In Winning Edge’s Take Another Step System, an inspirational leadership workshop, we will assist in developing a Leadership Legacy for each one of your leaders. What do we want people to say about us when we are 84 years old?  

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: 

1)How do you make people feel?  

Think about the most impactful people in your life. How did they make you feel? What did they do to get you to feel great about yourself? People will remember more about how you made them feel, rather 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. When we intentionally and consistently think in this way, we can inspire everyone around us to take another step.

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. Therefore, we must bring intentional focus with purpose to our daily behavior and actions.

3)What do they know about you?   

For people to know us we must be open about our successes, failures, and experiences. What do you want those around you to know? What parts of your life can serve to inspire? 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. When those around us know, see, and feel that we are genuinely offering ourselves, then everyone will be inspired around us to be their best version of themselves.

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.