September 9, 2025

How much would you pay to have it back?

Olympic Gold Medalist, performance coach, and longtime friend-of-the-list, Joe Jacobi replied to my last message with a fantastic reframe (shared with permission):

Bon Dia, Jonathan!

I hope all is well with you and you’ve had a great summer.

As I started re-reading Essentialism (not sure how many times now, maybe 10?), this post reminds me of a great prompt that comes up early in the book that is a play on your theme:

“If you didn’t already own the assets you currently have, how much would you pay to have these assets back?”

For me, it fits into the thought exercise of a clean slate as well... maybe for some, a great push to start over.

With gratitude, Joe

Wow, I think I REALLY need to read that book :-)

As always, thanks to Joe for writing in!

Yours,

—J