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May 2023
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Why Legacy Is a [Big] Waste of Time

Robin Sharma
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If you’ve read my latest book you know that although I spoke a lot about legacy years ago (even wrote a book on it 25 years ago called Who Will Cry When You Die?), I no longer think it’s a thing worth pursuing.

Because we’ll be dead. So who cares what people say? 

Better to be great and brave and excellent and loving while you’re alive. That’s the irony: care not about your legacy and live gorgeously now and you’ll automatically create a grand legacy.

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