The Legacy Drawing Board

Loss is a part of life.  We cannot escape it.  All the more reason to prepare for it by building strong relationships and continuing to tell your story.  In this episode, I discuss the importance of mourning for a loss and how to serve others by sharing your loss.   

Retirement is now a transition instead of a termination.  Throughout the decades, we transition and grow.  We will arrive at a point when we will move on from a way of life.  A smooth transition to "retirement" requires design and purpose.   

Olga Korbut was the sensation of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.  Through her innovation on the uneven bars, she elevated women's gymnastics to new heights in popularity and inspired millions to become gymnasts.  Without her groundbreaking work, there are no X-Games and other forms of artistic athletic expression that we see today.  

Small business owners provides us with daily and personal lessons on legacy building and leadership.  These individuals have a purpose to provider better solutions and services and commit to this purpose by meeting all the responsibilities of running a business and by treating customers as friends and family.  

In this episode, I interview author Catherine Wergin Schweikert and discuss the her book The Compassion Remedy and how to leverage the psychophysiological benefits of compassion to beat burnout, renew relationships, and enjoy greater well-being.  

A Charlie Brown Christmas is a beloved holiday tradition.  Yet, this long-running special nearly did not make it past its first showing.  Listen to this episode and learn how creator Charles Schulz, producer Lee Mendelson, and director Bill Melendez stood by their convictions to bring this treasure this life.  Their actions against disbelieving and argumentative sponsors and network executives provide us with valuable insight into leadership skills.   

In this episode, I reflect on my friend Gene and his legacy.  He was a small business owner, employer, husband, father, and a community builder.  He did much of this from his comic book store.  A former employer remembered Gene because "So many of us took shelter under his canopy."  

The value of teaching children is outcome-based, but resides in the effort.  Whether a seed sprouts or not should never deter us from planting seeds.  In this episode, I discuss how the seeds I planted as a Little League coach bloomed many years later.  

Your life and legacy are multi-dimensional and multi-faceted.   Designing your intended legacy requires awareness of your pursuits and harmony among your responsibilities and functions.  Listen to see that your life is more than a journey of 26.2 miles.  

Three of the seven deadly sins in particular will derail your legacy building.  Wrath, envy, and pride will damage relationships, leaving behind legacies of destruction and wasted opportunities.  Listen to learn how to reduce the impact of these sins on your legacy.