TL;DR Why does it make me weird that I try to do the right thing rather than worrying about my legacy…
I was in a leadership training at work and was asked a question about how my work is furthering my legacy. But, the problem is I don’t think about my legacy and that was apparently the wrong answer.
Other people however, had very specific thoughts about their future, and about the kind of legacy they wanted to leave.
Over my life I’m realized I’m usually very different than normal people in that way. I was the kid who never had a hero in the elementary school classroom. I was a college student who didn’t have any specific activist ideals. And now I’m the colleague who doesn’t think about their legacy.
Nobody has ever been interested in my answers to these kind of questions, because it isn’t satisfying to them when they hear I just strive to do the right thing in whatever situation I find myself in. Of course I think about the future and consequences, but I’ve also been through enjoying to know control is an illusion more often than not, and luck plays a big role in everything.