Comments on: Why Your Legacy Is Important http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/ Ideas for Gen neXt Entrepreneurs Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dolly Garlo http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Dolly Garlo Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-1136 Hi Rich, It is such a pleasure to read an article like this, especially with a business focused on young entrepreneurs. I have found that the younger people are the more they seem to understand the concept of legacy, if they don't know it by that word. And the older people get the more the equate the term with death and want to avoid it altogether. When they can see that it is about how they live and work today, and the positive difference they can make (make money and make sense, as I like to say), then it begins to click. Five years ago, I started creatinglegacy.com in an effort to translate my experience with building what I consider to be a significant legacy with my sister (donating land we were about to inherit to develop the county's first park - which has now taken on a life of its own due to the involvment and contributions of others, beyond what the two of us could have ever done with it). There was so much I needed to know about how to make that happen, and I thought others might have similar questions. What I discovered in my development of that work is that there are about as many ways to create a legacy as there are people - each of us has our own unique contribution to make, however large or small it might be - AND there is no reason to re-invent the wheel, since lots of models exist for anything someone wants to create. Especially for people with an entrepreneurial streak, since managing any project in a sound business-like way is how it will become the most sustainable and long-lasting in delivering its benefits. It is my great pleasure now to offer what I believe to be the only program of its kind allowing people to explore and create their own legacy bluepint - something that takes them from an exploration of their authentic interests, gifts and resources, to the people, places and things they most care about, to creating a structure that supports doing something beneficial in that arena, and in a way that brings them a great deal of joy and satisfaction. To me, that is what legacy is about from a personal perspective. And when done right, people can indeed be enjoying and/or benefitting from it 200 years (many generations) from when it was created. Thank you for your lovely post about this subject! Cheers, Dolly Garlo www.creatinglegacy.com Hi Rich,
It is such a pleasure to read an article like this, especially with a business focused on young entrepreneurs. I have found that the younger people are the more they seem to understand the concept of legacy, if they don’t know it by that word. And the older people get the more the equate the term with death and want to avoid it altogether. When they can see that it is about how they live and work today, and the positive difference they can make (make money and make sense, as I like to say), then it begins to click.
Five years ago, I started creatinglegacy.com in an effort to translate my experience with building what I consider to be a significant legacy with my sister (donating land we were about to inherit to develop the county’s first park – which has now taken on a life of its own due to the involvment and contributions of others, beyond what the two of us could have ever done with it). There was so much I needed to know about how to make that happen, and I thought others might have similar questions.
What I discovered in my development of that work is that there are about as many ways to create a legacy as there are people – each of us has our own unique contribution to make, however large or small it might be – AND there is no reason to re-invent the wheel, since lots of models exist for anything someone wants to create. Especially for people with an entrepreneurial streak, since managing any project in a sound business-like way is how it will become the most sustainable and long-lasting in delivering its benefits.
It is my great pleasure now to offer what I believe to be the only program of its kind allowing people to explore and create their own legacy bluepint – something that takes them from an exploration of their authentic interests, gifts and resources, to the people, places and things they most care about, to creating a structure that supports doing something beneficial in that arena, and in a way that brings them a great deal of joy and satisfaction. To me, that is what legacy is about from a personal perspective. And when done right, people can indeed be enjoying and/or benefitting from it 200 years (many generations) from when it was created.
Thank you for your lovely post about this subject!
Cheers, Dolly Garlo
http://www.creatinglegacy.com

]]> By: Rich Lazzara http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Rich Lazzara Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:30:22 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-595 Thanks for the links and I think that is a very good idea. It's something we are going to see more and more of. Good luck with the projects. Thanks for the links and I think that is a very good idea. It's something we are going to see more and more of. Good luck with the projects.

]]> By: WealthWebGuru http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-589 WealthWebGuru Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:21:42 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-589 Wow! What a great article. Thanks. <br>I am so passionate about being aware of your personal legacy, I created a tool to help people organize, diarize and share their life legacy with the people they love (<a href="http://www.MyLegacyOrganizer.com" rel="nofollow">www.MyLegacyOrganizer.com</a>). How much of people's legacies are lost when they die. It happened to my mom (<a href="http://www.retirehappy.ca/products/my-legacy-organizer" rel="nofollow">http://www.retirehappy.ca/products/my-legacy-or...</a>). I believe diarizing your life legacy helps you to live life forward and recognize what is truly important to you. In a world that stimulates us everywhere we go, we sometimes need perspective about what's important. Thanks again! Wow! What a great article. Thanks.
I am so passionate about being aware of your personal legacy, I created a tool to help people organize, diarize and share their life legacy with the people they love (http://www.MyLegacyOrganizer.com). How much of people's legacies are lost when they die. It happened to my mom (http://www.retirehappy.ca/products/my-legacy-or…). I believe diarizing your life legacy helps you to live life forward and recognize what is truly important to you. In a world that stimulates us everywhere we go, we sometimes need perspective about what's important. Thanks again!

]]> By: Nathan Hangen http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Nathan Hangen Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:02:39 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-372 I think anyone can earn quick cash, but building legacy is what interests me. It can take time, but that's what I like about it. The time separates the people willing from those that aren't. <br><br>I don't want to blog forever, eventually I want to move into bigger and better things. Like Gary V has proven, that can happen when you build legacy. I think anyone can earn quick cash, but building legacy is what interests me. It can take time, but that's what I like about it. The time separates the people willing from those that aren't.

I don't want to blog forever, eventually I want to move into bigger and better things. Like Gary V has proven, that can happen when you build legacy.

]]> By: Nathan Hangen http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Nathan Hangen Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:02:39 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-324 I think anyone can earn quick cash, but building legacy is what interests me. It can take time, but that's what I like about it. The time separates the people willing from those that aren't. <br><br>I don't want to blog forever, eventually I want to move into bigger and better things. Like Gary V has proven, that can happen when you build legacy. I think anyone can earn quick cash, but building legacy is what interests me. It can take time, but that's what I like about it. The time separates the people willing from those that aren't.

I don't want to blog forever, eventually I want to move into bigger and better things. Like Gary V has proven, that can happen when you build legacy.

]]> By: Rich Lazzara http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Rich Lazzara Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:45:32 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-321 Marie, that's very cool! The niece lens is a great idea. I havent seen Covey's steps but I certainly have heard of him. Keep working hard and stay focused. Thank you for commenting. Marie, that's very cool! The niece lens is a great idea. I havent seen Covey's steps but I certainly have heard of him. Keep working hard and stay focused. Thank you for commenting.

]]> By: tucsongreen http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-320 tucsongreen Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:28:28 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-320 My legacy is what fully motivates me. I don't have any children of my own so have borrowed my nieces as focal points. I'm interested in leaving them currency as well as a lifestyle option. One of the lenses that I run business and life decisions through is the niece lens. I got into legacy thinking by working through the Franklin Covey steps. Thanks for this reminder post! My legacy is what fully motivates me. I don't have any children of my own so have borrowed my nieces as focal points. I'm interested in leaving them currency as well as a lifestyle option. One of the lenses that I run business and life decisions through is the niece lens. I got into legacy thinking by working through the Franklin Covey steps. Thanks for this reminder post!

]]> By: Rich Lazzara http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Rich Lazzara Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:43:57 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-316 Srini, Thanks for the compliments. Thats awesome to hear. I think our ability to leave a legacy in terms of content is easier than any other time in history. It's amazing how people will find content that you produced many years ago and take it in all new directions. No doubt you were able to leave a legacy there and I look forward to the novel on surfing. Srini, Thanks for the compliments. Thats awesome to hear. I think our ability to leave a legacy in terms of content is easier than any other time in history. It's amazing how people will find content that you produced many years ago and take it in all new directions. No doubt you were able to leave a legacy there and I look forward to the novel on surfing.

]]> By: Srinivas Rao http://www.richlazzara.com/why-your-legacy-is-important/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Srinivas Rao Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:06:51 +0000 http://www.richlazzara.com/?p=792#comment-315 Rich,<br><br>I really like this article. Probably my favorite from everything I've read on your blog so far. A legacy is a really interesting concept because it's your brand in many ways. I agree that maybe my blog wont' be read 200 years from now, but if I'm successful in publishing a book or a novel about my surfing adventures, maybe that will. That would be my legacy. Yesterday I received an email from one of the student coordinators at my MBA program saying somebody came across an old blog post I'd written for school and wanted to talk to me.I thought it was interesting because I've left legacy there. Rich,

I really like this article. Probably my favorite from everything I've read on your blog so far. A legacy is a really interesting concept because it's your brand in many ways. I agree that maybe my blog wont' be read 200 years from now, but if I'm successful in publishing a book or a novel about my surfing adventures, maybe that will. That would be my legacy. Yesterday I received an email from one of the student coordinators at my MBA program saying somebody came across an old blog post I'd written for school and wanted to talk to me.I thought it was interesting because I've left legacy there.

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