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"Legacy. - Past, Present, Possibility"
Greetings, Summit Leaders.
Legacy is a word I repeatedly hear as I listen to new Summit leaders describe their vision and journey.
"I think about my legacy all the time." Summit Leader
"Work harder, smarter, and with more purpose than that person, I was yesterday. Live so that my legacy is qualified not by tangibles but by how many people, communities, and organizations I positively impact."
Summit Leader
Legacy building is an intentional and mindful focus on the opportunity and the responsibility you have to serve clients, family, colleagues, and community. In the process, growth and advancement occur by helping others.
Serving is the motivation of great leaders.
It is inspiring to see a generation of leaders focusing on discovering
new ways of serving others. They start with small acts of kindness done well and without expectation of reward or recognition.
It is always a good time to become a thoughtful legacy builder. The focus is on people and impact. A person may look back and say, "I have a terrible past of thinking only about myself and very little about serving."
Our past is not a judge of our present or a predictor of our future impact.
Remembering our origin, where we came from, reviewing our past helps us understand how to improve our behavior.
The process shows us the pattern of our personal growth. We then learn from our past to become the kind of great leader we desire to become.
"We are not satisfied simply with a review of the past. We add to it our vision of the future." Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
"There's nothing you can do about the past. But you can do a great deal about your future. You don't have to be the same person you were yesterday. You can make changes in your life -- absolutely startling changes in a fairly short time. You can make changes you can't even conceive of now if you give yourself a chance." Jim Rohn
Be strong and do not lose courage for there is a reward for your work.
I am motivated by new Summits to become a legacy builder. They encourage me to believe because they refer to our company's culture and its' people. For them, like their forerunners, culture is everything.
"I started building my legacy when I was sixteen years old. My goal was to become an IBMer. I plan on being here a long time." New Summit Leader.
The Summit Leaders help me see that our legacy is not bound by age or time served. Our body of work with clients, community, colleagues, and family best represents a legacy.
Legacy building and vision create a possibility for greatness in all leaders.
"The greatest satisfaction and pleasure that I have in this business is sending you out to all corners of the world, taking with you The IBM Company, because I know that you are going to represent it in the way we want it represented. I appreciate that more than anything else in connection with our institution." Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
"They judge our company and our ideals by you." Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
Now is the opportunity to build. Each day, we ask ourselves, "Did I help someone today? Did I make my time count?"
Great leaders of all ages, make it their goal, to answer these questions with "Yes!"
Victory!
