When I called my husband at work early last Friday morning, he didn't want to talk about what I wanted to talk about; he was preoccupied with but one thing: Ron Santo. He told me that Ron Santo had died. My son had called him with the sad news. Whether you're a baseball fan or not, whether you're a Cubs' fan or not, whether you think Ron Santo should or should not be in the Hall of Fame, a legend is gone. Year after year, I listened to Ron Santo on the radio, only because my husband and son listened to Ron Santo on the radio. I have been at, near, by or around Wrigley Field on numerous occasions during visits to The Windy City, thanks to my family's unwavering love for the Chicago Cubs.
Ron Santo's life stopped at the age of 70. If you are 18, 24, or 32 years of age, perhaps you may say...wow, 70's really old. On the other hand, if you are a Boomer, as am I, (along with many of my clients), you will realize that yet another legend is gone far too soon. When baseball rolls around in 2011, things will surely be different without Ron Santo and his wildly crazy passionate obsession with the sport he lived and breathed -- baseball and the Chicago Cubs. "He really was, what he was often branded as The Cubs' Greatest Fan."
I don't know about you, but Ron Santo's death has once again made me pause and contemplate more mindfully and intentionally the professional (and personal) opportunities while here in life. Below are some questions for you to consider...thoughts I've been tossing around in my baseball-loving/career management-driven brain:
1. What are you here for? What are you doing (and being) while you are here on Earth to make a contribution to the good of your neighbor, colleague, friend, family member, customer, client, supervisor, mentor, fellow blogger, teacher, professor, stakeholders, community and world?
2. How do you wish to be remembered when your time is up?
3. What do you think people will say, good or otherwise, about you and how you lived your life?
4. What do you want people, long after you are gone, to most fondly and lovingly remember about you, your life and your body of work?
5. What are you creating right now that will carry on and sustain your memory once your dash is done?
In other words, what legacy will you leave behind?
"The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind." ~ John Allston
posted by: billie sucher
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