Charles Handy thought for the day on writing one's own obituary while young and alive in order to make sense of one's life and how one wants to be remembered. Handy begins the thought discussing graduation ceremonies and how the best parts of them, for Handy, are the conferrals of honorary degrees, which he describes as obituaries for the living. He goes on to talk about how he requires his management students to write their own obituaries, in effect describing how they wish to be remembered and for what. Handy proceeds to describe the obituary as a way to make sense of one's life, to redeem it.
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Charles Handy thought for the day on writing one's own obituary while young and alive in order to make sense of one's life and how one wants to be remembered, July 6, 1993; Charles Handy Papers; Box 18, Folder 9; 1 page
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