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
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Maps provides us with location and orientation. They help us explore and understand around us. They provide a path to progress. Maps deliver a clear message as to what we need to get from here to there. Does your legacy have the clarity of a map? Are others able to journey through your world with the signs, landmarks, and guideposts you have left with your thoughts, words, and deeds?
Sunday Nov 16, 2025
Sunday Nov 16, 2025
Rhea Wessel, founder of The Institute for Thought Leadership, provides three steps to find the heart of your story for thought leadership. 1. Listen for the signal. 2. Find the core shift. 3. Frame the tension. These steps can be extended to telling the story of your legacy. I discuss how these three steps provide clarity, incorporate good design principles, and align leadership with storytelling.
Sunday Nov 09, 2025
Sunday Nov 09, 2025
AI users are reshaping the entertainment industry. More AI-generated content is associated with less work for humans. The entertainment industry is driven by storytelling. I asked AI to provide me with an outline for an episode of this podcast. I share the AI-generated content and comment on the potential benefits and pitfalls of AI in storytelling and legacy building.
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Sunday Nov 02, 2025
Endeavors are framed by time, cost, and scope. Then, you have to align scope with scale and magnitude. As you design and build your legacy, begin with what you can and cannot do and what you should do. Do not view containment as limiting, but as a means to distill and to streamline. Doing so will ensure a clearer message with greater resonance.
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
Sunday Oct 26, 2025
No clarity, no leadership. No leadership, no legacy. As we strive to increase clarity in our messaging, we need to ensure we have the proper tools for this endeavor. Began with self-examination with others to align what you think you are saying and what is being said and heard. Next, assess your current relationships without assumptions. Finally, use clarity to bridge what you envision in your mind to reaching that reality.
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Sunday Oct 19, 2025
Anger can quickly escalate from mild irritation to rage. A lifetime of good can be marred by a moment of mindless savagery. What are the safeguards you have designed to ensure your anger does not have the last word in your legacy?
Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Sunday Oct 12, 2025
Parents, as you prepare for your last child to leave home and become an empty nester, take a page from the workplace to ease this painful stage. You are transitioning from CEO to consultant. Be proactive and design a succession process that will lead you from final decision-maker to trusted advisor. Instead of carrying them along, be the guide who will show them new worlds and help them scale new heights.
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Sunday Oct 05, 2025
Imagination is a tool for innovation. It is a telescope that lets us see new worlds. It is a compass that plots the course for adventure. It is the ship that sails the Seven Seas of our minds. Our childhood toys came alive through our imagination. Revisit and reconnect with your childhood imagination to tell a rich story and build stronger relationships.