And if you think that you have a high chance to make it to 100 because some of your ancestors lived that long, you should know that the estimated heritability of lifespan is modest, between 15 and 30 percent.
“Every time you confront something painful, you are at a potentially important juncture in your life— you have the opportunity to choose healthy and painful truth or unhealthy but comfortable delusion.”
― Principles: Life and Work
― Principles: Life and Work
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