Comments on: Creating a Legacy Project

By: Kendra

Kendra — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:51:31 +0000

Hey Chris,

I’ve been following you for awhile and I just wanted to let you know that it’s been very comforting knowing I am not the only soul who wants to leave a legacy and do remarkable things for others and myself. Keep writing, and I’ll keep working my way through your archives!

Kendra

By: Laura Lee Bloor

Laura Lee Bloor — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:33:17 +0000

Thank you so much for this inspiring piece, Chris! I’ve been working on my own legacy project (without even realizing it) since February of this year — Tenacious Me. I too am trying to share through example of how I set and achieve goals. In this process of self-improvement, I’m hoping to help and inspire others along the way.

I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled I am to have found your site. Good luck, and thanks again for sharing.

By: RobertGisel

RobertGisel — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:42:40 +0000

Having come back to re-read this post and the comments it occurs to me this; you will outlast you.

It’s understood you mean to have to have something written and enduring that continues on. But that which you do which is remarkable will do this too. Governor Reagon balanced the books for the State of California. Equally, with an inverse reception, Nixon is now known for the Watergate scandal and OJ is more in jail for the Karma of the murder charges he ‘got away with’ than the current theft charges.

Even if you believe you get only one time around you still have to face yourself in the sift of, did I do good or did I make a mess of it. The real legacy is that bodies die and beings will live on to see what they done. Whether you believe this or not only the reprehensible would say ‘I don’t care what is left after I die’.

As it’s said colloquially, it’s Karma.

Good works speak well and long to the degree they are useful and lasting. That’s the real legacy, n’est pas?

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:06:40 +0000

Chris,

Stellar article, my friend. I really dig the way you translate such an epic subject into a concise, albeit long-ish format. You’re truly an inspiration, and this is a welcome kick in the but that has helped me with my long term planning. This is a post I’ll return to a couple of times I’m sure.

- Cam

By: Sanford

Sanford — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:27:14 +0000

Chris,
I come to your site as something of a compusive “job-hopper” and ne’er-do-well (at least financially). I’ve started my own site now, and am struggling through some of the technical ins and outs and trying to stay afloat at the same time.
I’m hoping that the articles and pieces that I write will eventually have half the endurance of yours. It’s great that you still get good comments months down the line.
Anyway, AONC is on my blogroll.
Keep ‘em comin’!

By: Kristine

Kristine — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:38:24 +0000

Thanks, Chris. I found this post from today’s “The Best $1.26 I Ever Made” post, and I enjoyed them both, although this one definitely has more of that evergreen quality! I have been deep in planning my next incarnation for most of the last two years and I feel like I’m slowly chiseling a sculpture from a giant block of marble by listening to what the marble tells me, not by following a pre-set plan. If I could see my way to that pre-set plan, I would happily follow it–but it seems I can only see a few moves ahead at any given time and I have to find the form slowly and intuitively. I have felt optimistic lately as I have paid off two major debts within months of each other and can actually see my way to a time when I will be able to afford to work less in a conventional way and more on my true life’s work. Please keep leaving the bread crumbs!

By: Amrit

Amrit — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:25:12 +0000

A great thought provoking article. Creating a legacy is something that is always at the back of my mind, I think it is time it moves to the front. Like many said, we have only one life to live, and should make the best of it.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to reflect and restore some faith in my dream.

By: James Nicholls

James Nicholls — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:06:21 +0000

One of your best Chris. Keep it up.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:19:04 +0000

I enjoyed the article (I did read it all). What I will leave behind when I die is something I think about far too often. That is one of the reasons I enjoy creating things in metal; I know the things I make will out last me. The difficult part for me is making enough money with that so I don’t have to go back to another meaningless job.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:24:24 +0000

I love your transparency, Chris. Thank you.
I found this article through a link in one of your other posts.
The words ‘legacy project’ drew me in and now I know it’s because I’m in the very beginning stages of my own legacy project. (I’m creating a website and coaching business for people who work closely with children and who want to do their work with intention, facilitating them on their true paths of accountability and greatness from an early age).
My thought, though, is that a lot of people – mother’s possibly more than father’s – consider raising their children as their legacy project. It’s almost like a reason to not seek out that ‘big true gift’ they have for the world. Don’t get me wrong, there are definitely those who can legitimately claim parenting as their legacy project but more people claim it than those who really make it work.
So, thank you again for going into detail and listing the qualities of what legacy really means.