Best Life of Your Life: The BLOYL Podcast, Episode 17

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Welcome back to Best Life of Your Life!

So, how are we creating our Legacy? I know, ‘Legacy' isn't a word that most people use to discuss their daily activity, but regardless, you ARE in the process of crafting your Legacy, right now. So, since we're building one anyway, let's make sure we're deliberate about it, and exercise some intelligent decisions as we do.

I know there are some people out there who might be struggling with real issues right now, like keeping the bills paid, shuffling the kids activities and keeping the peace with their better-half. So the idea of their ‘legacy' hasn't even crossed their mind. Understandable, but I respectfully believe this misses the point of EVERYTHING we do.

Since you're here reading this, I'm sure you truly understand that we have an opportunity (and responsibility) to leave our mark on our world. This goes way beyond business, bills and being on time for this weeks game. The most important thing is the person we become, and the person we influence our families and friends to become. NOTHING trumps that gift, that responsibility, that opportunity.

The old way of thinking about “legacy” was that its something left behind after your dead and gone. But its so much more than that.  Your legacy is who you are at the end of the DAY, not just at the end of our life.

If we get so overly focused on some financial goal, or business goal, or the goal of creating a family structure and routine that LOOKS normal and acceptable, or fitting in with what's socially expected and casually admired, — if we get so caught up with the things we want to get or create, we might make the mistake of losing track of who we've become in the process.

It's easy to think of a “legacy” as a business, an amount of wealth, works of art — all of these things are important, and play their part in who we are — but they are not WHO we are.

As Maya Angelou so eloquent stated, “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

That's the reality of our legacy. It's ultimately something that exists when we're not even in the room. It stays behind as a memory of us, or a feeling we've instilled in someone else that influences their behavior, and in turn, has a trickle-down effect on their family, their friends, their life and business, their legacy.

We are, in a sense, infecting each other with our influence. What will your influence be? What will be your legacy? After all, like most things in life, it's simply a matter of choice…

Today's episode gives you 4 things that are powerful factors in determining the quality of your legacy. I sincerely hope it elevates you. Thanks so much for listening and sharing!

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Resources from Episode 17:

The 4 Factors that create your Legacy…

  • Recognize that your legacy is happening NOW, TODAY, IN THIS MOMENT

  • Be an Observer

  • Consistent Action

  • Decide, ahead of time, what you're going to do when you just Don't Feel Like It.

Please, send me a message and let me know HOW today's episode influenced you. Talk to you soon…