As I was creating the Uncompromised Achievement (UA) model and trying to keep it really simple, what kept coming up for me was that everyone wants meaning in their lives. Everyone wants, no, yearns, to know that their life meant something. People not following that urge have hundreds of ways of suffocating that urge or medicating themselves from the pain of not living the life they are called to live -but make no mistake, everyone yearns to leave a positive legacy of some kind.
However what I want to talk about tonight is the very silly way that the recipe for leaving a legacy came to me. I called and left a message with my graphic designer Lorena Vogeler (www.elevedesign.com) to add something to my site. I told her to add to the page that explained the UA model, that UA allows or facilitates people leaving a legacy. Lorena is Venezuelan. So, say 'leaving' in your best Spanish accent -go ahead. The next day I checked her/our work and found that she'd not done as I'd asked. Instead she wrote, 'Living a Legacy'. At first I was frustrated as this was one of the final edits before the new site went live. Then I read it again and laughed as I realized what had happened. If you say 'live' with a Spanish accent, it sounds like leave! In this folly, I found a very important piece of my core beliefs and coaching philosophy. The way to leave behind a meaningful legacy is to right now, LIVE A LEGACY!
We can tend to dream about tomorrow and put off today's work. This won't do if you or I am to live a life of Uncompromised Achievement. I'm guilty of this kind of procrastination (ug.). More to come on this but, I've got a speech in me that needs to come out. It is a major expression of what I hope my legacy to be. ...and I'm falling a bit short of living that legacy today. Like I said, more to come.
Where's my coach when I need her??
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