Oct 13, 2026 · 36 min · 10 segments
**Episode 056**: What are we really passing down to the next generation? In this episode, Rhiannon and I explore a definition of legacy that goes far beyond money or inheritance. To me, legacy is…
Well, what does the word legacy mean to you? And has that changed at all in the past few years?
Well, it can't really change because that's what I'm saying, is I haven't really thought [laughs] about, you know, when you're in the thick of raising kids, I'm not thinking about what's my legacy.
You're teaching your kids manners and social skills and how to be a kind person and how to give back to your community.
So, so you are teaching some legacy things, but you're not thinking about it in those terms.
You're just trying to send off capable, kind people out into the world that are gonna be able to support themselves.
So I don't know if my views on legacy have changed 'cause I don't know if I ever thought about it, honestly, until maybe two years ago [laughs].
Well, I've been defining legacy as generational strength, and whether that strength is passed down through a family like ours or maybe through a business.
Does that definition of generational strength, does that feel complete to you, or do you think it's missing something?
How can you be strong enough to be able to operate on your own and be able to take care of yourself? We know that we, we love the idea of interconnectedness.
You, you have the strength to be able to do that, and I love the idea of passing that strength down to our kids.
And so that will be the idea of if your legacy is family, how do you create a strong family that can be able to pass that down to the next generation? They could create another strong family.
They might not have kids, or they might not wanna be able to pass anything down in the form of wealth, but they might wanna be able to leave their business strong way after they've passed along.
And so, yeah, do you think that would be a good definition of legacy as generational strength, strengthening the generations, whether that's the generations of your business, your charity, or your family?
I think this is a really new concept for me, and again, probably shaped by the way I grew up.
My parents are both from the East Coast, and they moved to the West Coast, so I did not grow up with any family nearby.
They were all up and down the East Coast, so I didn't see them very often, and that was a different dynamic when I met you, and you had a family in Seattle where there were cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents.
Well, what does the word legacy mean to you? And has that changed at all in the past few years?
Well, it can't really change because that's what I'm saying, is I haven't really thought [laughs] about, you know, when you're in the thick of raising kids, I'm not thinking about what's my legacy.
You're teaching your kids manners and social skills and how to be a kind person and how to give back to your community.
So, so you are teaching some legacy things, but you're not thinking about it in those terms.
You're just trying to send off capable, kind people out into the world that are gonna be able to support themselves.
So I don't know if my views on legacy have changed 'cause I don't know if I ever thought about it, honestly, until maybe two years ago [laughs].
Well, I've been defining legacy as generational strength, and whether that strength is passed down through a family like ours or maybe through a business.
Does that definition of generational strength, does that feel complete to you, or do you think it's missing something?
How can you be strong enough to be able to operate on your own and be able to take care of yourself? We know that we, we love the idea of interconnectedness.
You, you have the strength to be able to do that, and I love the idea of passing that strength down to our kids.
And so that will be the idea of if your legacy is family, how do you create a strong family that can be able to pass that down to the next generation? They could create another strong family.
They might not have kids, or they might not wanna be able to pass anything down in the form of wealth, but they might wanna be able to leave their business strong way after they've passed along.
And so, yeah, do you think that would be a good definition of legacy as generational strength, strengthening the generations, whether that's the generations of your business, your charity, or your family?
I think this is a really new concept for me, and again, probably shaped by the way I grew up.
My parents are both from the East Coast, and they moved to the West Coast, so I did not grow up with any family nearby.
They were all up and down the East Coast, so I didn't see them very often, and that was a different dynamic when I met you, and you had a family in Seattle where there were cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents.
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