CREATING A LEGACY TO BE PROUD OF
It's surely a desire most or all of us have, that our life on this planet when we leave it will have meant something to someone.
That we will have left some kind of legacy for people to remember us by, preferably in a kindly and grateful way.
In a novel I read recently, one of the characters, Harold to his mother and Harry to everyone else, has a troubled life and eventually comes to a sticky end – actually being executed, shot dead, by one of the mobsters he has spent too much of his life hanging out with.
Yes, I read that kind of novel from time to time. 😊
Years later, Harry's older brother, now very wealthy but having lived a lot of years with a sense of guilt for having treated Harry too sternly, endows a new arts centre building, in Harry’s name (although as “Harold”, which their mother would presumably have preferred), at a local university.
At the dedication ceremony, the older brother looks up at Harry/Harold’s name prominently displayed on front of the building, forever or at least for a very long time.
He remarks to a family member, “Harry always wanted to have his name on something”.
Which is another way of saying Harry wanted to be remembered (for something better than hanging out with mobsters).
He wanted to have left a legacy.
For many people, of course, their legacy is in the form of money and/or property left in a will, for family members or charities or causes.
For others, it can be some form of having made a difference in the world, made an impact of some kind, “left their mark” as we say.
Many people do that in a small way, say with volunteer work in their local community, and that’s great.
But the reality is that to make a difference on a large scale, we generally need to have access to substantial amounts of money, and plenty of time.
I’m working on that through my forex business.
Which I’ll talk about another day.
Right now, I wanted to share with you an event happening this weekend which is focused on legacy.
In fact, it’s called The Legacy Event.
The Legacy Event is about helping us make more money and/or more time, and make an impact on the world.
The people providing the training are two mentors of mine, highly successful entrepreneurs and superb trainer/coaches. Kate Gray and Jeffrey Slayter.
This will be a hybrid event, both in person and online.
From past experience with Kate and Jeff, I know it will be informative, inspirational, challenging - and fun! 😊
Yes, I know it’s late notice but if this could help you create the legacy you want to leave, I’d rather have done this at the last minute than not at all.
And it’s FREE to attend.
Saturday July 30th through Sunday August 1st, 10 am to 6 pm, Australian Eastern Standard Time.
Yes, tomorrow and the day after.
Here is the link, for details offline and online, and to register:
Do let me know if you have decided to be there, in person or online.
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