CHAPTER 4
Your Intentional Legacy
Writing a Legacy Statement
What will you do with this one wild and precious life?
—Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award
ONCE YOU HAVE A SENSE of the types of legacies you may be creating and you have assessed your natural tendencies along those lines, it is time to write a formal legacy statement. If you’re purposeful about building a legacy, this is an essential step. A legacy statement is a way of setting the specs for the kind of impact you want to have at work. It also makes the concept of legacy thinking tangible by giving you a benchmark.
Writing a legacy statement goes beyond describing the actions or symbols of accomplishment that you are most proud of. Instead, your ...
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