Building a successful legacy one purposeful act at a time
Building a successful legacy one purposeful act at a time
The Banff Centre, one of Canada's most well-known and successful professional development hubs, is 75 years old. How do you even begin to measure such legacy?
First you can list concrete achievements: the thousands of performances, exhibitions, and programs The Banff Centre has delivered over the years. You can also consider the more than 250,000 alumni who have attended different programs. However, to appreciate the true scope of this legacy, you must look further. You must account for the intangible, fleeting outcomes behind those numbers.
For instance, the effect those alumni had on their home communities following their time at The Banff Centre. How many others did they inspire?
How did they change their communities? The task of accounting for such outcomes is daunting, yet these are the true indicators of a lasting legacy.
As each of us aspires to build our own unique legacy, we too must consider both the measurable and intangible components of the equation. Here are some suggestions to help you build your own legacy, one purposeful action at a time.
Success = Results x Fulfillment.
The first challenge is to expand upon what you have traditionally considered important when you account for the outcomes of your actions. One of my main challenges as a coach and consultant is to guide my client in broadening the spectrum of criteria they typically use to measure their organizational and personal success. To achieve this, I have defined a simple formula: Success = Results Delivered x Fulfillment Lived. Over the years, I have realized that this formula, in which fulfillment becomes a multiplier of measured results, provides a perfect framework for planning and building a successful legacy.
Focus your energy by targeting concrete results.
The first variable in the equation Results Delivered is the most intuitive and rarely a challenge for individuals and organizations to grasp.
To build a successful legacy, concrete, tangible, and quality outcomes must be delivered. For example, the corporation must post profits, the quartet needs to record, and the Olympic athlete needs to achieve a gold medal.
Account for the intangible outcomes by defining a fulfillment multiplier.
The Fulfillment Lived variable tends to be more difficult for clients to comprehend at first. It requires a concerted departure from results-oriented measurements to identify what truly creates fulfillment for an organization or individual. Yet note that this variable is a multiplier, so it is well worth engaging in "pragmatic imagination," the act of defining abstract yet critical outcomes of success. I like to illustrate this using the example of an Olympic athlete. If she defines her goal simply as winning a gold medal, her task is relatively simple: do whatever it takes to win train hard, eat well, compete as much as possible. Consider this same athlete expanding her scope by valuing personal pride as highly as winning a gold medal. She begins measuring the level of personal pride she feels through each and every action she delivers on a daily basis. Her quest for success is transformed by this new sense of purpose in identifying and practicing actions that provide this sense of pride.
In the first scenario, win at any cost, there is latitude for our athlete to resort to performance-enhancing drugs as a viable option. In the second scenario, she will achieve her concrete goal in a way that also rewards her with a deep sense of personal pride and fulfillment. Her legacy will be an authentic, infallible achievement: for herself, for her country, and for all the young athletes, including future Olympians she inspires through her performance.
Defining the Fulfillment variable in the Success Formula is not a license to avoid the hard work required to deliver results. Like triple bottom-line accounting Profit, Planet, People or native wisdom act with seven generations in mind it involves sustained awareness, purpose and discipline, and leads to more efficient and effective actions. Most importantly, it sets the stage for building a lasting legacy, one purposeful action at a time. Bonne fête, Banff Centre, and thank you for the intangible, yet so critical, inspiration you provide.
Building a successful legacy one purposeful act at a time - To learn more about this author, visit Richard Monette's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
Note to the reader: In this article, Richard Monette expands on his very popular article "The Success Formula". Richard uses the example of the Banff Centre - one of Canada's most well-known and successful professional development hubs - 75th anniversary celebration to present a clear recipe to building a successful legacy.
The Banff Centre, one of Canada's most well-known and successful professional development hubs, is 75 years old. How do you even begin to measure such legacy?
First you can list concrete achievements: the thousands of performances, exhibitions, and programs The Banff Centre has delivered over the years. You can also consider the more than 250,000 alumni who have attended different programs. However, to appreciate the true scope of this legacy, you must look further. You must account for the intangible, fleeting outcomes behind those numbers.
For instance, the effect those alumni had on their home communities following their time at The Banff Centre. How many others did they inspire?
How did they change their communities? The task of accounting for such outcomes is daunting, yet these are the true indicators of a lasting legacy.
As each of us aspires to build our own unique legacy, we too must consider both the measurable and intangible components of the equation. Here are some suggestions to help you build your own legacy, one purposeful action at a time.
Success = Results x Fulfillment.
The first challenge is to expand upon what you have traditionally considered important when you account for the outcomes of your actions. One of my main challenges as a coach and consultant is to guide my client in broadening the spectrum of criteria they typically use to measure their organizational and personal success. To achieve this, I have defined a simple formula: Success = Results Delivered x Fulfillment Lived. Over the years, I have realized that this formula, in which fulfillment becomes a multiplier of measured results, provides a perfect framework for planning and building a successful legacy.
Focus your energy by targeting concrete results.
The first variable in the equation Results Delivered is the most intuitive and rarely a challenge for individuals and organizations to grasp.
To build a successful legacy, concrete, tangible, and quality outcomes must be delivered. For example, the corporation must post profits, the quartet needs to record, and the Olympic athlete needs to achieve a gold medal.
Account for the intangible outcomes by defining a fulfillment multiplier.
The Fulfillment Lived variable tends to be more difficult for clients to comprehend at first. It requires a concerted departure from results-oriented measurements to identify what truly creates fulfillment for an organization or individual. Yet note that this variable is a multiplier, so it is well worth engaging in "pragmatic imagination," the act of defining abstract yet critical outcomes of success. I like to illustrate this using the example of an Olympic athlete. If she defines her goal simply as winning a gold medal, her task is relatively simple: do whatever it takes to win train hard, eat well, compete as much as possible. Consider this same athlete expanding her scope by valuing personal pride as highly as winning a gold medal. She begins measuring the level of personal pride she feels through each and every action she delivers on a daily basis. Her quest for success is transformed by this new sense of purpose in identifying and practicing actions that provide this sense of pride.
In the first scenario, win at any cost, there is latitude for our athlete to resort to performance-enhancing drugs as a viable option. In the second scenario, she will achieve her concrete goal in a way that also rewards her with a deep sense of personal pride and fulfillment. Her legacy will be an authentic, infallible achievement: for herself, for her country, and for all the young athletes, including future Olympians she inspires through her performance.
Defining the Fulfillment variable in the Success Formula is not a license to avoid the hard work required to deliver results. Like triple bottom-line accounting Profit, Planet, People or native wisdom act with seven generations in mind it involves sustained awareness, purpose and discipline, and leads to more efficient and effective actions. Most importantly, it sets the stage for building a lasting legacy, one purposeful action at a time. Bonne fête, Banff Centre, and thank you for the intangible, yet so critical, inspiration you provide.
Building a successful legacy one purposeful act at a time - To learn more about this author, visit Richard Monette's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
| |||
 |
No article feedback found. | ||
|
Leave Your Feedback | ||
|
|||
 Empathy Means Not Going It Alone
| |||
| When I feel overwhelmed, it's often because I forget that I'm not in competition with the rest of the world, but I always have the option to join in cooperation. That requires that I adjust my attitude toward the re... |
|||
|
Building a successful legacy one purposeful act at a time
| |||
| In this article, Richard Monette expands on his popular article "The Success Formula". He uses the example of the Banff Centre - one of Canada's most well known and successful professional development hubs - 75th... |
|||
|
Legacy and Immortality
| |||
| A philosopher/historian once said that the really great ideas have their own objective reality. That they have substance beyond just being wisps in the mind of the individual thinker. |
|||
|
Leadership and Vision: What's Your Cathedral?
| |||
| Leadership without vision isn’t true leadership at all. It is management. While management is both valuable and necessary, it is simply not the stuff that takes people and organizations to new heights of achieveme... |
|||
|
'Purposeful Change': The Way Forward
| |||
| Change happens all around us, but we're not 'victims' of change. We have a critical part to play in seeing that change moves us in a positive direction. That's what 'purposeful change' is all about: getting involved... |
|||
| |||
John PowerJohn Power, founder of Biltmore Franchise Consulting, has extensive experience developing and marketing franchises and business opportunities. He has been in and around franchising for over twenty years. From 1980 through 1990 he conceptualized, organized, and developed the American Video Association. He grew AVA to 2,000 national members, before selling the company it 1990. It was later merged into another home video marketing company. From 2000 to 2005 he worked as a contract marketing and human resources consultant to several local and national companies. In 2005 Mr. Power began working as a franchise development consultant on a full-time basis. Since that time he has helped more than three dozen companies initiate and develop their franchising program. He notes that there are many companies interested in developing a franchise program, and who need his specialized assistance. Mr. Power is a “hands-on” franchise consultant. He said, “I am the ‘nuts and bolts’ person who tends to the details for my clients.” Mr. Power holds a B.S. degree with a major in Marketing. See: www.biltmorefranchise.com You may contact Mr. Power at: jpower@biltmorefranchise.co - Visit John Power's Website |
|||
Jeff FosterWebBizIdeas.com is a Minneapolis website design company founded to help people start an internet business by providing them with website, business, and internet resources that help foster the growth of successful online businesses and develop innovative Internet business ideas. - Visit Jeff Foster's Website |
|||
Dr. John OdaJohn Oda Ph.D NLP is a business peak performance expert, an author, and speaker frequently called upon to provide corporate training, workshops and seminars for many companies in the United States. He is an expert in coaching sales and business professionals in overcoming the behaviors and obstacles that may impede their sales results and affect their bottom line. Since 1995, John has created a speaking bureau such topics, which include: time management, sales training, human diversity, leadership programs and etc. He provides companies with a strategic plan to increase their bottom line by over 25 percent yearly. - Visit Dr. John Oda's Website |
|||
Anne BarrAnne Barr has over 26 years experience in sales and marketing, six years as a franchisee. She has assisted over 367 business owners and purchasers to achieve their goals in career change, transition and exit strategy. She holds the designation of Certified Franchise Executive from the International Franchise Association, Certified Business Intermediary from the International Business Brokers Association and Board Certified Broker from the Texas Association of Business Brokers. Anne is active in professional organizations, networking groups and volunteers for non-profit entities. As owner/operator of four successful businesses, Anne has proven people skills and enjoys helping clients find the right "fit" in business ownership. Visit www.FranchiseOpportunitySpecialist.com for more information about me and my company. - Visit Anne Barr's Website |
|||
Michel NerayMichel Neray has over 25 years of experience as an award-winning copywriter, an Internet pioneer, a tradeshow pitchman and a senior sales and marketing executive. An online pioneer, he was one of the first marketing professionals to embrace the Internet by building websites as early as 1993. In 1994, Michel co-authored a book entitled "The Great Crossover: Personal Confidence in the Age of the Microchip", which made it to Jack Canfield's Achiever's Recommended Reading List. Michel founded Portfolios.com in 1995, the world's first online source directory for creative professionals and one of the first websites based on community generated content. Since creating The Essential Message in 2003, Michel has helped thousands of independent professionals and entrepreneurs as well as growing corporations find a better way to differentiate, position and brand themselves. In 2005, his chapter "Everything Starts With A Conversation" was selected as the lead for the book, "Sales Gurus Speak Out" and re-published in 2008 for 'Awakening The Workplace Volume 3'. He is also a co-author of "In the Company of Leaders" (2008) with 40 top North American leadership experts. - Visit Michel Neray's Website |
|||
Kim CastleWith nearly two decades in the advertising and design business, with clients like Domino's Pizza, General Motors, Direct TV, Pedigree, Wolfgang Puck, Higher Octave Music, Hollywood Celebrity Products, Disney, and Paramount, as well as thousands of entrepreneurs around the world define, structure, communicate, and position their business for greater profits, BrandU(R) co-creators Kim Castle and W. Vito Montone discovered that entrepreneurs could experience the same power that big brands command for a fraction of the cost with the world's only process-based results-drive Integral approach to business creation. BrandU(R) is helping entrepreneurs grow with the power of extreme clarity from idea...to brand...to market(TM) and helping one million entrepreneurs become successful and whole so that they can make a difference in the world. Are you one of them? If you want to experience clarity all the way to the bank(TM), get started now at http://www.brandu.com. - Visit Kim Castle's Website |
|||
Bernard ReberBack in late 1992, MS Access hit the streets. About that time the company I managed needed new software to handle their growing client base and I decided to try this new product. I had little difficulty writing and adapting a database to suit us and discovered a hidden talent for programming. A business was born. With business studies and 25 years of management experience in three different countries under my belt, I could offer a unique combination of skills and my customers agreed. From these humble beginnings my software 'invoiceit' emerged in 1999 and has since been taken to 49 states (hello Wyoming, won't you join us?), all across Canada and more than 70 other countries. From the very beginning the program included cashbook accounting, the simplest form of keeping financial business records. The Dictionary.com defines 'cashbook' as "A 'book' in which to record money received and paid out". For 'book' substitute 'simple software' and that's what I'm about. Now I have published Simple Accounting, an inexpensive spreadsheet solution which even you can master. For just $14.95 it costs less than a takeout meal! More at http://www.scrambled-card.com/simple_accounting_main.htm - Visit Bernard Reber's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
 | |
 Richard Monette (Visit Richard's Website) Richard Monette's talents span the disciplines of business, sport psychology, and education, all of which are connected by his ardent passion for improving human and organizational performance. In his own quest to reach peak levels of performance, Richard has developed credible expertise in leading others on similar journeys. Richard is a skillful coach, facilitator and speaker with a diverse clientele, spanning from Olympic medallists and World champion athletes to corporate CEOs. This diversity speaks to the universal application of his strategies in teaching corporations and individuals to strive beyond the safe and familiar; to learn when challenge and risk are necessary and how to balance these with pragmatism. Most importantly, he helps his clients understand where their creativity lies and how to use it. Richard is also the author of “The Gift – A story about finding a better score in golf and life”ww w.innerwarrior.com/gift.html. The gift is an acclaimed and captivating golf metaphor for finding performance in business and life.
|  |
 |
|
|
 |
| Richard Monette Video - Richard Monette, the international executive coach, personal performance coach and sport psychology consultant to Olympians, present his InnerWarrior Cycle -- a simple approach to finding purpose and performance in everything. |
|
|
|
 |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
 |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
 |
 | ||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
| ||
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
|
|
 |
 Make Attitude Your Ally Ezine Choices Self-Employment Guide Valley of Death Create A Mission Statement |
|
 | ||
 |
The Top 10 Guy Kawasaki Posts
Best Posts for Entrepreneurs | |
 |
Guide To ERP Software
Business Management Software | |
| ||
 |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|
|
||||||||||||
