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“You get one lifetime to live. You have one shot to live out your purpose, in one body, with a lot of compartments in your life that need to work together.”

Now I am going to get a little personal. Specifically, I want to talk to you, about you as a person. Note: I said ‘a’ person — that is singular.

Compartmentalization does not just affect what you choose to think about, it affects how you act. Many people change themselves to suit whatever area of life they are currently dealing with. They are one type of person at work, and then have an entirely different code of ethics elsewhere, such as home. While this is a wide practice and may be deemed as normal by many, there is nothing healthy about this approach to life.

Different situations bring out different parts of one’s personality. That is to be expected and is very healthy — I encourage that. However, if someone practices situational ethics — meaning, they change their definition of right and wrong depending on the situation and who they are with [or when no one is looking] — this is a false person. They will have trouble finding real happiness and peace because they cannot be real themselves.

Whoever you are, Kids, own it and be that person in all situations. You will hurt and cheat people otherwise; no one more than yourself. You will also lose your grip on who you truly are. Whoever you are, be proud of it. If you cannot be proud of it in your own soul, and feel you need to hide it from certain [or all] people, make the necessary changes so you will never have to hide it again.

Promise me this. If you remember nothing else in this book, remember this chapter. I implore you to read it as many times as you must until it becomes part of your bones. It is that crucial to living a life worth living.

You get one lifetime to live. You have one shot to live out your purpose, in one body, with a lot of compartments in your life that need to work together.

No matter how hard you try to compartmentalize your life, all aspects of life will spill over into the others. No matter how hard you try to pretend harmful elements, influences, or practices in one aspect of your life are contained to that aspect alone, they will infiltrate every area of your life and everyone involved.

As long as you are going to spill all over yourself and everyone else, make sure it leaves a positive stain otherwise known as: a legacy.

One action will influence every aspect of your life. No matter how hard you try to be a different person to different people, in different situations, remember: “Wherever you go, there you are.” ~Confucius.

You can try to keep a secret to yourself, but you cannot keep a secret from yourself. You have one reflection in the mirror that accounts for the culmination of everything you think, say, do, and do not do, in the different areas of your one irreplaceable life.

Mortal inevitabilities will decide how long you have to work life out. You will never know in advance how long that will be. You have one chance to learn everything you can, give everything you have got, and leave the world a better or worse place than when you entered it.

I love you too much not to beg you: Do everything you can do to live your one life as extraordinarily as you can.