According to the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, the average life expectancy for a U.S. citizen is approximately 79 years. That’s 4100 weeks before you become organic compost and a legend (maybe in your own mind but that's OK). And we all know life is turbocharged most of the time. Tick, tick, tick . . . 10 years have gone by . . . tick, tick . . . another 5 years . . . Have you 
ever thought about how many weeks you have left? Are you living those weeks? Really living those weeks? Doing something you love, in a place you love, with people you love? Some people pack 4100 weeks of achievement, adventure and action into their lives while others consider multi-tasking: Drinking Bud Lite to reduce calorie count while munching Cheetos in greasy recliner simultaneously dreaming of doing yet watching others live life on TV and listening to the clock tick . . . tick . . . tick . . . another 10 years gone.
Which category do you think Richard Branson of Virgin fame falls in? How about you?
OK, so if you want to watch TV, let’s make it a story of living life. Secondhand Lions is a great example of how to fill 4100 weeks. It's a story about two cousins played by Robert Duvall and Michael Caine. These old guys squeezed the juice out of life. They were soldiers, entrepreneurs, adventurers, guides, farmers, lion tenders, good Samaritans, mentors, characters and unsuccessful pilots. These boys lived fast and hard until the end and had no regrets.
On 4100weeks.com, you’ll find stories about making the most out of life, finding your path, embracing adventure and success in your career and personal life. You’ll find stories of life-living heroes. These heroes are people that make it happen, superheroes and everyday heroes that: Run the bases, slide hard, love to learn, test themselves, live like there is no tomorrow, give back, get their uniform dirty, find new challenges, treat their mind and body like a temple, pass their skills on to others, start new businesses, don't waste a moment, make no excuses, don't always succeed but always try, love the challenge of a start-up, know the journey is part of the reward, know that family is everything, live their values, never stop learning, think readers are leaders, believe that old is a state of mind. like to count countries or states visited, have fear but push through it, know that 25 push-ups are a start to 30, like to read about it but like to do it even more.
