Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 49 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom.

Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life (Part 6)

Thank you for joining us for our 7 day a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. By consuming these daily wisdom nuggets, you will grow in wisdom as you listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. You'll also receive understanding and guidance on each day of life’s journey.  This is Day 49 of our Trek, and we will continue today and tomorrow learning how changing our thinking can dramatically change our lives.

We are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. By the time this episode airs on Sunday, July 19th, we will be back at The Big House for a little over three weeks, as we continue renovations and prepare for a family gathering on Paula’s side of the family.

Although this is day 49 of our trek, we started on Day Zero, so I am pleased to announce that this is our 50th episode!  It has gone by quickly, and I want to thank everyone who has listened.  My prayer is that each day’s trek has been encouraging and enlightening.  Leave us comments at Wisdom-Trek.com, and let us know how we can improve and serve you more effectively.

Life is a trek, and we are all in this trek together. Each day as we gain wisdom and insight, let us do all that we can to live life each day so that we are leaving a legacy.

We have stopped by waypoints 1-9 so far, so we only have three more to go.  I encourage you to apply each waypoint to your life so that you can become more wise and successful. Let’s continue on life’s trail until we reach waypoints 10 and 11.

As we ended our podcast yesterday, I asked you to consider two more questions:

Am I consciously rejecting the limitations of common thinking in order to accomplish uncommon results?

Am I consistently searching the minds of others to think “over my head” and achieve compounding results?

Consider these questions each day and apply them to your life.  This will help you to change your thinking and start down the trail to a changed life.  As we are on this trek of life together, one of the most important ways of thinking is found at our 10th waypoint.

10. Practice Unselfish Thinking

Unselfish thinking is beneficial because it enables personal fulfillment, adds value to other people, and increases the quality of your life. When you engage in unselfish thinking, you become part of something greater than yourself. It is only possible to create a long lasting legacy by thinking unselfishly and investing in others. Here are five ways to cultivate the ability to think unselfishly:

Put others first. When you think unselfishly you make a commitment, both mentally and emotionally, to look out for others’ interests.

Find situations where people have needs. One way to practice unselfish thinking is for you to find situations where people have needs and then do something about it. At first, the kind of giving you provide is not all that important; the goal is for you to learn how to give.

Give quietly or anonymously. After learning how to give, you must learn how to give when nothing is provided to you in return. Anonymous giving results in spiritual, mental, and emotional benefits.

Invest in people intentionally. Consider different people and their journey, and then work together with them. To possess the characteristics of an unselfish thinker, you must make sure the other person in a relationship wins first.

Continually monitor motives. It is in your human nature for you to put yourself first. This is true of everyone. It is important for you to examine your motives to ensure that you are not acting for selfish reasons.