What’s your legacy?
If you had the opportunity to influence the way your loved ones thought about you after you’re gone, you should.
And you can.
We are dead forever, after all, and what most people leave behind is a loose collection of scattered memories their loved ones remember about them—usually things they said or did.
The assumption here is that we hope people remember us in a positive way, or even at all. Hopefully, they will, for about two generations. After that time, unless you’ve documented your life, the unique story of your life will fade into obscurity.
Your life experiences—along with all your memories, wisdom, insights, values, the things that made you laugh and smile, and your distinct way of looking at the world and everything in it—will disappear in two generations or less.
Go back two generations in your life and consider everything you know about your grandparents. Other than the basic outline of their lives, if you even know that much, what do you actually know about the lives these people led and the values they lived by? Like most people, the answer to that question is probably: very little.
And what will your grandchildren understand about you when they’re middle-aged and begin searching for answers to their origin story? Most likely, very little.
You can change all of this by leaving a life legacy book for them, such as an autobiography, memoir, or even a couple’s joint autobiography. Ghostwritten life stories ensure that your life story lasts longer than your lifetime. Private ghostwritten autobiographies and memoirs capture all your years on the road of life, without you having to write a word.
One book can change your life. Virtual strangers have given me books on a bus or in a hostel, which changed the course of my life. That’s the power of one book handed over randomly from one person to another as paths cross. Imagine the power of a book passed through generations of your family, written in your voice, with your name on the cover, speaking directly to people that exist because of you, whom you may never know in your lifetime.
In this book about you, you can share stories about decisions you made that led to their birth. That is an invaluable, priceless gift that you can give them by leaving behind your legacy as a life legacy book. Its wealth is far beyond the value of money, which comes and goes. I wish someone had done this in my family, and I’m sure you wish the same.
It’s not only famous people who get to leave their legacy in an autobiography. You can do it as well with ghostwritten autobiographies and memoirs that are far more relatable, relevant, and personal.
This is your life. It’s as personal as it gets.
