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Sam J.
--RH
I'm so there. I feel like I've been doing this part for too long -- waiting for the equity, someday -- but I know it's coming soon. Thanks for the encouragement! -- marcus
PS - should reisling smell like cat pee???
Be true and follow through.
Grace & Peace
thank you gv
Thanks so much for putting these ideas out there.
Get your message about marketing and being yourself in this Web 2.0 environment out to as many people as possible.
The world needs what you have to say brother!!!!
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Gary nails it again.
Unfortunately money ran out, I went 20 grand in debt, my partner and I had a disagreement that ended a 14 year friendship and my grandma started to go downhill medically. I gave up everything to scavenge enough money together to fly to Portugal to be with her. She made it out of that critical scenerio and I promised I'd find a way to go back three times a year to see her.
Because of the decision I got my old job back to begin climbing out the massive debt I encurred while at the same time being true to my WORD to my grandma.
I went back to her every 4 months like I promised. I'm in Amsterdam now and was a month away from heading to Portugal to see her again. She had another medical situation that finally took her life after a painful 2.5 year fight with cancer. I do not regret that I never made it this LAST time before she passed. Every time I made it to Portugal I was super excited that THAT time might be the last and that I MADE it so that I had no regrets and I'd be my WORD.
While in Amsterdam these last 2.5 months I collected all my thoughts again, surronded myself with productive and creative people that CARE about online media (XOLO.TV peeps) and with my grandma's passing and the death of my brothers new born child, my first nephew, all while I was away these 2.5 months, I asked myself what was important to ME now.
That being said, I'm back in the game with the relaunch of The Lowdown on Webtertainment and I'm ALL the way in once again! In part, I have WineLibraryTV and Gary Vee to thank for "re-spurring" me with inspiration and most importantly MOTIVATION, not because I love wine, but because he's enlightening. Going forward, the LEGACY is now clear to me once again!
Thanks Gary! Keep it up! Hope to run into you sometime soon!
Nuno XEI
All my best Gary....
Your Pal,
4four1ones
Bringing Texas Sized THUNDER since 07
B TRUE 2 U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob7Bu_JWsjc
Keep up the great work with the videos.
Build legacy through education!! Build your legacy by not just creating superheros, but by creating superheros that create more superheros!
As a wise Russian man once said -
Do what you love,
As hard as you can.
You'll never be upset,
Ever again.
Kathleen Lisson
--RH
Have a blessed weekend!
Peace
DK
MediaSnackers Founder
Legacy is all we will all have in the end.
Hope they will understand when it will launch and work.
I am not in total agreement on this one. I agree that long term big payoffs may trump short term smaller ones but currency is the grease that makes it all go.
Currency is essential because we would not do what we do if there is not a payoff in dollars. If you are extraordinary and workig hard the cash will come. In the end, unless you are the Pope aren't we talking about the same thing?
There is just one thing I would like to add to your discussion, and that is one very important thing about leaving a legacy and why we should all aspire to it. And that simple fact is that legacy is one of the few things in this world that cannot be achieved without the sincere trust and admiration of people - many people at that. Thats what life is all about really. The people you surround yourself with and the people you influence. What does it take to convince someone to follow you? How do you inspire people to your cause? How do you do that over and over and over again? I think there are two main causes. Service & Leadership. Just like you described Gary. You have to give of yourself; put others in front of you. According to Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady there are five levels of leadership. Learning, Excelling, Leading, Creating other leaders, and Creating other leaders who lead others. (The book is called The Leadership Revolution if anyone is interested). That is how you create a legacy.
Of course, first and foremost, there has to be a goal in mind. A huge goal. Something that you are willing to give your life in service to. Something you believe in. And finding that is truly hard for many people, especially early in life. But you have to. Seek it out! And when you find it, hold on with all you have.
-Brandon
So obvious but often ignored. ( I'm guilty )
Great reminder of what really matter.
**DANG**
Bought 4 bottles of Kosta Brown today. Was that my legacy or a waste of currency?
It was based on the premise that the equation to life is;
Honesty, Trust & Loyalty = LOVE. Love being the 'highest' currency we have.
Love your videos and your outlook on life.
You ARE what this world needs right now.
(Check out the FREE online version of the book by clicking my name above)
Respect,
Pete Moring.
Having a clear business vision and working towards it in a focused way, and making short term sacrifices for your business, is one thing.
A legacy, a personal brand is;
1) your personal ethos in how you achieve that business goal (i.e. whether you crap on people or help them along the way, such as fair trade buying, above minimum wage pay, sustainable sources, ecological waste) but more importantly
2) is your part in the world. What people think of you outside of business.
So I think it's clearer to say that personal brand is your ethos as a business person/worker. Whether you do your job in an ethical manner. What values you represent and operate your company by.
And personal legacy, is what you leave with the world, i.e. after you are dead.
So one might be remembered for making lots of money, or having the biggest shop in your road, but professionally one is more likely to be remembered as the total bastard, the stifling boss, or the penny pinching deal maker. Or preferably the person who got the best out of me, who always had time for us personally, who was able to unite and pull us together. Who made the job fun.
But those things have nothing to do with money. They are to do with ethos. You can be a great manager in a terrible company, as equally as a terrible manager in a great company.
You can be a fantastic employee who earns no money, as equally as a super salaried troll. It's just down to how you interact with people, when you do your job. Whether you have standards and ethics and will stand up for them.
But personal legacy, the after death memories you leave behind, will not be particularly work related. Most people you work with, are not your friends. they won't be at your funeral. They will have memories of you of course, but they're unlikely to be in the stature of legacy, unless you are saintly.
But personal legacy should be about what we can each do for the world, in our small way. Most of it will be unnoticed and never reported. But that doesn't mean that it wasn't worth doing. So every time you drive courteously and don't cut someone up or get road rage, every time you don't sigh or tut behind the person in the supermarket checkout queue who is having a problem opening their plastic bag, everytime you help an old person pack their shopping when they need it, or give a stranger the correct directions. Everytime you hug or kiss your partner or children, rather than moan, shout, row, or hit them, that is personal legacy.
Most if us will never be noticed for what we added to the world. But our personal legacy is every action that we make, not just the remarkable ones some people might write down.
Whilst I concur that big business success is about focus and doing things at all cost, there is a much bigger picture in how you achieve your professional goals.
As you said yourself, you'd rather have a million friends, than a million dollars.
But the question for me is, can you make $250,000 without ruining other peoples lives. Can you make their experience in helping you achieve that professional goal, a personal legacy plus for them and for you.
I know my business won't matter to anyone when I have gone. OK s maybe the new MD and the staff at that time, if it is still going. I don't think we can expect a single person we used to work with, to even know that we died. Let alone really care. Work doesn't usually work like that.
Sure, I am hoping my close family and friends will remember me on the day of my funeral and maybe for the odd second for 18 months while they miss me not being there as usual.
But my legacy is all the things I do that people don't notice. The people who I have tried to help. All the people who I have not disrespected, put down, abused and have done what I can to enrich their experience at that moment. No one will notice or remember, but that is my personal legacy. And it matters to me. And it matters to the universe.
It's something within all of us. Something we can all do and has no relation to how much money we have, or how skilled or pretty we are. It's the ability to smile and enjoy the process. To value the journey and not an imaginary destination.
So Gary, when you go in to work on Monday, will you be thinking how can I make another dollar, or will you be trying to make that moment valuable for all of your staff and managers?
Sure there's a balance between work and kharma. But nobody cares if you make an extra dollar or not. They just care whether you frown or shout at them to get it.
Peace and light.
Peter
You are a clown
With that being said, another thought comes to my mind. What if legacy vs currency is a bell curve. When you are young, you are concerned with currency and are influenced by someone else's legacy. As you mature, I'm thinking about the time you make it out of college and start earning money and making a name for yourself, you need to become less concerned with material values and more concerned about who and what you want to influence; building your legacy.
Thanks,
Seth
And wow Peter, nice comment!
Seth, he mentioned that survival is important. In fact, he said "survive and thrive", thriving as in building your legacy for the future. And some people only become *more* concerned about money as they mature.
What's important is that you devote time to build your own personal brand.
Another powerful message that links well with the BPP!
You need to write a book about all this but it'd be better if it had these videos to catch the excitement.
Pai
my two bits
Dom
ps. the greater than sign you made came out backwards on the video. :)
Inspirational. Thankyou for showing me another medium for getting across the/a message!
Thanks!
I just love your energy (though I am surprised you claim there's no coffee etc. involved...). Your legacy stuff hits me just in the right moment when I am sitting in front of my future and wondering about what to do next and how, about how much risk I'm prepared to take to spread ideas that could change people's lives. You've convinced me again: Plenty! Thanks.
As for the personal brand stuff, the term makes me gag. It is nothing more than your reputation. Make sure you are nothing but honest and ethical in everything you do in business and work your ass off and the success will come. I have been there and done that. There is nothing more important than your reputation and it will follow you the rest of your life.I wish we could still call it a reputation rather than the nothing phrase, "personal brand," but I think this old guy has lost that battle.
I think that the inner standards these individuals have for themselves allows them to stay true to the legacy principle you mention G.
Good vid - found it from Twitter - FYI :D
Many developers just focus on meeting some arbitrary deadline their boss set for them. Like many businesses, they only see things one quarter at a time. I can't tell you how many times I've voluntarily put in a extra Saturday here and there just to do a feature the right way (configurable, scalable, etc) only to find that 3,4,5 months later we needed that exact feature and it was ready.
If you are doing your job for a long time (10+ years in my case), and you are not able to anticipate things happening just a few months into the future then you really are just going along for the ride.
My motto. Act like a businessman that just happens to know how to code the shit outta anything. It has $erved me well. ;)
We all want things NOW NOW NOW but the truth of the matter is, things take time, specifically building your brand and your presence. I agree 110% Gary and I think you've already made a positive shift in more than just a few people's minds...
Focusing on legacy, however much time it takes to get where you want to go, is the right way to go.
Thanks for the continued valuable posts. You're the definition of the proper way to build a brand and something that I pay much attention to.
Social equity is greater than currency - I like that thinking
Speak slower please !
You've got international viewers... ;)
- Rick James