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What does it mean?
The speaker claims most people do not truly fear their own death.
In plain terms
People resent death but act as if it cannot happen to them.
What can you take from it?
Most people ignore their own mortality until it happens.

Where it applies

  • grief
  • health crises
  • existential moments

Putting it to work

  • accept mortality
  • plan for end
  • empathize with loss

Questions to consider

  • Do you truly accept you will die?
  • How do you treat your own safety?

Another view

This is a generalization that may not apply to everyone.

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