Focusing on my Future Legacy is Stressful

Why focusing on today is the real way to impact the future

I have been going through a big biography kick lately.

I am fascinated by the impact that a single human being can have on the world with the limited time afforded. Biographies demonstrate different leadership and character qualities, and how they were leveraged either for the greater good or to the detriment of others. It highlights how everyone will either end up on the right or wrong side of history.

For example, I am currently reading Churchill: Walking With Destiny by Andrew Roberts. Winston Churchill is a great example of “the right person at the right time.” I can greatly admire Churchill for his leadership qualities and steadfast dedication to preserving the Kingdom that he loved in the face of an unparalleled threat. I can do that, while also acknowledging his less-than-admirable qualities and recognizing that I probably wouldn’t enjoy his company.

How powerful is it that Churchill, along with countless others about whom biographies are written, have immortalized themselves through character traits, experiences, lessons, and their impact on others? People can learn about them, and from them, for the betterment of society forever.