by Dolly Garlo | Dec 11, 2011 | Blog, Designing Your Legacy, Legacy Stories, Personal Legacy
This story is one of my favorite legacies, and stories in general. Like many great legacies, it had humble beginnings. It grew out of a simple work assignment, done with great heart. Its tangible form grew from a single work into a major franchise known the...
by Dolly Garlo | Nov 10, 2011 | Blog, Designing Your Legacy, Enlightened Leadership, Legacy Stories
Not because he's made more money and achieved more fame than most people, and has a way to finance the passions that fuel his legacy; not because he has buildings and cable stations named after him … At 72 years young, Ted Turner is a legacy role model...
by Dolly Garlo | Sep 12, 2011 | Blog, Designing Your Legacy, Legacy Stories, Meaning, Purpose
There are a beautiful poem and web movie that capture the essence of what Creating Legacy is all about. I've reprinted it below, with all attribution and gratitude to its author Michael Josephson. The poem and movie themselves are examples of what I would call...
by Dolly Garlo | Sep 9, 2011 | Blog, Enlightened Leadership, Legacy Stories, Personal Legacy, Positive Thoughts & Inspired Ideas, Women and Girls
Thanks to a great woman boomer legacy leader, Marlo Thomas, for her article on the young women who lost parents during the 09/11/01 events of 10 years ago. The "Daughters of 9/11" she profiles and asks us to listen to are also legacy...
by Dolly Garlo | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog, Designing Your Legacy, Legacy Stories, Meaning, Positive Thoughts & Inspired Ideas, Purpose, Women and Girls
Today, June 14, is Flag Day – and ironically it also is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Harriet Beecher Stowe. I love the story of her life and the legacy of words she wrote in a small novel that became a worldwide phenomenon. Not something a woman living...
by Dolly Garlo | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog, Designing Your Legacy, Enlightened Leadership, Legacy Stories, Video
Legacy is demonstrated in different currencies – not just money, but in bodies, creativity and spirit. Creating a movement is one way to build, live and leave a legacy, and here’s an amazing example: Bill McKibben speaking at PowerShift 2011 in Washington...
