I was stunned when the reports started coming through last weekend about the death of Kobe Bryant.

My first thought, as it sadly often is in this day and age, is that it was "fake news".

However, as the reports confirmed the death of Kobe, his daughter, and seven other passengers, I reflected on his tragically shorted life.

I have actually used Kobe as an example a couple of times in my seminars and in my books to illustrate key points.

As I thought how I could pay tribute to Kobe, I decided not to come from the basketball angle or family angle that most tributes were focused on.

Instead, I wanted to pay tribute to how Kobe's example could help us, even after he is gone, and even if you have nothing to do with basketball.

In this week's episode of the Author Your Life podcast, I share what these three lessons are.