How thinking about death can change your life

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Have you ever been in a job where you feel undervalued and under-appreciated? Then, when you finally hand in your notice, your boss does a speech at your leaving do that showers you in so much praise, it makes you feel as if you actually want to stay after all - while also making you feel pretty frustrated that no one said this while you worked your arse off every day for the past three years?

I can’t help thinking this is a bit like how people talk about you after you die.

It’s a real shame that people don’t get to hear all of the nice things that others say about them once they’re dead. Of course, the reason I’ve been thinking about this recently is because of the sad and untimely death of Matthew Perry. As a fair-weather Friends fan, I didn’t know much about him, but I found all of the tributes extremely moving. It sounds as though he was not only very talente…