Build A Legacy, Not A Kingdom

What are you going to be remembered for? What are you going to leave behind?

Your story will live on after you're gone. Everything else will erode with time.

What's a Legacy vs a Kingdom?

Growing up I always wanted to be the best at everything. I would become obsessed and curious, practice until I became somewhat decent at my obsession at the time. Then immediately, I would lose interest. "I already conquered my challenge, why do I need to keep practicing?", I would think to my tiny pre-pubescent brain.

That feeling of pride and accomplishment began to fade as time would pass and I would watch other friends or family get better and better at one specific skillset. I was good at a lot and not great at a lot. Throw in the fact that not practicing those "good skills" only leads to starting from the beginning and relearning everything.

If I had dedicated myself to building a strong as fuck foundation, practicing daily, focused on not just being decent but growing as a person and enjoying the process: What would that foundation look like now?

Don't settle for good enough and being satisfied, especially if that means something to you

It's like the difference between a card house and a LEGO set:

You can build the biggest baddest card house, and with a single exhale it all comes tumbling down.

Meanwhile, I still have a box full of LEGOs from over 20 years ago that still work, still snap together, and can still destroy your foot with one wrong step.

Kingdoms rise and fall, change over time, weaken and strengthen, grow and crumble.

A legacy lives steadily on for generations, each generation building on the foundations the one before them built.