Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life by Eugene O'Kelly

Chasing Daylight: How My Forthcoming Death Transformed My Life

by Eugene O'Kelly

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Memoir & Biography

In May 2005, at 53, the chairman and CEO of KPMG in the US learned he had terminal brain cancer and roughly three to six months to live. Eugene O'Kelly chose to spend that time deliberately, and this memoir is his account of how he did it.

Core ideas
  • Saying goodbye: He set out to reach about 1,000 people from his life and tell each of them how they had mattered to him.
  • Perfect moments: With the time left, the aim became clarity, living each day intensely and noticing the moments worth keeping.
  • Finished by his wife: He died on 10 September 2005, and Corinne O'Kelly wrote the book's concluding chapter after his death.
Published2005
Pages179
ISBN9780071471725
ReadJan 2023

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