What legacy do you want to leave

What Legacy Do You Want To Leave digitalbloggers.com /business/what-legacy-do-you-want-to-leave Jan 21, 2017 47 views Written by Sergei VanBellinghen

Author Sergei VanBellinghen Articles written: 101 Joined: 23 September 2016 Niche: Internet and Businesses Online Reference and Education Self Improvement

As we move forward, grow, develop and mature in life, we travel from one stage to the next with different questions on our mind. Depending on the stage we are in, we always have a natural cross-examining moment where we ask ourselves what is next. The question at this stage in my life was: “What legacy do you want to leave?”

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All of us humans experience these different stages throughout the course of our life. For most, this evolution feels like a natural progression, while other people are jammed in a stage for years, and not learn the essential lessons in a particular stage.

The knowledge about these different stages can help you when moving toward to your own development and your pursuit of success. Since the beginning of time, men have always philosophized about the purpose of existence.

I found the answer to ‘what kind of legacy do I want to leave behind’ a while ago in becoming a Self-Improvement & Success Coach to help others improve themselves and find success. But by being also a part a community of a “life of freedom and laptop lifestyle”, and in making donations to animal rescue centers.

But each stage of life brings a new question as to what is the next phase. So let’s take an overview of these stages from the start.

In Childhood As a child, my usual question was “What I want to do when I grow up?”

It is a stage where we are mimicking others; we gradually develop social skills and learn to fit in with society. At this stage, we are totally dependent on other people’s actions and consent to be happy. This is a horrible strategy because other people are unpredictable and unreliable.

This stage in our life focuses on our education. It is in the course of this stage that we build the foundation for our future existence. We do get stuck in this stage when we are not able to let go of the necessity for approval from other people.

In the Teenage Years As a teenager, my question was generally “Why am I born in this part of the world?”

Your question again might have been different. Adolescence begins to appear and in relation comes a radical hormonal change. Through this, our body starts to change and sets off to close in with manhood. It is a stage ruled by very resilient emotions and a rebel mind.

The course of our independence is initiated. Our teenage years makes us grow into becoming a more independent person was time goes on. This growing feeling begins and initiates our desire to have a life on our own.

In the Mid-20’s In my mid-20’s, I was wondering “Where is my life going?”

It is a time of self-discovery. In this stage, we become reliant on ourselves, but we are still depending on external success to be happy — making money, accolades, victory, conquests, etc. These people are more controllable than others, but still mostly unpredictable in the long-run.

We have grown into a young adult who now has no choice but to apply the skills we have learned throughout the first stage of life. We have a desire to discover life which increases our disposition to take risks. We begin to test new and thrilling opportunities. Obviously, the effort to integrate these fundamentals in our life can be quite inaccurate.

We make mistakes, for the most part learn from them and then continue moving.

In the Mid-30’s In my mid-30’s, I thought “Do I want to get married and have a family?”

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It is a stage of commitment. This stage relies on a handful of relationships and endeavors that proved themselves resilient and worthwhile through the previous stage we underwent. Our responsibilities start to increase.

We, independent beings, find ourselves faced with many diverse challenges like struggling and financial stress. We may desire to find a home on our own, a partner and have children. Our focus now lies on the development of a career and expansion of our young household.

In the Mid-40’s In the end of my 40’s, I had a mid-life crisis, and ask myself “What is my purpose in life?”

For the very first time, we enter the stage of midlife. In many ways, this stage looks like the opportunity get away from the affairs pertaining to the world. Perhaps for some, we start to speculate about the real meaning of life.

It is a stage of deep thought. We generally respond differently during this phase. While a few of us get a deep understanding about human existence, others find themselves in the famous “midlife crisis”. Normally, we all emerge out of this stage. The culmination of this meditative stage symbolizes the start of wisdom and philanthropy.

In the 50’s In the beginning of my 50’s, it was “What kind of legacy I want to leave?”

This last stage marks a time when we actively seek to give the younger generation helpful advice to take along. It is a stage during which we are setting in place our knowledge and our creations so that the following generation continues the legacy.

Our wisdom and sagacity contribute to the world’s progress. We adopt a new role as helpers and mentors which lead the youngest. We represent a source of knowledge and insight our next peers can get into, if they have enough wisdom to do so.

We are all going through different phases at different stages of our life, and the legacy you want to leave might differ from one person to another because of age, maturity, beliefs, mindset, etc. So, what kind of legacy do you want to leave behind is your choice, make it a good one.

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Sergei VanBellinghen, Founder & CEO of First-Class Lifestyle and sergeivanbellinghen.com, Success & Self-Improvement Coach, Freedom entrepreneur & business partner of Stuart Ross, also counselor in East Europe-West relationships, a passionate Globetrotter and an avid audio booker

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