Ask Altucher! EP06: The Legacy Dilemma - What We Leave Behind and Why It Matters (Or Doesn't)

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🗓️ 16 September 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In episode #6 of "Ask Altucher," James and Jay tackle a listener-submitted question about the importance of leaving a legacy. Their answers diverge sharply—Jay believes in the pursuit of legacy, while James questions its value beyond immediate life and family, adding a cautionary note on the emotional damage of certain legacies.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.8	This is the James Altiger show.
0:18.6	So the thing with legacy is interesting is that some people really, like, let's say Elon
0:24.0	Musk, like his whole point of saving humanity and this and that, or even Steve Jobs,
0:29.9	creating iPhone, I'm sure because he wants to leave some sort of legacy.
0:35.8	People look at Steve Jobs, people will be like, okay, the guy's, the Apple guy, the
0:38.9	created iPhones, iPad, Mac, right?
0:41.7	Elon Musk's like, okay, Tesla, PayPal, it's like normal people like me.
0:48.0	If I don't have all those ambitious, will I be able to live a legacy and should I care
0:54.1	about leaving a legacy?
0:56.0	Here's the thing.
0:57.7	The thing about your legacy is the exact opposite of being a happy person.
1:03.4	How so?
1:04.8	Because if, let's say, oh, I really want a legacy of being the most inspirational writer
1:11.4	and podcaster ever, or if I'm Elon Musk, I really want a legacy of, like, we're going
1:16.0	to, humans are going to be a multi-planetary species because of me.
1:20.7	That's going to be my legacy.
1:22.4	Then you're going to work really, really hard for something that may or may not happen.
1:27.2	And then you're dead and you're not going to think about it, you're going to be dead.
1:30.9	You're alive for, let's say, 80 years.
1:33.9	And then you're going to be dead for the next trillion years after that, okay?
1:39.0	So, and then you only care about legacy, let's say, for 30 of your 80 years, if you live
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