The Legacy Drawing Board
This podcast is a journey that explores how design is essential to legacy building. The principles of good design will shape and direct your legacy into a work that will touch your family, friends, and business associates with your unique enduring message. We all leave legacies. Are you designing the one that you want to leave? email: rfong@truenorthshepherding.com
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A legacy is the lifelong process of discovery and acceptance of your divine gifts united with faithful stewardship of growing them to be shared with those near to you and with those whom you will never meet.
This podcast explores how the principles of design are vital to your legacy building.
Episodes
Monday Feb 03, 2025
Monday Feb 03, 2025
You continue to deliver a message after you're gone through your legacy. New Year's resolutions and bucket lists are too confined in their scope and function to fuel your legacy. Write a premortem and your story unfolds before your eyes. It's not a fairytale, but a commitment to your future self that you will leave the legacy that you wanted to.
Monday Jan 27, 2025
Monday Jan 27, 2025
A logo serves to create memorable impressions and to communicate ownership of a brand. What would your legacy's logo look like? Listen to go through the exercise of designing a logo to focus and to enhance your legacy building efforts.
Monday Jan 20, 2025
Monday Jan 20, 2025
You are the author of your story. But, are you also the narrator? Narration provides nuance and reflection to the story's events. Take the time to enrich your story with narration.
Monday Jan 13, 2025
Monday Jan 13, 2025
No new James Bond film will occur until the Broccoli family and Amazon come to an agreement. Part of the challenge is that Amazon failed to understand the importance of the Bond franchise to the Broccoli family legacy. Listen to appreciate the essence of legacy, why it matters, and why you need to protect it from those who would detract from it.
Monday Jan 06, 2025
Monday Jan 06, 2025
The art of bricolage involves using what is at hand to bring seemingly unrelated pieces into some resemblance of order. It is similar to improvisation in jazz. Are you a bricolage artist, a rare individual who can appreciate the talents of others and trust them to express it on their terms? This skill forges lasting legacies.
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Legacy institutions, such as media and academia, are changing. In some aspects, they are losing their influence. How much of your legacy is vested into legacy institutions? Should they fall, will your legacy lose its impact? Your legacy should be built on the distillation of the virtues and values you hold dear. Design you legacy to withstand the external whims of time.
Monday Dec 09, 2024
Monday Dec 09, 2024
It's another edition of Hi Oh! Hijinks, the lighthearted feature of The Legacy Drawing Board. For those of you who have never attended an office Christmas party or it has been more than three years since your last one, Darrell Jenkins and I walk you though this process to avoid landmines and increase your enjoyment.
Monday Dec 02, 2024
Monday Dec 02, 2024
How we teach shapes our legacy. What is your intent when you teach? Do you want your student to master a subject or to pass an exam? Or, do you want your student to surpass your standing in order to advance the discipline? Listen to challenge the way you view the teacher-student dynamic and how you want your teaching methods to contribute to your legacy.