Nostalgic

I’m feeling nostalgic. It seems to be happening more and more frequently.

I suppose nostalgia increases with age because as you get older, you are constantly reminded that time is rapidly slipping away.

Sometimes, I think about my family.
Sometimes, I think about close friends.
Other times, it’s people who I might have impacted along the way.

I think a lot about what I should do with the time that’s left.

Last year, I tried to estimate how much longer I had to live.

You can use all kinds of online tools to get a range, which is usually less than you thought it would be.

My Mom and Dad both lived into their 90s, but if you calculate all of the health factors, the results came out to 5 to 15 years for me. (a year ago)

Now I still estimate 5 to 15 years not because I have better data or because my life expectancy is increasing, but just because I want to be optimistic.

The truth is, we never know.

I have a number of friends living and coping with deadly diseases, but I may not outlive them and you might not outlive me.

I repeat myself and wonder if I have anything left to say.

With all the things I’ve learned, the knowledge I’ve obtained, and the life I’ve experienced, I’ve discovered a significant life still comes down to the basics.

Faith in the face of uncertainty.
Hope in the face of despair.
And of course, it all comes down to love.

And that is best served without judgment or expectation.

The rest fades.

There is no more time to be nostalgic. THIS moment is meant to be lived!

All the best,

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Ken McArthur

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Ken McArthur is the founder of ConnectLab.live, an AI relationship-intelligence and warm-intro platform that helps founders who are raising find the funds that fit and the people who can introduce them, and helps fund managers connect with the founders they back. He was recently accepted into Harvard Business School Foundry. He also writes Raise Smarter, a daily newsletter on what's really moving in early-stage fundraising. Ken challenges us to realize we ALL have an impact, whether we want to or not, on thousands of people we touch in our day-to-day lives, and he shows that simple things make a HUGE difference. ConnectLab.live grew out of that belief. Connection is the currency of the 21st Century, and the right introduction can change a company's future. Long before ConnectLab, Ken was the popular host of live events that brought together top-level marketers, entrepreneurs, business owners, corporations and non-profit organizations to build multi-million dollar joint venture relationships. He has managed product launches ranked in the top 400 sites on the Internet and is regularly asked to speak at leading marketing events. He created AffiliateShowcase.com, a pioneering affiliate program search engine and directory. He also founded the MBS Internet Research Center, which conducted the world's largest survey ever attempted on creating and launching successful information products. Ken was the official mentor for Sterling Valentine as he took his launch from zero to over $100,000 in less than 8 days, a proof of concept documented in Info Product Blueprint. Today he puts that same skill for connecting people and launching ideas to work for founders and the investors who back them.

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