As we continue to grow our digital platform, check out my wife, Mickey, and me on Legacy Builders Podcast. A big thanks to Eric and Madison Madej for the opportunity to share our wins and loses in building our legacy. Listen or watch the full episode
At the bottom of this Weekly Fuel, there are some highlight comments made by myself and my wife (Mickey) while on the podcast.
Peter Strople says, “Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people.”
So what will your family, your teammates, and your community say about you?
Consider these 3 things daily to create your Winning Legacy:
- How do you make people feel?
- What do they see you do?
- What do they know about you?
1. How do you make people feel?
People will remember more about how you made them feel than what you did or didn’t do for them. Take those life experiences, and find the leverage to be better for the people around you. We can take the good and bad and turn it into fuel for our family, people, and community. Leave this place better than you found it.
2. What do they see you do?
People hear what you do, not what you say. I can hear my Mother reminding my Dad, “those boys are watching you.” Remember, a legacy is something we leave in them, it is not something we give them. It has been said that our conscious mind can handle around 4,000 bytes of information per second, whereas our unconscious mind, through all of our senses, can process around 4 BILLION bytes per second. Whatever the actual number, the unconscious mind functions as a supremely powerful computer.
3. What do they know about you?
At the proper time, and having developed a trusting relationship, we can share our true story—our triumphs and vulnerabilities. We can invite others into the hard lessons that we have learned, so that they can be better equipped for our common struggles.
This challenge is to be conscious of our daily behavior and actions to make sure that we are leaving a legacy that encourages everyone to take another step.
What is your Legacy that you are leaving inside of people today?
Exercise:
Write down 5 impactful people in your life that inspired you to be great? How did they make you feel, what did you know about them, and what did you see them do? You can also see how a person negatively impacted you in how they made you feel. Then for us to be a great leader we just do the opposite of what they did.
This is a very energizing and thought provoking exercise to help you Create a Winning!
Here are some clippings from the podcast:
Greg’s comments:
“He (My Dad) would never let us say anything bad about anyone.”
Mickey’s Comments:
“Everyone is deserving of grace.”
One thing to tell the next generation:
We all need trusted advisors in our life! - Greg
Relationships are vital! - Mickey
