When we think of the word "legacy," it’s easy to picture curing diseases, ending world hunger, or making monumental discoveries.
But what if legacy was more intimate, more personal, and much closer to home?
What if your legacy is being created right now in the small, seemingly insignificant choices you make each day?
Legacy isn’t just about the big moments that make headlines. It’s about how we show up for those around us. It’s in the impact we leave on our children, our partners, our colleagues, and our friends. It’s the gentle imprint we leave on the hearts of those we care about. A legacy, at its core, is the ripple effect of our choices, behaviours, and the way we contribute to the world.
This is how I have come to view legacy.
Every day, we write a new chapter in our story through the small decisions we make. Legacy is less about what we accomplish in a career or the titles we accumulate and more about how we choose to live. It's reflected in how we lead, how we love, and how we support and inspire others.
How do you want people to feel when you walk into a room?
How do you want them to remember you after you leave?
The conversations we have, the encouragement we offer, and the kindness we show are the building blocks of our legacy.
When we think about legacy in this way it becomes deeply personal.
The truth is, creating a legacy can feel overwhelming if we focus solely on making a massive impact. We often hear of legacies left behind by world-changing figures, but what about the legacies left by parents, teachers, mentors, and friends? What about the mark you leave on your children, your partner, or your community?
Your legacy starts with you, right here, right now. It’s shaped by how you choose to show up, even when no one is watching. It's built on how authentically you live your life and how courageously you stand for your values.
To create the legacy you desire, it’s important to reflect on how your daily actions align with your core values. To start this reflective process, I would begin by asking these questions:
Are my decisions reflecting the impact I want to leave behind?
Am I living in alignment with what brings me joy and fulfilment?
When do I feel most connected to my authentic self?
What stories or beliefs might be holding me back from fully living in alignment with my highest potential?
These questions help guide us toward living a life that’s true to who we are and how we want to be remembered.
This activity is something that I call the empowering or limiting audit. All of the actions which we take that empower us to live to our true potential are what create our legacy, any actions we take that do not empower us, are limiting our potential. It’s worth taking the time to look at your daily habits and behaviours and ask yourself are they empowering you or limiting you.
But legacy doesn’t happen just by completing a simple audit. It is created each and every day.
Each day is an opportunity to write a new chapter in your story. You are not defined by your success or your failures but by the courage to keep moving forward, to keep showing up, and to keep choosing actions that align with your values.
Every moment is a chance to build the legacy you want, and every day is a gift to live in alignment with the values that matter most to you.
Start small. Start with the next conversation, the next choice, the next opportunity to lead with love. Because legacy isn’t something you leave behind when you’re gone, it’s something you create every single day.
If you are ready to tap into your unrealised potential, then send me a message.
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