October 2019
Beginner
400 pages
7h 56m
English
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November 15Owning Your Legacy
A few fine essays do not float a person into immortality, but the generous character, the heart sweet in all excesses and under all chances, is a spectacle too beautiful and too rare to be easily forgotten. A person is better than many books. Even a person who is not immaculate may have more virtuous influence than the discreetest saint. Let us remember how fondly the old painters lingered round the story of Magdalen.
George William Curtis—“Thackeray in America,” The Oxford Book of American Essays, ed. Brander Matthews (1914)
Entrepreneurs rarely think about something as vague as legacy as they start their journey—and there's a good reason.
Legacy isn't a section of a business plan; it's what happens when you share your passion, take care of yourself and your family, and remain true to your values.
It's what happens because you've spent your time raising others up. It's what happens because you've shown the real you in every circumstance. It's what happens because you've spent your days working for what you believe in.
Why think about this now? Because you're writing it every day anyway?
Challenge Question
- What is the one thing you want to be known for most? Are you living it?
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