^^I don’t think guys like that, guys who have no introspection, think in terms like “time left”. I think they have spent their whole lives moving forward very fast and powerfully and to hell with the collateral damage, the debris field they leave behind. In their case, it is rewarded behaviour. Introspection is for softies, compromisers, losers, in their book. They consider it a form of weakness.
Remember Ted Turner and how he was back in the ‘70s? He was one unenlightened, rich, complete dumbass when it came to anything other than eating small media companies. I cite his interview with Jacques Cousteau back then. Completely out of his water, made a damn fool out of himself on his own cable channel. Cousteau was amazingly patient trying to make him understand the problem of ecology of the seas. Ted just couldn’t get it because it had to do with something larger than himself, the health and welfare of the planet he never gave thought to.
But then, Ted married Jane Fonda. And he came out the other end of that a totally different guy. He came out a fairly knowledgeable, good guy and began putting his money into good things for important changes, like the Cousteau Foundation, for reasons other than PR. I don’t have any hope for Trump, but Ted’s story shows the difference between a total numbskull and a numbskull’s potential.