that's what he did in an act of great wisdom in his last 90 days.

He just looked for these moments that filled him with awe and wonder and joyfulness and peace.

And so I think that's often worth more than millions in the bank.

I mean, we remember those things and they stay in our hearts and souls with us much more than any kind of a win.

And if we go to the science again, because again, I know you're a scientist.

Look at the work of Sonja Lubomirsky, one of the preeminent positive psychologists.

And she talks about hedonic adaptation.

And as you know, hedonic adaptation means...

You say, oh, I wish I had a million.

You get the million, it feels good for a little while, and then it becomes your new normal.

You say, I want to get a Ferrari, and then my problems will be all okay.