Asking the Right Questions

How do you want to be remembered?

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We will all leave a legacy - for better or for worse. Many people just let life happen. They don't get to decide who their legacy will benefit - or even if it will benefit anyone at all. At YourLegacy.ca, we are here to help you take control of your legacy. We will help you define how you want to be remembered, and then we help you make it happen!

 

Not every legacy is defined by dollars or driven by a desire for wealth. Rosa Parks wanted an education, and became an international symbol of civil rights. Frederick Banting wanted to cure his child's illness and created a legacy of lives saved with his discovery of insulin. Abraham Lincoln was a poor country lawyer who lost every election with the exception  of one. His abiding legacy is measured in wisdom and statesmanship, not by the $5 bills his image appears on.

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What you do with who you are is more important than what you do with what you have.  What does that mean exactly?

 

At YourLegacy.ca, we assist you in defining your legacy, and guide you to realize its worth, then guide you through the process in achieving a well defined plan of action. Our greatest satisfaction comes from helping you create a "Life Worth Living and a Legacy Worth Leaving.

Many people think that financial planning is about finances, when it is really about life. Good financial planning is about using your resources most effectively to create the life you want to live and the legacy you want to leave. Your first step in the process is to better understand where you are in your life cycle right now.

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Let's look at one model that might help determine your current life stage. In his book, The Entrepreneurial Journey, Norm Trainer writes about his understanding of the stages of our journey - in business and in life. In each stage, we tend to focus on certain common themes or questions. The type of questions you most often ask yourself about your job, financial circumstances or your business will help you determine where you are right now. Typically, businesses and individuals either grow, by struggling through each stage, or they become stuck at some point along the way for a variety of reasons.

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