Imagine yourself on your deathbed, looking back on the life you have lived: what will your family in particular, and society in general, remember most about you? What will be the legacy you would like to leave behind?
Your legacy is, in fact, much more than your portfolio, property, money and enterprises you leave behind. You are rarely judged by the number of great achievements in your life, but by the quality of life that resulted from your accomplishments. Your legacy is the end-product of your life. What is ultimately important is not what people think about you and your political or economic achievements but the performance of your purposeful actions that result in a positive impact on other people’s lives. Thus, your person is not your legacy; you are simply the one who manifests your legacy.
It is a fact that truly worthwhile legacies are left behind by those who strove to make the world a better place for others to live in. Lasting legacies are recorded in the hearts of others rather than in records. At your passing away if it can be said that you left the world in a condition better than when you entered it your legacy will outlive the limits of time!
To create a living legacy, you need to start with what you value most. You’ve got to spend time focusing on your current actions and their implications for the future. How do your actions support your values every single moment of your life and contribute to the good of others? At the end of the day, let your heart mull over the question: what quality does the legacy of my life reveal today?
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