How Will You Be Remembered?

By Brandon Johnson | 12/09/2011

I’ve been thinking a lot on this one recently….leaving a legacy….how will I be remembered? It’s always been something I’ve contemplated, reflected on, written about and used in workshops/trainings that we have done. Yet I have never created a framework on it to help really solidify things and create a “tool” of sorts to ensure whatever it is you want your legacy to be, that you are able to progress towards that…..until now!

So, here it goes…..there are 4 principles that make up and create your Legacy…..and they are:

1. The Principle of Living
2. The Principle of Loving
3. The Principle of Learning
4. The Principle of Leading

This entry is not meant to explain in depth these principles, but to get you to begin thinking about them and form the habit of making all 4 of them a focus at all times. How you do that is by doing the following:

In the morning ask yourself these “guiding” questions:

1. What will I DO to LIVE today?
2. What will I DO to LOVE today?
3. What will I DO to LEARN today?
4. What will I DO to LEAD today?

Moment to moment ask yourself these “reality” questions:

1. Am I fully LIVING right now?
2. Am I being LOVING right now?
3. Am I LEARNING or am I open to LEARNING right now?
4. Am I LEADING my life and thus leading others right now?

Before going to bed in the evening ask yourself these “reflective” questions:

1. Did I LIVE today?
2. Did I LOVE today?
3. Did I LEARN today?
4. Did I LEAD today?

All of this self-reflection will continue to lead to better and better choices and actions in your life. And ultimately that is what will lead to the Legacy you will leave behind. What will yours be? Time is way too short my friends….the time is now to be the person you have always wanted to be.