WHEN I WAS 17, I READ A QUOTE THAT WENT SOMETHING LIKE: ‘IF YOU LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT WAS YOUR LAST, SOMEDAY YOU’LL MOST CERTAINLY BE RIGHT.’ IT MADE AN IMPRESSION ON ME, AND SINCE THEN, FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS, I HAVE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR EVERY MORNING AND ASKED MYSELF: ‘IF TODAY WERE THE LAST DAY OF MY LIFE, WOULD I WANT TO DO WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO TODAY?’ AND WHENEVER THE ANSWER HAS BEEN ‘NO’ FOR TOO MANY DAYS IN A ROW, I KNOW I NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING.