Legacy is all about powerful, positive leadership. It is about looking forward, thinking long-term, and creating something sustainable — not just focused on current income, but on long term value.
I found a quote recently that aptly addresses all these considerations. As a lawyer, I found the source to be quite remarkable, though not surprising. While coming from an entirely different ethnic background and part of the planet, I share many Native American philosophies on living and working in harmony with our planet Earth – and in tune with what they call Great Spirit.
So what is this legacy wisdom – this significant piece of enlightened leadership? It’s this:
“In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions
on the next seven generations.”
(From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy)
How would your life and your work be different if this was your decision-making focus? What would you be doing differently? How quickly can you shift to that mindset and make the changes you need to make?
The world is waiting for your own exercise of real power – the power to do good while doing well, and the power to positively impact the people around you and those who follow (and who follow them, and follow them, and follow them …). Are you up for that challenge?
Our 7 Steps To Creating Your Legacy program has been a joy to deliver – and to watch what participants develop from there. Keep an eye on the site to get details on how you can do something different in your work and life to incorporate this wisdom and make a positive impact on your partcular corner of this world! Sign up for the Creating Legacy Kit (top right) and we’ll keep you posted on upcoming events.
Here’s to a better planet 7 generations from now – heck, hopefully yet during this generation! Cheers, Dolly
Yes, it is all about our legacy. Yes, and the question is, “What is it like, this place we prepare for our children to lay their blankets? And how well should they sleep tonight, knowing what we have done!”
I have written a book on this very subject (see http://www.redmoonhombre.com) … and the hope of this book is to begin to recreate the perspective of taking care of our Mother the Earth … before all else. The book is called “Songs of the Shaman, The Path of the Feather”.
If you have occasion to read this material … I would be very interested in your comments.
Thx
Rob
Hi Rob,
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your work. Truly a wonderful legacy project is the book you have fashioned for the teachings of Red Moon Hombre! Legacy is about giving our deepest, most authentic gifts – and sometimes, as in your case, it is being gifted and receiving it authentically and whole-heartedly – and then, either way, taking action and doing something those gifts to share with others. I am sure many people will be touched, helped and comforted by your writing.
All the best, Dolly