1. Your Legacy: Impact or Influence?
Paul K. Johnson, MBA ‘92 ’07
paulkennethjohnson@yahoo.com
Drexel University CEO Program Workshop
October 26, 2009
2. Your Legacy: Impact or Influence?
PURPOSE
Our workshop will discuss how you can discover what can be
YOUR ultimate legacy.
Some of the questions to ask yourself include:
• Are you working to live or living to work?
• Are you working for the present or for your legacy?
You will realize that your professional and personal life can
and will make a difference in your life and the lives of so many
others.
3. Introduction to Paul K. Johnson, MBA
Born and raised in West Philadelphia
Single female headed household in Poverty
Philadelphia Public Schools
B.S. in 1992, MBA in 2007
Amateur & Collegiate Baseball Coach -20 years
Elected to grassroots political position
Serve on numerous boards
Advocate for youth and various urban issues
Active Member & Officer in Local Church
Business Professional/Pending Entrepreneur
College Instructor
4. Your Legacy: Impact or Influence?
• EXERCISE: It is 2090 and you lived to be near 100.
Oh no! You just died.
Your family is planning your funeral.
• Write your obituary.
• What’s on your tombstone? How do you want to be
remembered?
• Voluntarily share your obituary or tombstone
• The Dash Video
5. Ultimate Legacy
• Work to Live – Live to Work?
• Work for the present or for your legacy?
• Your life can make a difference
and have purpose.
• Indentify your PURPOSE,
to start a PROCESS,
to result in a PAYOFF in the future
and when you are GONE.
6. What is Legacy? A Definition
• Legacy is something transmitted by or
received from an ancestor or predecessor or
from the past (www.merriam-webster.com).
• Legacy is something that is part of your
history… (http://dictionary.cambridge.org).
7. What is Legacy? A Definition Cont…
• What is your definition of legacy?
• Legacy is what you can do now and by
planning that will affect your life and other
lives that can endure for a
What is my
long time. legacy?
8. What is Legacy?
• IMPACT vs. INFLUENCE
Influence is how you can be involved in a person’s life to help them set
down a certain road but it is usually temporary change.
Impact is how you can make a dramatic change in a person’s life that is
a more permanent change in how they live their life. Impact can be
shared and multiplied to affect future lives.
9. What is Legacy?
IMPACT IN PRACTICE
Think of someone that you mentor or would like
to mentor.
What would you like their life to be like in 30
years? (eg. What have they done? What is
their status in life?)
What about you in 30 years too?
10. Why is Legacy Important?
Legacy is the contribution that you can make
today and endure for generations.
It is your way of giving back to others and
providing for who you were.
Are you living for the dot or for the line?
Beginning . Infinity
Your Life
11. Why is Legacy Important cont…
Legacy involves several topics you may have
learned at Drexel including:
Leadership
Ethics
Entrepreneurship
Corporate & Personal Responsibility
Work/Life Balance
12. Plan your Legacy
WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX?
YOUR SWOT
ACCOMPLISHMENT WORKSHEET
PERSONAL VALUES CHART
GOALS FOR YOUR LIFE-TAKE HOME
13. Plan Your Legacy
• WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX?
What is the number #1, central motivating
factor in your life?
Family?
Faith?
Career?
Money?
Fame
????
14. Plan Your Legacy
• YOUR SWOT
INTERNAL- STRENGTHS & WEAKENESSES
These are the things that you can control and they can
have an impact on you and others in your lifetime
and beyond.
EXTERNAL-OPPORTUNITIES & THREATS
These are the things that are out of your control and
you have limited or no impact on the outcome.
15. Plan Your Legacy
• ACCOMPLISHMENT WORKSHEET
Take a few minutes to note your
accomplishments and what you would
like to accomplish.
Think about your work, school, and life
experiences.
Next to the accomplishments note the
technical skills, motivated abilities,
personal qualities, and challenges you’ve
faced or expect to face.
16. Plan Your Legacy
• PERSONAL VALUES CHART
Look at the list of values. These
will lead to conditions for
self-fulfillment. Rank them
according to the instructions.
You will note the six values or
conditions that you care
about the most.
17. Plan Your Legacy
GOALS FOR LIFE-TAKE HOME
• Exercise: What can you do or need to do to
ensure you are working to live the best life that
you can to give you satisfaction and help others?
• Write about 4 concepts you want to focus on
and/or change in your life?
Examples: Leadership, Financial, Vision,
Networking, Family, Faith, Friends, Education, etc.
18. Plan Your Legacy
CONFIRM YOUR LEGACY PLAN
Find a Mentor
Look to your Faith
Seek out Family & Friends
19. Plan Your Legacy
• HOW TO TAKE ACTION
1.) What do I want to be remembered for?
2.) What kind of legacy do I want to leave
behind?
3.) Do I have a destiny to fulfill?
20. Implement Your Legacy
• Discipline Yourself
• Give yourself Milestones
• Revisit your Legacy Plan
21. Implement Your Legacy
• QUICK TIPS
• Motivate Others by using replacement words.
• Think Big Picture & More Strategic
• Execute your plan and disciplined about
staying on track
• Positive words to others with at least a 3:1
ratio
• Speak greatness to others.
22. Your Legacy: Impact or Influence?
SUGGESTED READINGS
Pyramid of Success Playbook, John Wooden and Jay Carty
Fire Your Boss, Stephen M. Pollan and Mark Levine
The Call of Service-A Witness to Idealism, Robert Coles.
Your Heritage-How to be Intentional About the Legacy You Leave, J. Otis Ledbetter & Kurt Bruner
Fish Tales, Stephen C. Lundlin, Ph.D., John Christensen, Harry Paul
Becoming A Person of Influence, John C. Maxwell & Jim Dornan
The Purpose Driven Life, Rick Warren
Attitude 101-What Every Leader Needs To Know, John C. Maxwell
The Right To Lead, John C. Maxwell
Quiet Strength, Tony Dungee
Start Something, Earl Woods
Strength Finders 2.0, Tom Rath
Legacy Builders, Rod Olson
Email me for more suggestions: paulkennethjohnson@yahoo.com
