The ten-year rule to creating legacy

May 18, 2010

‘Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity.’   Henry Hartman Creating legacy and preparation Creating legacy takes time. A lot of time. And it’s not just the time it takes to set up a legacy project, work on it, get through the dip, and make it successful. It’s also the time it takes to set up, [...]

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12 tips on pursuing your passion

May 17, 2010

 ‘The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.’  Mitch Albom Creating legacy and finding your passion In creating legacy, it is important that you find and pursue your true [...]

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Creating legacy and the quest for perfection

May 14, 2010

‘People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it.’  Edith Schaeffer Creating legacy and getting things done Creating legacy is about taking action, and about making the best with what you’ve got at the moment. There is never a perfect time [...]

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Creating legacy through daily action

May 13, 2010

‘Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.’  Jim Rohn Creating legacy and daily action Creating legacy is most likely to happen if you work towards your legacy projects on a daily basis. Even if you have very little time you can devote to creating legacy during your day, working on [...]

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Why create legacy?

May 12, 2010

‘Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.’  Elie Wiesel Creating legacy because… …we don’t know what happens after death. You may have faith in an afterlife, or you may be agnostic, but the truth is that we do not know, and no one can tell [...]

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How to do a legacy audit

May 11, 2010

‘Accountability breeds response-ability.’  Steven R. Covey Creating legacy and keeping yourself accountable Creating legacy is deeply connected to our ability to hold ourselves accountable for the way in which we use our daily time allowance. I know that whenever I forget to hold myself accountable for the way in which I am using my time, I fall [...]

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Setting limits to fuel your creativity

May 10, 2010

‘Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means.’  Heinrich Heine Creating legacy as a creative endeavour Creating legacy is about taking an idea that is in your head and making something tangible out of it, something that can be accessible to others and that will keep your [...]

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5 principles of taking effective breaks

May 7, 2010

‘A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.’  George Bernard Shaw Creating legacy and pacing yourself Creating legacy benefits from knowing how to pace yourself. Personally, I find this one of the hardest parts about working on legacy projects. Especially in the honeymoon phase when things are going so well, I used to devote [...]

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Closed lists vs. open lists

May 6, 2010

‘It’s all about time management. You can actually do a lot of things if you work out your schedule.’  Amanda Izatt Creating legacy and organising your tasks Creating legacy is much easier once you have good systems in place to take care of your tasks. In today’s blog post, I want to talk about the [...]

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5 ways your task diary can help

May 5, 2010

‘The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.’  Albert Einstein Creating legacy and your task diary Creating legacy is strongly helped when you have good systems in place to organise your time. A couple of months ago I’ve discovered a handy little tool I like to call my ‘task diary’; [...]

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