tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8961047893327637442024-03-19T04:51:06.607-04:00Don West Jr.'s - Legacy & Estate Planning BlogWhat is Your Legacy? Legacy Planning is a compliment to the estate planning process and focuses on the intangible assets a person or family posses.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-64243395097647536482015-08-07T14:19:00.001-04:002015-08-07T14:19:06.020-04:00Stop Procrastinating Today<p dir="ltr">"Decide right now to stop procrastinating and making excuses for why you can't get it done. Today, concentrate your focus on the reason(s) why you must make it happen."</p>
<p dir="ltr">#GetItDone</p>
<p dir="ltr">~ dlw, jr. </p>
<p dir="ltr">#decide #rightnow #stop #procrastinating #procrastination #excuses #Today #concentrate #reason #makeithappen </p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SAhGKm1_wj1JcEYLHWtGX7Sw9rKwo0gP82wC3z4RB_Zu2b75IP3K5z54E2h7qoTzwQDseFUgz3TrOSSIrnW8Ezk_GEw5SYEYJLyiwTF7_z-8FE6NXulheZfVfo2f2teSWsm-1RfS5wA/s1600/IMG_20150807_110724.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SAhGKm1_wj1JcEYLHWtGX7Sw9rKwo0gP82wC3z4RB_Zu2b75IP3K5z54E2h7qoTzwQDseFUgz3TrOSSIrnW8Ezk_GEw5SYEYJLyiwTF7_z-8FE6NXulheZfVfo2f2teSWsm-1RfS5wA/s640/IMG_20150807_110724.jpg"> </a> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-43176344698817323382012-03-01T23:28:00.003-05:002012-03-01T23:40:01.857-05:00Introducing The Legacy Pyramid System for Success & Prosperity<center><div style="width: 450px;" id="__ss_10755712"> <strong style="margin: 12px 0px 4px; display: block;"><a title="Don West Jr.'s - Legacy Pyramid" href="http://www.slideshare.net/donwestjr/don-west-jrs-legacy-pyramid" target="_blank">Don West Jr.'s - Legacy Pyramid</a></strong> <iframe height="355" marginheight="0" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/10755712" frameborder="0" width="450" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <div style="padding: 5px 0px 12px;" align="center"> View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/thecroaker/death-by-powerpoint" target="_blank">PowerPoint</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/donwestjr" target="_blank">Don West, Jr.</a> </div> </div></center><br /><br />The Legacy Pyramid is a visual model for a twenty-two lesson system for multi-generational success and prosperity.<br /><br />The Pyramid’s methodology incorporates lessons of great thinkers including:<br /><br />• Coach John Wooden<br />• Benjamin Franklin<br />• Napoleon Hill<br />• Prentice Mulford<br />• Carl Jung<br />• John Kotre<br />• Don West, Jr.<br />• James E. Hughes, Jr.<br /><br />and many more.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-75003045813582391422012-01-17T16:16:00.001-05:002012-01-17T16:16:15.315-05:00Legacy Wisdom ~ Sheree Bykofsky<div><p>"No amount of external validation can force an unhappy person to be happy. By the same token, if you choose to follow your own path, and create your own criteria for happiness, no amount of external adversity can "force" you to become unhappy." ~ Sheree Bykofsky - "Me Five Years From Now"</p>
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-10247213919505063502011-04-05T14:06:00.001-04:002011-04-05T14:06:05.050-04:00Understanding GenerativityGenrativity - “The ability to generate anything tangible that will exist beyond one’s physical life; particularly when exhibiting a need to nurture and guide younger people and contribute to the next generation.”<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_7516996"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/LegacyLessons/understanding-generativity" title="Understanding Generativity">Understanding Generativity</a></strong><object id="__sse7516996" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=generativitynestegg-2011-ailep-110404224315-phpapp01&stripped_title=understanding-generativity&userName=LegacyLessons" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed name="__sse7516996" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=generativitynestegg-2011-ailep-110404224315-phpapp01&stripped_title=understanding-generativity&userName=LegacyLessons" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/LegacyLessons">LegacyLessons</a>.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-40817110203658716762010-08-04T23:47:00.001-04:002010-08-04T23:47:29.387-04:00The Macy's Magic at South Coast Plaza Home Store - 531<a href='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/TFo0UBGFlsI/AAAAAAAAATs/lHU2qjQNtMg/1280979765-picsay.jpg'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/TFo0UBGFlsI/AAAAAAAAATs/lHU2qjQNtMg/s400/1280979765-picsay.jpg' /></a><p>Everyday we prove that the Magic of Macy's is alive and well! Putting the customer first and setting high personal standards for our workplace and areas of responsibility. </p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.8</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-61359895073861392992010-07-20T10:05:00.001-04:002010-07-20T10:05:34.342-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<p>Skill - A knowledge of and the ability to properly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared. Cover every detail. <br/> <br/> - Coach John R. Wooden, (1910-2010)</p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.8</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-11093280696435513602010-07-19T21:57:00.003-04:002010-07-19T22:10:35.685-04:00Don West, Jr. goes "Inside The Star" of Macy's<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blog.eastersealstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Macys-Balloon2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 379px; height: 284px;" src="http://blog.eastersealstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Macys-Balloon2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Macy's and its Star are American Icons and one the Nation's Oldest Retail Chains</span>.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />July 19, 2010.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.donwestjr.com/">Don West, Jr.</a> announces a new experiment that takes him "<a href="http://www.insidethestar.com/">Inside the Star</a>" of <a href="http://macysinc.com/">Macy's</a>. Don is working for and within the Macy's, Inc. retail chain and will be journaling and sharing his experiences along the way.<br /><br />You can check in on Don's experiment at <a href="http://www.insidethestar.com/">www.InsideTheStar.com</a>.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-65260840206485673312010-07-11T21:41:00.006-04:002010-07-11T22:06:47.216-04:00Don West, Jr. joins forces with Kaplan Test Prep to Offer Outstanding LSAT Preparation and Tutoring!<div align="justify">For Immediate Release - July 11, 2010.<br /><br /></div><a href="http://www.arkansasalumni.org/imgs/kaplan_test_prep.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 135px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.arkansasalumni.org/imgs/kaplan_test_prep.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="justify"><strong>Irvine, California, USA.</strong> Today I completed my first KTDP, (Kaplan Teacher Development Program), training session. Over 100,000 students per year apply to law schools across the land and each one of them must take the LSAT. By partnering with the nation's premiere test prep brand, I look forward to making a positive impact on scores of individuals who are beginning their quests into the legal profession.</div><br />Kaplan's teacher training commences with an "ACE" Discussion. What is ACE?, you ask.<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><em>ACE = Absolute Commitment to Excellence</em></strong></div><br /><br /><div align="justify">It was quite energizing to begin a training program where everyone discussed and affirmed and mutual commitement to excellence. I am really excited and looking forward to this new dynamic partnership and the opportunity to have hands on involvement with the lives of future law students. As with so many moments to date, I feel the influence of my friend Ann Levine mixed into this new endeavor and always welcome an opportunity to seek to emmulate her excellent example.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-10608725267895107502010-07-05T10:33:00.001-04:002010-07-05T10:33:02.870-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<p>Skill - A knowledge of and the ability to properly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared. Cover every detail.
- Coach John R. Wooden, (1910-2010)</p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.4.1</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-73157502477147211672010-07-04T14:46:00.003-04:002010-07-04T15:46:25.837-04:00INDEPENDENCE - Live It!Today is a celebration of freedom and the right of the individual to choose. Like so many holidays the core principles should be lived every day. We are free to choose! We are free to think, live and love...<br /><br />You are free! You should be unafraid... you should be INDEPENDENCE!<br /><br />My regards and best wishes to all on this very Happy Independence Day 2010!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-21107512369289475452010-07-04T14:23:00.001-04:002010-07-04T14:23:10.839-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<p>Condition: Mental - Moral - Physical. Moderation must be practiced. Dissipation must be eliminated.<br /><br />- Coach John R. Wooden, (1910-2010)</p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.3.9</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-63295956694464554842010-06-30T12:39:00.001-04:002010-06-30T12:39:55.905-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<p>Intentness - Ability to resist temptation and stay with your course. Concentrate on your objective and be determined to reach your goal.<br /><br />- Coach John R. Wooden, (1910-2010)</p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.3.7</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-27450993158172003202010-06-29T11:51:00.001-04:002010-06-29T11:51:05.773-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<p>Initiative - Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Desire to excel.<br /><br />- Coach John R. Wooden, (1910-2010)</p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.3.6</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-57017406375133124142010-06-21T11:16:00.001-04:002010-06-21T11:16:48.805-04:00Making Special Memories<a href='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/TB-CXfE0GBI/AAAAAAAAATg/YVwUlU2qm50/%5BUNSET%5D.jpg'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_G9GK9bs01Io/TB-CXfE0GBI/AAAAAAAAATg/YVwUlU2qm50/s400/%5BUNSET%5D.jpg' /></a><p>A part of Legacy Development is taking the time to create special memories for both yourself and those around you. Today we are taking our newphew to the Lakers' Championship Parade. He is a huge basketball fan and is developing into a very good player in his own right. So, today we embark to make some special memories and bear witness to a tiny sliver of history. <br /><br />What will be your next legacy moment?</p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.3.5</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-84258371833691470042010-06-20T15:44:00.001-04:002010-06-20T15:44:49.115-04:00Happy Father's Day to All!<p>Today we celebrate and honor our fathers, those who spent and spend selfless hours keeping us on the right path. To my father and all fathers everywhere deep appreciation and heartfelt gratitude from me to you!<br /><br />- Donald L. West, Jr., eldest child of Donald L. West, Sr. of Huntsville, Alabama, USA.</p><div style='clear: both; text-align: center; font-size: xx-small;'>Published with Blogger-droid v1.3.5</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-18014958431123204972010-06-16T05:00:00.000-04:002010-06-16T05:00:02.107-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alertness</span> - Be observing constantly. Be quick to spot a weakness and correct it or use it as the case may warrant.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">- Coach John Robert Wooden,</span><br />(October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010)</div></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-32647644726206201102010-06-15T05:00:00.001-04:002010-06-15T05:00:04.168-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><blockquote><b>Self-Control - </b> Emotions under control. Delicate adjustment between mind and body. Keep judgment and common sense.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">-<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Coach John Wooden</span>, (1910-2010)<br /></div></blockquote></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-45602427685343909022010-06-14T05:00:00.000-04:002010-06-14T05:00:03.081-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Loyalty </span>- To yourself and all those dependent upon you. Keep your self-respect.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">- Coach John Wooden, </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">(1910-2010)</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div></blockquote></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-37490764144028975862010-06-14T00:56:00.005-04:002010-06-14T01:09:18.815-04:00Family Research - Abram M. Lee, former slave turns 100 - Daily Mail ( Hagerstown, Maryland)Check out this newspaper page that celebrates my great-great-great grandfather's 100th birthday in 1947:<br /><br /><div style="width:430px" id="__ss_4448326"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/donwestjr/19470210-abram-w-lee-former-slave-turns-100-daily-mail-hagerstown-maryland-with-insert" title="Abram M. Lee, former slave turns 100 - Daily Mail">Abram M. Lee, former slave turns 100 - Daily Mail</a></strong><object id="__sse4448326" width="430" height="510"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/doc_player.swf?doc=19470210daily-mail-hagerstown-maryland-with-insert-1276068142-phpapp01&stripped_title=19470210-abram-w-lee-former-slave-turns-100-daily-mail-hagerstown-maryland-with-insert" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed name="__sse4448326" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/doc_player.swf?doc=19470210daily-mail-hagerstown-maryland-with-insert-1276068142-phpapp01&stripped_title=19470210-abram-w-lee-former-slave-turns-100-daily-mail-hagerstown-maryland-with-insert" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="430" height="510"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">documents</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/donwestjr">Don West, Jr.</a>.</div></div><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Lee Family Line</span><br /><br />Abram M. Lee > Marshall W. Lee > Mary Lee Thompson > Janet Elaine Thompson Holmes > Debra Elaine Holmes West > Me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-90236866880758935482010-06-13T05:00:00.000-04:002010-06-13T05:00:03.586-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cooperation - </span>with all levels of your co-workers. Help others and see the other side.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">- Coach John Wooden</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">, (1910-2010)</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-12497092643262064562010-06-12T05:00:00.001-04:002010-06-12T21:46:06.198-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friendship - </span>Comes from mutual esteem, respect and devotion. A sincere liking for all.</span><br /></div><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">- Coach John Wooden,</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> (1910-2010)</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></div></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-52501569001836777062010-06-11T05:00:00.001-04:002010-06-11T10:46:59.944-04:00Thought of the Day - Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success Series<div style="text-align: center;"><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Enthusiasm</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;">Your heart must be in your work.<br />Stimulate others.</span>*<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;">- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Coach John Wooden</span>, (1910-2010)</blockquote></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* The cornerstones of success to me, in anything, are hard work and enjoy what you're doing. So, one cornerstone is <a href="http://legacy-lawyer.blogspot.com/2010/06/thought-of-day-tribute-to-gentlemanly.html">industriousness</a> and the other is enthusiasm, said Wooden.<br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-58064259687396819962010-06-10T11:31:00.006-04:002010-06-11T01:43:36.561-04:00Thought of the Day - A Tribute to the Gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood (1910-2010)<div style="text-align: justify;">Coach John Wooden was a unique and special man who left an unquestionable mark on numerous lives and history itself. His name and works will be remembered and honored.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">One of his more noted contributions is his <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Pyramid of Success</span> and now we begin a "Thought of the Day" series from Coach Wooden's <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Pyramid of Success.</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Industriousness - </span><span style="font-style: italic;">There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile things come from hard work and careful planning.*<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;">- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Coach John Wooden</span><br />(1910-2010)<br /></div></blockquote><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">* <span style="font-style: italic;">Industriousness</span> is one of the two cornerstones of the pyramid because to be strong, you have to have a strong foundation, said Wooden.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-27246951912434483252010-05-22T19:50:00.000-04:002010-05-22T19:50:59.601-04:00Kiva - Riad from Lebanon has a loan fundraising on Kiva<center><SCRIPT type="text/javascript" src="http://www.kiva.org/banners/bannerBlock.php?busId=199936" language="javascript"></SCRIPT><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kiva.org/lend/199936">Kiva - Riad from Lebanon has a loan fundraising on Kiva</a></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-896104789332763744.post-12991377998426618942010-05-03T14:24:00.004-04:002010-05-03T14:31:41.053-04:00Robert Elmer Holmes is Turning 80!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://partywarehouse.co.nz/zen/images/80th%20birthday.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 271px;" src="http://partywarehouse.co.nz/zen/images/80th%20birthday.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">My maternal grandfather, (my mom's dad), will be turning 80 on June 5th with a big celebration scheduled in Philadelphia. I am very excited and just solidified my travel plans. Pop Pop, as I call him, is one of the major motivations in my interests in legacy and legacy development.<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0