How to trick yourself into action

May 4, 2010

‘Little by little does the trick.’  Aesop Creating legacy and battling Resistance Creating legacy depends very much on our ability to battle our Resistance and to take action when necessary. Especially when it comes to long-term and large-scale projects, as legacy projects often are, we have to be able to trick ourselves into action. The [...]

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How to minimise time commitments

May 3, 2010

‘Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself.’  Richard Bach Creating legacy and managing your diary Creating legacy is strongly dependent on your ability to free up time in your diary. For most of us, it seems that we already have so many urgent appointments, deadlines etc. that we couldn’t possibly [...]

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10 structure elements for creating legacy

May 1, 2010

‘We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.’  Aristotle Creating legacy and the need for good structures Creating legacy is largely accomplished through setting up structures that make it easier for us to keep working on our legacy-related tasks, one bit at a time. These structures take time to design and set up, and [...]

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The two sides of the brain

April 30, 2010

‘There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.’  Aristotle Creating legacy and biological structures Creating legacy cannot happen if we ignore the way our bodies and minds function biologically. While it is tempting to think that as humans, we can be fully in control of our impulses, this is not very [...]

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Time management through writing tasks down

April 29, 2010

‘I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.’  Joan Didion Creating legacy and time management Creating legacy is often about how you organise your time, so that on top of the daily activities we all need to [...]

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How to begin

April 28, 2010

‘So many fail because they don’t get started – they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.’  W. Clement Stone Creating legacy and taking action Creating legacy is very much about taking action. It’s fine to spend a few days, weeks, or months planning, but eventually you have to start working on your legacy [...]

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Chunking secrets to creating legacy

April 27, 2010

‘Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.’  Saul Bellow Creating legacy is done chunk-by-chunk There is a secret that experienced legacy creators know and novices don’t: creating legacy is accomplished by chunking things up. What to write the next Lord of the Rings trilogy? Chunk things up. Want to compose the [...]

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Creating legacy makes you hear voices

April 26, 2010

‘Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy… or they become legend.’  Jim Harrison Creating legacy and hearing voices Creating legacy makes you hear voices. It’s a well-kept secret (for obvious reasons), but it’s absolutely true. Even before starting a legacy project, [...]

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How to distinguish between laziness and needing a break

April 24, 2010

‘Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools.’  Lord Chesterfield Creating legacy and finding balance Creating legacy often depends on finding balance in your life. Take too much time off your legacy projects, and you will soon see the momentum fade away. Push yourself too hard on your legacy projects, [...]

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Creating legacy & happiness

April 23, 2010

‘Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.’  Aristotle Creating legacy and the Happiness Project Creating legacy is in many ways about finding happiness – not just short-term, forgettable fun, but the kind of long-term happiness that comes with working towards turning your dreams into reality. [...]

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