Another training video. This one explains the basics of getting started as a Legacy Consultant.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Values of the Priceless Legacy Company
The Priceless Legacy Company believes in certain values:
1. Every life story is precious and deserving of preservation.
2. The preservation of one’s life story is not a vanity but an obligation to the future.
3. The only act of selfishness is to not preserve one’s story
4. Something is better than nothing: do not let perfectionism abet procrastination.
5. Our legacy consultants have an extraordinary and special mission to preserve life stories – PLC will support their efforts at every turn.
6. If we “do the right thing” for our customers, legacy consultants, staff and investors, good things – including financial gain – will ensue.
7. Mistakes are OK. The failure to learn from them is not.
8. Time is of the essence. Priceless stories are lost when we do not attack aggressively in the marketplace.
9. Respect clients' and subjects' wishes for privacy and confidentiality.
10. Conduct yourself with fairness and integrity at all times.
1. Every life story is precious and deserving of preservation.
2. The preservation of one’s life story is not a vanity but an obligation to the future.
3. The only act of selfishness is to not preserve one’s story
4. Something is better than nothing: do not let perfectionism abet procrastination.
5. Our legacy consultants have an extraordinary and special mission to preserve life stories – PLC will support their efforts at every turn.
6. If we “do the right thing” for our customers, legacy consultants, staff and investors, good things – including financial gain – will ensue.
7. Mistakes are OK. The failure to learn from them is not.
8. Time is of the essence. Priceless stories are lost when we do not attack aggressively in the marketplace.
9. Respect clients' and subjects' wishes for privacy and confidentiality.
10. Conduct yourself with fairness and integrity at all times.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Passion & Process: The Business of Priceless Legacy
This video is the first of many of its type which we will use for field training of our Legacy Consultants.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Dec 7 Remembrance
We all know FDR's referral to the Pearl Harbor attacks of December 7, 1941 as the "Day that will live in Infamy." Like September 11 in contemporary generations, December 7 is a date that requires no subsequent description. Anyone with a smattering of historical awareness knows the significance of the date.
It was President Roosevelt's mention of a day that will live in "Infamy" that has me contemplative this year. Infamy and its related if more positive cousin "fame" are words often associated with remembrance. With such language it is almost implied that an occurrence must conform to either end of that spectrum to be "worthy" of recollection and preservation.
My take is decidedly more democratic. While the "great events" like December 7 can and do define a generation and give it a common historical reference point, it is not such grand events alone that merit capture and preservation.
Indeed, it is simple and the common which have even more relevance to family and loved ones. The fact that a grandfather was a Pearl Harbor survivor is clearly a point of interest and pride, but should it define the life of a man who also did so much and loved so much else? As we contemplate life story capture and preservation, it is important that we recall the value of the simple aspects of life: especially those that occurred on less dramatic and globally significant dates on the calendar.
It was President Roosevelt's mention of a day that will live in "Infamy" that has me contemplative this year. Infamy and its related if more positive cousin "fame" are words often associated with remembrance. With such language it is almost implied that an occurrence must conform to either end of that spectrum to be "worthy" of recollection and preservation.
My take is decidedly more democratic. While the "great events" like December 7 can and do define a generation and give it a common historical reference point, it is not such grand events alone that merit capture and preservation.
Indeed, it is simple and the common which have even more relevance to family and loved ones. The fact that a grandfather was a Pearl Harbor survivor is clearly a point of interest and pride, but should it define the life of a man who also did so much and loved so much else? As we contemplate life story capture and preservation, it is important that we recall the value of the simple aspects of life: especially those that occurred on less dramatic and globally significant dates on the calendar.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
God's Work?
We're only coming up on the end of the second month of the founding of this company, but I already have identified my favorite activity. It is meeting Legacy Consultants and people who are considering becoming LCs. They are, without exception, the most amazing people.
Their backgrounds are very diverse. Neither social background nor professional experience unite them. Rather is it is a curiosity about people and a genuine belief in the dignity of life and the special - almost sacred - nature of each life story. Our LCs clearly believe, as I do, that it is a serious tragedy when a life ends that has not been respectfully acknowledged and preserved in some way.
One LC who signed on today told me that she felt that the LC opportunity was sent from God. That really touched me. I do not pretend to know God's will or understand his actions, but I am both honored and humbled that this woman was moved to cite her faith when discussing Priceless Legacy.
I love this company and I love my job!
Their backgrounds are very diverse. Neither social background nor professional experience unite them. Rather is it is a curiosity about people and a genuine belief in the dignity of life and the special - almost sacred - nature of each life story. Our LCs clearly believe, as I do, that it is a serious tragedy when a life ends that has not been respectfully acknowledged and preserved in some way.
One LC who signed on today told me that she felt that the LC opportunity was sent from God. That really touched me. I do not pretend to know God's will or understand his actions, but I am both honored and humbled that this woman was moved to cite her faith when discussing Priceless Legacy.
I love this company and I love my job!
Monday, December 1, 2008
Thanksgiving Reflections
The four day weekend that was the Thanksgiving holiday was both restful and a cause for contemplation.
As is customary, we had my mother over and my sister-in-law and her family who were visiting from New York.
My sister-in-law and her husband were enraptured by my mother's recently completed Waskada to the World life story book. Even though she has known my mother for almost thirty years, Jean was thrilled to learn more about her sister's mother-in-law.
When she left for the airport at the end of the weekend, she repeated her resolve to complete LifeStories both for her own mother but also her in laws.
I love how infectious the life story movement really is. I found myself especially thankful that we have devised a system and the human organization to bring joy and satisfaction to so many families.
As is customary, we had my mother over and my sister-in-law and her family who were visiting from New York.
My sister-in-law and her husband were enraptured by my mother's recently completed Waskada to the World life story book. Even though she has known my mother for almost thirty years, Jean was thrilled to learn more about her sister's mother-in-law.
When she left for the airport at the end of the weekend, she repeated her resolve to complete LifeStories both for her own mother but also her in laws.
I love how infectious the life story movement really is. I found myself especially thankful that we have devised a system and the human organization to bring joy and satisfaction to so many families.
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