The Legacy Drawing Board

S2E41: Elevation and edification

Building your legacy is important.  Just as important is why you want to share your legacy.  Your legacy becomes long-lasting when its purpose is to elevate and to edify others.  Listen to ensure that your message spans the generations.   

S2E40: The creativity of jazz

I interview musicians Jonathan Fong and Isaiah Sidouang to discuss their perspectives on the creative process of jazz.  Moreover, I ask these two entrepreneurs how playing jazz has influenced their business pursuits.  

S2E39: Fatherhood and legacy

Your children are your children, not your legacy.  Design your parenting to inspire them to tell their own stories while providing support for each stage of their development.  

S2E38: Commencement for Class of 2024

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 and your parents.  Now is the time to write your story and design your legacy.  This applies to the graduates and their parents.  Listen for encouragement as both of your begin new chapters of your stories.  

S2E37: The creativity crisis of childhood.

The playground or sandlot is the laboratory, workshop, and studio for children in developing their innovation, leadership, and decision-making skills.  When they lose access and adults structure their playtime, this interference impacts their maturation as adults.  This deters them from writing their own stories and confides them to penning the sequel to their parents' stories.  No story, no legacy.  

S2E36: Setting up the meeting with your past and future selves.

We associate boredom and waste with meetings.  The key to better meetings is better design through storytelling.  One of the most important meetings for legacy building is with your past and future selves.  Listen to arrange this meeting to align vision with execution and to ensure you are on the path to building the legacy you want.    

S2E35: The important difference between designing and planning

There is a distinct and powerful difference between designing and planning.  This applies to meetings, weddings, your future, and your legacy.  Listen to find out how to shift your perspective from planning to designing.  This shift will enrich your outlook and yield fruit of your choosing.  

S2E34: Leadership lessons from Toy Story

Leadership lesson are not limited to the workplace or classroom.  Daily life provides us with ample opportunities to grow our leadership skills.  The original Toy Story had many moments of leadership lessons.  I discuss how you can discuss these with your children to help them with their leadership growth.