Regardless of where you are in your career and in your life, it is never too early to start thinking about your legacy. One way to understand this is to answer the following questions:

What are your significant accomplishments?

What is the impact that you are having on others?

Have you lived a life that you are proud of: a "good life"?

This part of your legacy involves the actual things that you leave behind. Did you create something of lasting value—a business enterprise, a work of art, a useful tool, etc.? These are often things that are attached to one’s work and career. For example, I asked a very well-published colleague why he was driven to publish so much and so frequently. His response was that he felt........

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