The Ultimate Guide to Creating a Legacy: 100 Insanely Useful Posts

Posted: April 13th, 2010 | Author: Luc | Filed under: Family & Relationships, Life & Legacy, Miscellaneous, Purpose & Meaning | 3 Comments »

“Rome was not built in a day.” ~ John Heywood

Post written by Luc Andria. Follow me on twitter and facebook.

We create our legacy on a daily basis. In fact our life is our legacy. So each day we get a new opportunity to work on what we will be remembered for, and perhaps more important how we can positively impact the world in the present and future.

Legacy building encompasses all aspects of life, including personal growth, purpose, love, relationships, family, career, money…

So I decided to leave no stone unturned, and inspired by The Ultimate Personal Growth Guide: 100 Best Posts by Mary Jaksch of Goodlife Zen, I am excited to share with you today some of the best legacy-related guidance, advice and support in the blogosphere.

This selection of the best 100 posts and links, including some of the articles that I published here, will inspire you to live your best life, do great work and build your legacy.

They are grouped under 7 categories: Life & Legacy; Purpose & Meaning; Love, Kindness, Happiness; Great Legacies; Family & Relationship; Career, Money, Success; Courage & Action.

There is some insanely useful and actionable wisdom in these 100 posts, so make sure to add them to your favorites or better yet bookmark the Ultimate Guide to Creating a Legacy. Seriously, do it now.

Then grab your favorite drink, sit back and embark on the lifetime journey of legacy building.

Here’s, in no particular order, the list of the 100 Best Posts to help create your legacy.

Please note that as you click on each link, a brief introduction will pop up to give you an idea of what it’s about. If you want to read the full post, simply click on the link ‘Continue on to…’ at the bottom of the pop-up.

Life & Legacy

Leaving a Legacy—Principles to Live By by Jim Rohn

The Most Important Question In The Universe by Luc Andria

A Question of Legacy by Jeffrey Tang

Deciding What to Do With Your Life by Steve Pavlina

The Meaning of Life: How Shall We Live? by Steve Pavlina

Let Your Life Be Your Message by Arvind Devalia

What is your legacy? by Chief Master Sgt. Frazier

What Message Will You Leave Behind by Diggy

Live Your Legacy – Build a legacy that will last far beyond your years by Chelsea  Greenwood

What Message would you Leave before you Die? by Glen Allsopp

Life is Poetry by Leo Babauta

What is Your Legacy? by Rabbi B. Allison Bergman

6 Questions to Ask Yourself to Get the Most Out of Life by Leo Babauta

You matter by Seth Godin

Paradigm Shift: Think Legacy, …not The Next Level by Herman J. Najoli

30 Days to a Better Man Day 21: Write Your Own Eulogy by Brett & Kate McKay

Purpose & Meaning

Life on Purpose: 15 Questions to Discover Your Personal Mission by Tina Su

The Meaning of Life: Discover Your Purpose by Steve Pavlina

How to Discover Your Life’s Purpose – 7 Questions to Ask by Mr. SelfDevelopment

8 Questions and a Why by Seth Godin

The Why, What, Who and How of Legacy by Luc Andria

The Key to Dying Happy by Leo Babauta

What Do You Want to Do With Your Life? by Scott H. Young

The Ultimate Personal Growth Guide: 100 Best Posts by Mary Jaksch

The Socratic Method To Great Living (5 Simple Steps) by Alex Shalman

The Life Purpose Lie by Jonathan Fields

Fear of Flying: Facing the Fear of Success by Dustin Wax

Living a Life of Integrity by Brett McKay

Deciding What to Do With Your Life by Scott H. Young

Think about your life goals by Leo Babauta

Operate From the Highest Level by Scott H. Young

The Courage to Live Consciously by Steve Pavlina

On The Shortness of Life: An Introduction to Seneca by Tim Ferriss

Love, Kindness, Happiness

Yes, You Can! A Father’s Legacy of Love and Hope by Luc Andria

How To Live The Good Life by Marc

The Only Guide to Happiness You’ll Ever Need by Leo Babauta

Secrets of Wellbeing Series — Part 1: Authentic Happiness by Mary Jaksch

Why Living a Life of Gratitude Can Make You Happy by Leo Babauta

Alain de Botton – 3 Q’s on life’s purpose, legacy and source of happiness by Filip Matous

The Incredible Power of Contentment by Leo Babauta

Three Truths to Help You Create a Life of Gratitude by Chris Guillebeau

Happiness Myth No. 10: The Biggest Myth — It’s Selfish To Try to Be Happier by Gretchen Rubin

The 7 Habits of Highly Happy People by Marc

Great Legacies

World’s 100 Greatest Legacy Heroes – The Ultimate Inspiration For Life and Legacy by Luc Andria

4 Key Lessons in Kindness from Princess Diana, The “Queen of Hearts” by Luc Andria

Radical Thinking: What You Can Learn From the Timeless Philosophy of Socrates by Tejvan Pettinger

6 Key Lessons in Life from a 140 year Old Man by Arvind Devalia

Mahatma Gandhi’s 5 Teachings To Bring About World Peace by Shilpan Patel

5 Lessons in Humility and Love from Nobel Prize Winner, Mother Teresa by Luc Andria

Lessons in Leadership from a 90 Year Old Man! by Arvind Devalia

Lincoln’s Daring Statement: A Blueprint for Gaining Authority by Glen Stansberry

By Any Means Necessary by Chris Guillebeau

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Greatest Message to the World by Tim Enalls

8 Policies For Being An Average Joe-Superman by Alex Shalman

Lessons in Manliness: Viktor Frankl by Cory Edwards

The Tiger Woods Rulebook To Being A Huge Success by Alex Shalman

Men of Legend: The Battle of the Alamo by Chris

Lessons in Manliness from Winston Churchill by Jonathan W. Thomas

Lessons in Manliness: Jimmy Stewart by Brett & Kate McKay

4 Lasting Lessons in Perseverance from Thomas Edison by Luc Andria

Family & Relationships

The 5 Steps to Creating Your Legacy Project by Ernest Rosenbaum, MD

How To Be A Fantastic Parent by Sherri Kruger

How to be a Great Dad – 12 Awesome Tips by Leo Babauta

How To Be A Great Mom – 12 Awesome Tips by Vered

A Letter to My Son, on Starting Out In Life by Leo Babauta

Dear Mom, Thank-You by Sherri Kruger

7 Secrets to Raising a Happy Child by Sean Platt

The Legacy of Relationships by Robert W. Merriweather

10 Lessons to Teach Your Kids About Money by Leo Babauta

How To Inspire Kids To Save The World by Marc

Faith in Humanity: How to Bring People Closer, and Restore Kindness by Leo Babauta

Legacy-Level Holiday Gift-Giving Ideas by Dolly Garlo

Begin and End With a Dream

The Picture of a Legacy by Lance

How Giving Changes Everything by Jonathan Mead

Career, Money, Success

Another Kind of Work by Jeffrey Tang

The Legacy Formula – Career Success and Life Balance by Randall Craig

Your Leadership Legacy by Robert M. Galford, Regina Fazio Maruca

Are You Building a Body of Work or a Cornucopia of Chaos? by Jonathan Fields

Legacy is greater than Currency by Gary Vaynerchuk

Giving to Receive: What Legacy Will You Leave? by Tyler Tervooren

Does money have the right to be considered as a legacy? by Robert W. Merriweather

Wealth vs. Income: What Does it Mean to be Rich? by Jeffrey Tang

How to Find Your Amazing Work by Leo Babauta

20 Qualities for a Successful Life by David B. Bohl

How To Focus On What Truly Matters by Leo Babauta

9 Steps to Achieving Flow (and Happiness) in Your Work by Leo Babauta

Make something for its own sake by Sonia Simone

Courage & Action

Creating a Legacy Project by Chris Guillebeau

UNWRAPPED: How to Become a Vision Through the Power of a Legacy by  Patrick Stöckmann

The First Day of Your Life by Chris Guillebeau

How to Doggedly Pursue Your Dreams in the Face of Naysayers by Leo Babauta

The World Needs You to Do What You Love by Jonathan Mead

The Only Way to Become Amazingly Great at Something by Leo Babauta

Think Legacy Now and… Just Do It! by Luc Andria

How to Start a Revolution by Jonathan Mead

How To Stop Regretting The Past And Start Building Your Future by Dave Navarro

How to do an Obama and Receive the Nobel Peace Prize! by Arvind Devalia

Nothing Beside Remains…by Chris Guillebeau

Triple Your Rate of Failure and You Might Succeed by Justin Dixon

Which post(s) inspired you most? What did you learn that was useful? Any post missing here? Please share in the comments.

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