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April 20 - June 24, 2021
2. LIVE THE LEGACY YOU WANT TO LEAVE
Someday people will summarize your life in a single sentence. My advice: pick it now!
3. CHOOSE WHO WILL CARRY ON YOUR LEGACY
There is often a natural progression to how leaders develop in the area of legacy, starting with the desire to achieve: Achievement comes when they do big things by themselves. Success comes when they empower followers to do big things for them. Significance comes when they develop leaders to do great things with them. Legacy comes when they put leaders in position to do great things without them.
A legacy is created only when a person puts his organization into the position to do great things without him.
4. MAKE SURE YOU PASS THE BATON
“We have made at least a start in discovering the meaning in human life when we plant shade trees under which we know full well we will never sit.” —ELTON TRUEBLOOD
“A life isn’t significant except for its impact on other lives.” —JACKIE ROBINSON
2. Based on your ideas you developed concerning the legacy you want to leave, what must you change in the way you conduct yourself so that you live that legacy?
3. In whom will you invest to carry on your legacy? Ideally, you should pick people with greater potential than your own who will be able to “stand on your shoulders” and do more than you did.
As you work to build your organization, remember this: Personnel determine the potential of the organization. Relationships determine the morale of the organization. Structure determines the size of the organization. Vision determines the direction of the organization. Leadership determines the success of the organization.
