No more patience for poor decision making and mediocrity – time to build your true legacy

The first signs of this appear at the tail end of your 40s. What you used to consider normal or acceptable no longer feels that way…

By now, you have either perfected or almost perfected the art of discerning the true nature of your managers, staff, customers, and peers. Yet, with all that intelligence at your fingertips, you no longer feel compelled to yield to their unreasonable, unrealistic, or unethical requests.

You are no longer afraid to remove yourself from anything or anyone that conflicts with your moral values or reflects poor standards.

You have little patience with inexperienced leadership.

 You can no longer tolerate the outdated master-servant leadership style.

 You are no longer willing to do redundant tasks and follow disorganized processes and flawed methodologies.

 You reject misguided corporate values.

What is going on?

It feels like you have stepped into an entirely different reality. What caused your loss of intellectual humility? How did the arrogance take hold?

No matter how much soul-searching and introspection you engage in, you continue feeling this way.

At this life junction, many succumb to the temptation to numb their inner voice, act as if everything is perfectly normal and under control, and wait for retirement to set them free.

That is the worst thing you can do to yourself, your family and loved ones, and even your fellow humans!

The answers might be more ordinary than you expect!

As you are approaching your fifties, you have amassed a wealth of life experience and cultivated your unique strengths and gifts. However, it seems that you have yet to uncover your most powerful strengths and gifts and learn how to combine them into a distinctive offering that only you can provide.

Otherwise, your inner voice would not be urging you to examine your new outlook on life.

Unless you have already done so—which would make you a minority—your fifties are the best time to package your unique gifts, your greatest strengths, and your most impactful experience into something that will define your legacy.

Freedom & pursuit of happiness

Each decade of your life has a corresponding frequency. Think of this frequency as your magic carpet, effortlessly taking you to a place of greater happiness and fulfilment.

The frequency of your 50s is anchored to true freedom and pursuit of happiness—doing what you love, guided by the wisdom of your heart, with or for those who appreciate you the most.

Earlier in your life, you likely had to make sacrifices to establish yourself, pay the bills and mortgage, and give your children a better future. Now is the time to go beyond survival and thrive.

You are meant to create a legacy that will enrich the lives of others. You have been designed to fill a unique role in the intricate tapestry of human creativity. You and only you hold the piece that completes the masterpiece, enhancing its uniqueness and richness.

What is that unique piece that completes the masterpiece? How might you self-actualize?