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grand living
It's the moment that really matters, not saving for something for after we're gone
from this earth. After all, how many people do we cross paths with each day? For
some, the moment we meet them will be the way they remember us. It may be only
one moment we share or connect, but it's the experience we generate that leads to
the way we're remembered. Ask yourself: Is this interaction something I'd like to leave
behind with other people when I'm gone? Is this conversation one I would like others
to remember? Are my actions making an impression on those around me that I would
like them to hold when I'm gone? What do I hope lives beyond me?

Leaving your wake by sharing your strengths

When a boat goes in the water it leaves a wake that quickly disappears. The water
moves and washes away the path of the boat. Like the waves, many of the things
and experiences you've amassed in your life will be washed away when you die.
But what moments and experiences have you created for other people that life
and death can't wash away? Your legacy lives on in the memories of those who
know you. So, what are some things you could do today with and for the people in
your life, knowing the wake you're leaving behind? What about in the next hour?
What about right now? What are you contributing to the lives of the people around you?
Do you simply exist and get by in each day
and encounter, or do you constantly seek to find
deeper meaning and contact? Do you gossip,
complain, and feel sorry for yourself, or do you
work toward an enhanced quality of life
with MORE contact, MORE nourishment, and MORE fulfillment?
How would you change if you
looked at things this way? Use the
aspects of your life and yourself that
you want to change as a chance to
assess and clean up what you're doing.
If you don't lead with your strengths,
you're remembered for your weaknesses. So how will you share your
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strengths? How will you elicit and support the strengths of other people?
Each of us has gifts, conventional and unconventional. We may possess qualities
that go unnoticed. How many of us don't even really know members of our own
families? If they don't lead with their hearts and let us see their feelings, we may
not understand what matters to them until it's too late. It's important we not make
that mistake. When we share our strengths and celebrate the strengths of other
people, we learn to emphasize the things that make us special and the things that
make us seen by others.
At one of our More Life Training events, an unassuming gentleman joined us.
He wore glasses. He was shy and bookish. As others networked and engaged in
discussion, they thought of him as "the quiet guy in glasses." Then came a moment
when he picked up a Rubik's cube. The room got quiet as he solved the cube in
just a few seconds. People were amazed and begged him to do it again (he did).
He was a genius when it came to solving puzzles. Another woman in the class
started to sing, and everyone was blown away. She had an absolutely amazing
voice. As these gifts emerged throughout the room, many people were surprised
at what they'd overlooked.

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What about creating new traditions
and ways of being that are unique
to YOU and require you to develop
yourself more and more?

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Relationships experts, world-class coaches,
and best-selling authors, Dr. Judith and Dr.
Bob Wright are co-founders of the Wright
Foundation for the Realization of Human
Potential and The Wright Graduate
University and authors of The Heart of the
Fight
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