A recent study said that the single biggest regret of people on their deathbeds is living their lives according to others’ expectations of them.

The son is absolutely right to forge his own path — it’s not so much about whether love will come, as the near-certainty that he would wind up on his deathbed thinking, “I really should have done the other thing.”

Hard work, in support of something meaningful, is indeed more powerful than pleasure.

But it’s your meaning, not your father’s.

Find Your Why.