What's Written on Your Headstone?

Success is not a destination. It's a platform that allows you to do what really matters. I'm Doctor Carey, creator and coach on Cadre. I heard that quote about a week ago from a motivational speaker and it really landed for me because I used to be so motivated by titles in life. We actually had to complete this exercise when I was in nursing school. What would you want written on your headstone? And all I cared about were titles. Mom, entrepreneur, business owner, CEO, author, motivational speaker, top keynote speaker.

All these titles that I so desired to be written on my headstone. But really, when I think about it, as things have grown for me and as I've started to shift into the coaching atmosphere and really what motivates me every day to get up and do the work I do helping other people, like the quote that I would want on my headstone now is the legacy that I want to be leaving. Carrie helped change people's lives. That's what I want written on my headstone now, because that's the legacy for what I'm leaving now.

In order to leave that legacy, I need to be successful. So it's great that I am an achiever, an entrepreneur, and I want to achieve success, but the reason behind why I want to achieve success isn't any more for those titles, for the paycheck. At the end of the day, it's the legacy that I want to leave on this earth. So I want you to think about that question. What is the legacy that you want to leave on this earth? Because it might be more than just a title. It might be the reason that you wake up every day and why you do what you do.

You might need millions of dollars to leave that legacy. That's okay. Go after the wealth because it's a platform that allows you to do what you really want to do. I really hope to make multi millions because I have so many organizations that I want to donate to and I want to give large sums of money to because I want to help change the outcomes of those kids lives, of the trauma survivors lives, of the women that are impacted by human trafficking. So in order to do some of those things, I need to be a multimillionaire.

The motive behind why I want multimillions is not just to have the money, the status or the titles, but to the I can actually make the impact that I want to make. So what is your reason for success? What is your reason? What is your legacy? A lot of us want to leave a legacy for our kids, but it doesn't necessarily have to be just for your kids. It can be the legacy that you just want to leave on this earth that says, you know what? I made an impact when I was here. I left an imprint on this earth in my short number of years here, and that is the legacy that I want to leave.

So what is your legacy? What is your reason for wanting to be successful? Because I guarantee there's a reason behind just wanting to get more money and just wanting to get more stuff. You maybe want more freedom so that you can travel more. What is your legacy? What is the thing that motivates you and then go after that and keep that at the forefront of your mind? I don't put things around my house as motivational quotes or anything unless it has something to do with my legacy. It has something to do with the reason why I'm doing what I'm doing, the reason I want to be successful, not just to be successful.

So think about that. Write out your headstone, and it might look really different than just a bunch of titles. It might include the reason that you want to leave a legacy on this earth.