3422: Your 200 Year Plan: Your Legacy by Joel of 5AM Joel on Personal Development

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[00:01:08] [SPEAKER_01]: This is Optimal Living Daily, your 200-year plan, your legacy, by Joel of 5amjoel.com. And I'm Justin Mollick, your very own personal narrator. Welcome to Optimal Living Daily, OLD for short, where I read the best blogs to you with permission from the authors, covering productivity, minimalism, personal development, or self-help, all that fun stuff.

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[00:01:39] [SPEAKER_01]: Your 200-year plan, your legacy, by Joel of 5amjoel.com.

[00:01:46] [SPEAKER_01]: The presenter asked,

[00:01:47] [SPEAKER_01]: By show of hands, who out there has a five-year plan?

[00:01:51] [SPEAKER_01]: About 200 of us were all packed inside a mid-sized training room at my company headquarters.

[00:01:56] [SPEAKER_01]: I raised my hand.

[00:01:58] [SPEAKER_01]: Looking around, it surprised me that most of the audience had their hand up also.

[00:02:02] [SPEAKER_01]: Apparently, everyone these days has a five-year plan.

[00:02:05] [SPEAKER_01]: Were they lying?

[00:02:06] [SPEAKER_01]: I was.

[00:02:07] [SPEAKER_01]: Well, kind of.

[00:02:08] [SPEAKER_01]: I did have a few long-term goals written down somewhere.

[00:02:12] [SPEAKER_01]: The presenter continued,

[00:02:13] [SPEAKER_01]: Great.

[00:02:14] [SPEAKER_01]: Now keep your hand raised if you have a 10-year plan.

[00:02:18] [SPEAKER_01]: I kept my hand raised.

[00:02:20] [SPEAKER_01]: I was definitely lying now.

[00:02:22] [SPEAKER_01]: Most other people dropped their hands immediately.

[00:02:24] [SPEAKER_01]: I probably kept mine up because I was sitting next to a senior VP,

[00:02:28] [SPEAKER_01]: as well as 15 other executives from our West Coast sales team.

[00:02:31] [SPEAKER_01]: Half of them had their hands up, so I thought I needed to also.

[00:02:36] [SPEAKER_01]: Then came a weird question.

[00:02:38] [SPEAKER_01]: Okay, now, who of you out there has a 200-year plan?

[00:02:43] [SPEAKER_01]: Everybody put their hands down and started laughing.

[00:02:45] [SPEAKER_01]: What kind of question is that?

[00:02:47] [SPEAKER_01]: People don't live for 200 years, so how can someone have a plan for that long?

[00:02:52] [SPEAKER_01]: We all thought it was a joke.

[00:02:53] [SPEAKER_01]: But the presenter was not joking.

[00:02:56] [SPEAKER_01]: He looked at us all with dead serious face and then continued speaking.

[00:03:01] [SPEAKER_01]: For the next 45 minutes, he absolutely schooled us in the power of thinking big,

[00:03:06] [SPEAKER_01]: making a difference in the world, and planning a legacy.

[00:03:11] [SPEAKER_01]: What is legacy, anyway?

[00:03:13] [SPEAKER_01]: The basic definition is a thing handed down by a predecessor.

[00:03:18] [SPEAKER_01]: I think legacy can be viewed in a couple of different ways.

[00:03:21] [SPEAKER_01]: It's either a legacy you are given or something you are leaving for others.

[00:03:26] [SPEAKER_01]: Legacy number one, the legacy you are given.

[00:03:30] [SPEAKER_01]: This is what has been handed down to you by predecessors.

[00:03:33] [SPEAKER_01]: How did the generations before you influence and enable the things that you do today?

[00:03:39] [SPEAKER_01]: Sarah has hosted the annual family Christmas party.

[00:03:42] [SPEAKER_01]: She's been doing it for 30 years in the same house that her mother hosted for 30 years prior

[00:03:47] [SPEAKER_01]: and her grandma 30 years before that.

[00:03:49] [SPEAKER_01]: It's her family's legacy.

[00:03:52] [SPEAKER_01]: David is an award-winning classical music composer.

[00:03:55] [SPEAKER_01]: When he was a kid, he studied Beethoven and Mozart,

[00:03:58] [SPEAKER_01]: and it's as if their teachings were written specifically for him.

[00:04:01] [SPEAKER_01]: Music is his legacy.

[00:04:04] [SPEAKER_01]: And Grant works for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

[00:04:07] [SPEAKER_01]: and personally gives 25% of every paycheck to charity.

[00:04:11] [SPEAKER_01]: He's following an example and legacy set by the generous founders many years ago.

[00:04:17] [SPEAKER_01]: Some people know what they need to do from the moment they are born.

[00:04:21] [SPEAKER_01]: Michael Jordan was put on the earth to play basketball.

[00:04:24] [SPEAKER_01]: Keith Richards was meant to play guitar and write songs and take drugs.

[00:04:28] [SPEAKER_01]: Don't know what your purpose is in life?

[00:04:31] [SPEAKER_01]: Don't worry, me neither.

[00:04:32] [SPEAKER_01]: I'll get into that in a little bit.

[00:04:35] [SPEAKER_01]: Legacy number two, the legacy you're leaving for others.

[00:04:39] [SPEAKER_01]: This is what you're handing down, passing on, or giving back to the world.

[00:04:44] [SPEAKER_01]: This is your 200-year plan, starting while you're alive and continuing on well after you're dead.

[00:04:51] [SPEAKER_01]: Paul streamlined a business process at work.

[00:04:54] [SPEAKER_01]: He documented everything and taught it to others.

[00:04:57] [SPEAKER_01]: The entire company has now adopted his process as a standard practice,

[00:05:01] [SPEAKER_01]: and he'll be in place long after he stops working there.

[00:05:04] [SPEAKER_01]: Paul's impact will last for decades.

[00:05:07] [SPEAKER_01]: Bill Keating Jr. started a Thought of the Day email on September 5th, 2000,

[00:05:12] [SPEAKER_01]: when his oldest son left for college.

[00:05:14] [SPEAKER_01]: He never missed a day for over 16 years until, sadly, he passed away after battling cancer.

[00:05:19] [SPEAKER_01]: His daughter, Liz, took over sending the daily inspirational emails.

[00:05:24] [SPEAKER_01]: Bill continues to change people's lives today, even though he's no longer with us.

[00:05:29] [SPEAKER_01]: My wife is a middle school teacher.

[00:05:31] [SPEAKER_01]: The lessons she teaches are helping her kids become doctors, engineers, fitness instructors, etc.

[00:05:37] [SPEAKER_01]: Some kids will grow up to be teachers themselves.

[00:05:40] [SPEAKER_01]: My wife plays a critical role in knowledge being transferred down from generation to generation.

[00:05:46] [SPEAKER_01]: Figuring out my legacy and purpose.

[00:05:50] [SPEAKER_01]: After listening to the presentation that day at work, I went home overwhelmed,

[00:05:54] [SPEAKER_01]: trying to figure out my personal legacy.

[00:05:57] [SPEAKER_01]: I was thinking thoughts like, what is my life's purpose?

[00:06:00] [SPEAKER_01]: What was I put on this earth to do?

[00:06:03] [SPEAKER_01]: These are such incredibly tough questions.

[00:06:05] [SPEAKER_01]: And still to this day, I have no clear answer.

[00:06:08] [SPEAKER_01]: But I have figured out these few things so far that are helping me.

[00:06:13] [SPEAKER_01]: It doesn't have to be huge.

[00:06:15] [SPEAKER_01]: The term making a difference in the world doesn't mean that I have to affect millions and millions of people.

[00:06:20] [SPEAKER_01]: My legacy might involve just affecting the lives of a select few.

[00:06:24] [SPEAKER_01]: Big or small, a difference is a difference.

[00:06:28] [SPEAKER_01]: It doesn't have to be now.

[00:06:30] [SPEAKER_01]: Many people don't figure out what they want to do until much later in life.

[00:06:33] [SPEAKER_01]: There's no rush to become who I inevitably will become.

[00:06:38] [SPEAKER_01]: What am I passionate about?

[00:06:39] [SPEAKER_01]: When I talk to people about things like personal finance, real estate, or surfing, my face lights up.

[00:06:46] [SPEAKER_01]: These things have made such a huge difference in my life and I want to share them with others.

[00:06:51] [SPEAKER_01]: Passion is infectious and it spreads far and wide.

[00:06:55] [SPEAKER_01]: This is what people remember about you.

[00:06:58] [SPEAKER_01]: Helping, sharing, giving.

[00:07:00] [SPEAKER_01]: I live an extraordinary life full of blessings.

[00:07:03] [SPEAKER_01]: Sharing these with others makes me happy and enriches the lives of those around me.

[00:07:08] [SPEAKER_01]: The more I give, the clearer my value in this world becomes.

[00:07:13] [SPEAKER_01]: Legacy is built slowly over time.

[00:07:15] [SPEAKER_01]: Little by little, day by day, I'm trying to better myself.

[00:07:19] [SPEAKER_01]: The greater I can become, the greater value I can provide the world.

[00:07:24] [SPEAKER_01]: Quote, carve your name on hearts, not tombstones.

[00:07:28] [SPEAKER_01]: A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.

[00:07:34] [SPEAKER_01]: Shannon L. Elder.

[00:07:36] [SPEAKER_01]: Final thoughts and takeaways.

[00:07:38] [SPEAKER_01]: It's been about four years since I attended that legacy presentation.

[00:07:42] [SPEAKER_01]: And I still don't have a 200-year plan.

[00:07:45] [SPEAKER_01]: Truth be told, I don't even have a solid five or 10-year plan still.

[00:07:48] [SPEAKER_01]: But that's not the point.

[00:07:50] [SPEAKER_01]: It's about thinking long-term.

[00:07:52] [SPEAKER_01]: It's about understanding the ripple and compound effect of how everything we do today

[00:07:57] [SPEAKER_01]: will shape how we are remembered later.

[00:08:00] [SPEAKER_01]: Picturing far into the future can give you a good idea of what actions you should be doing today.

[00:08:06] [SPEAKER_01]: As frustrating as it is sometimes to not know my exact purpose in life,

[00:08:11] [SPEAKER_01]: I found peace in the fact that my legacy is building in the direction I'm proud of.

[00:08:16] [SPEAKER_01]: It may be forever a work in progress, and I'm okay with that.

[00:08:25] [SPEAKER_01]: You just listened to the post titled,

[00:08:27] [SPEAKER_01]: Your 200-Year Plan, Your Legacy, by Joel of 5amjoel.com.

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[00:09:45] [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you to Joel.

[00:09:47] [SPEAKER_01]: I thought this one was a good fit as we head into the holidays and New Year.

[00:09:51] [SPEAKER_01]: Those 5-year, 10-year, and even 200-year plans are worth revisiting yearly,

[00:09:57] [SPEAKER_01]: so hopefully this was a reminder for you to revisit them.

[00:10:00] [SPEAKER_01]: One thing that's pretty cool about the internet, also kind of scary,

[00:10:04] [SPEAKER_01]: is that this stuff can pretty much live on forever.

[00:10:08] [SPEAKER_01]: There's even the Wayback Machine on the internet.

[00:10:11] [SPEAKER_01]: It's like an internet time machine that's logging everything online

[00:10:15] [SPEAKER_01]: so we can go back and see previous versions of websites and stuff.

[00:10:19] [SPEAKER_01]: That really makes this last forever.

[00:10:21] [SPEAKER_01]: And podcasting lives on the internet,

[00:10:23] [SPEAKER_01]: so I think this audio will be around for a very long time.

[00:10:27] [SPEAKER_01]: But also the blogs that I read to you.

[00:10:30] [SPEAKER_01]: Even if the person deletes them,

[00:10:32] [SPEAKER_01]: well, the Wayback Machine and my audio will likely still be there.

[00:10:36] [SPEAKER_01]: So if you're not sure how you can have that 200-year legacy,

[00:10:40] [SPEAKER_01]: one place you can start thinking is with the internet.

[00:10:43] [SPEAKER_01]: That's definitely what I'm doing.

[00:10:45] [SPEAKER_01]: I'll leave it there for today.

[00:10:46] [SPEAKER_01]: Hope you're having a great morning, afternoon, or evening,

[00:10:49] [SPEAKER_01]: whenever you're hearing this.

[00:10:51] [SPEAKER_01]: And I'll see you tomorrow where your optimal life awaits.