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100 Ways to Succeed #6:

Think (Obsess) Legacy!

Consider this a variation on our recent debate over the number of priorities a person can have. Well, I'm settling it.

One!

Here's the deal. It's 5 a.m. (09.28.2004) as I write. I have a day crammed full of miscellaneous (that dreaded word!) activities ahead, ending with a flight from Boston/Logan to London/Heathrow. But the ... THE ... Pressing Question is: WHAT WILL (in One Sentence) THE LEGACY OF THIS DAY HAVE BEEN FOR TP?

Yes, I believe a Single Day can have as much of a "legacy" as a lifetime. In fact that had better be the case! Why? Because the day ... stretching out before me ... filled (at the moment) with limitless opportunities ... is ... ALL I HAVE!

Right?
Just another day?
Hardly!
THIS IS IT!

All those things ... grand and mundane ... I want to do with my life will either be abetted or thwarted or put off or ignored in the course of ... THIS ONE, UNFURLING DAY.

So: What (One Sentence) will Today's Legacy be ... for You?

Tom Peters posted this on 09/28/04.

Comments

The Legacy for Today, or better yet the "OBSESS legacy for today" is:,
1.- to understand that I need a moment to reflect on an OBSESS legacy every day.
2.- to identify the VALUES that I need to include in "My" Legacy. Love, Kindness, Simpleness, Humility, "ATTENTION to everything", patience, courage, Action, Communication,
3.- EXECUTE for today
4.- Review at night acomplishments.

God Bless

Posted by Luis at December 6, 2004 10:16 AM