Remaining Significant and Inspiring Others

I continue to get a great deal of thought inspiration from reading Amor Towles’ great book, Table for Two. The latest point Eve made when speaking of Charlie was, “He was shifting from the life of doing to the life of remembering.” This really made me think about how we need to stay significant as we go through the different phases of life and reinvent ourselves. As a person who really never wants to retire I think about this a lot. In fact, I have blogged about this before in Significance: Impacting Outside Yourself. I am now in my seventh decade and I do a lot of remembering and using past experiences to inform new challenges. I DO NOT, however, want to stop doing. I just believe that “doing” looks different at different phases in our life. As we age and transition from a life of doing to a life of remembering, it’s important for leaders to focus on sharing their wisdom and knowledge with others.

One way to remain significant is through coaching and mentoring younger generations, writing books or articles, giving speeches, blogging, or even starting a podcast or YouTube channel to share their experiences and lessons learned. By staying engaged with the world and continuing to make a positive impact, leaders can remain significant and continue to inspire others.

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