The extremely adorned pace skater retired after the 2010 winter Olympics and located a brand new calling: to “reinvigorate, remind, and assist information” individuals to their internal potential, he advised Fortune CEO Alan Murray on the Brainstorm Well being convention in Marina del Rey, Calif.
“If you happen to had been 90 or 80 years outdated and will return to your age right now, what would you inform your self or remind your self concerning the the rest of these years you could have?” he requested the viewers.
“And the way a lot of that stuff would you say, ‘Hey, bear in mind all that small stuff you bought mad about? Why don’t we simply enable that stuff to not be concerned together with your day after day? It’s not an necessary facet.’”
Ohno mentioned he asks himself 4 inquiries to reside an extended and more healthy life.
- How am I sleeping?
- How am I transferring?
- How am I consuming?
- How am I pondering?
The questions are easy, straightforward to recollect, and might be requested each day. Ohno mentioned the simplicity of this apply makes it extra sustainable.
“I’m not trying to find perfection right here – I simply need to get a deal with on these areas,” he mentioned. “Once I look within the mirror, am I okay with who I see? Am I accepting that particular person?”
For extra life recommendation, learn Ohno’s newest e-book, Exhausting Pivot: Embrace Change. Discover Function. Present Up Absolutely.
