December 12, 2025 • 29 mins
Terence Shigg, founder of Legacy by Design, discusses his mission to inspire personal growth and autonomy. He emphasizes the importance of having a clear mission statement and the concept of "agency." Terence shares his background, including his 27-year career in the federal government and his transition to entrepreneurship. He introduces Reggie Brooks, a young entrepreneur, who highlights the importance of setting realistic goals and incremental progress. They stress the value of aligning reality with expectations and teaching entrepreneurial skills to the next generation. The podcast aims to provide tools and systems for personal and professional growth.
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Terence Shigg (00:11):
Hello. My name is Terence Shigg, and I am the
founder and president of acompany that I have named legacy
by design. Legacy by design isdesigned to be a company that
inspires people to grow into whothey were designed to be. And
(00:39):
this is episode number one. Soyou get to start here at the
beginning and hear everythingfrom the start and join the
movement before it becomes atrend, I guess I would say, so
you can be one of the earlyadopters, as Simon Sinek would
say. With that said, I just wantto first of all thank you for
(01:05):
joining me here and let you knowwhat this is all about. I came
up with the mission statementabout a year back, and that
mission statement was to teachindividuals and organizations
how to develop and implementpositive growth systems that
(01:29):
create autonomy and harmony. Andthen it changed a little bit,
and it became that lead toautonomy and agency. And that
was a significant change for me,because I thought that the word
agency means that you have somecontrol over all of this, that
(01:50):
you have a say so in all ofthis. And that was the beginning
of me beginning. That was thebeginning of me realizing how
important it is to to not justhave a mission statement for
yourself and for your life, butto have a guide that gives you
(02:12):
direction when you're trying tomake decisions, when you're
looking for encouragement, whenyou're trying to figure out, why
Am I doing this? That missionstatement stands out now. You
see the picture if you'rewatching the video above me,
(02:34):
that's a Black Swan. Shout outto Isabel. She's the artist that
drew that for me. So if youlooking for some artwork, Isabel
Garcia, she's on Instagram, andI'll put it in the notes if you
want to look her up. So I'mgoing to read you the definition
of a black swan. A black swanperson, there's a black swan
(02:55):
event and there's a black swanperson. A Black Swan person
refers to an individual who isunique, rare and unexpected,
embodying the principles of theBlack Swan theory. This term can
be used to describe someone witha rare talent, or to describe it
describe a person whose life hasbeen profoundly changed by a
(03:15):
surprising and improbable eventthat was unforeseeable
beforehand, and that's whatlegacy by design, was designed
to be, to be an entity, anorganization that would change
people's lives, that would givepeople the opportunity to become
(03:39):
what they truly wanted to be. Igrew up in I wouldn't say we
were poor, we were probablycloser to middle class, the in
between that middle class andpoor, but we always had what we
needed. My parents worked hard,worked well, were very good at
(04:04):
what they did. My dad worked ata church for over 30 years, and
he was the he was the janitor,the maintenance man, the
security guard, the deacon, thecounselor, the church father,
everything that was, anythingthat was needed, the cook, the
chef, he did it. And he did itbecause that was who he was, and
(04:27):
out of the passion of his heart,and that was his calling. My mom
worked for the federalgovernment, for the Air Force,
specifically, for well over 30years, and she worked as a
contract specialist. So acontract specialist is someone
that when the government wantsto go and buy something, they
have to get bids on it. Well,the contract specialist is the
(04:49):
one that has to go and get thosebids and then give that to the
people that make the decisions.
And she did that. She's veryprofessional. She did it very
well. She was promoted over theyears and retired from there. So
growing up to me, it was theidea. Of providing for my family
in a way that was stable, in away that was secure, and working
(05:10):
for the government was theperfect idea, perfect
opportunity for that. Back inthe day, when I was getting into
my working years, the sayingwas, there's always work at the
post office, and that was thethe joke. But the reality of
what of it was that we alwayswanted a job that we could be
(05:31):
secure in, that we knew that wewere going to get a check on a
certain day and we'd havebenefits. And that's the way
things have been set up. And somade perfect sense. I fell right
into that line, I am so. Iworked for the federal
government for 27 years. Iworked in law enforcement. I was
(05:53):
loyal. I got promoted. I waspart of a union. I was president
of a union. I was vice presidentof a national union. I also went
back and got my degree, and mymaster's degree, became a
licensed therapist, this littlepiece of paper over here, and
also was the executive directorof a nonprofit, and all of those
(06:18):
things. And this was before Ieven had my mission statement.
But I I learned over the years,the things that I was good at,
the things that I reallyenjoyed, and I really enjoyed
teaching people. I reallyenjoyed counseling and coaching
people and allowing people toreally flourish. And I tried to
do that in every avenue andevery opportunity that I have. I
(06:42):
remember after I got my master'sdegree, and I got my license to
practice as a therapist, and Iwas working in law enforcement.
So I go to the powers that be,because I wasn't a supervisor. I
was just one of the cogs andcogs in the wheel, so to speak,
and I go to my supervisor'ssupervisor, so one of the the
(07:07):
chiefs, and I asked him and say,hey, you know, I got this
degree, I want to give back andhelp people. And he said, Oh, he
listened to me, and I gave myspiel of, you know, how mental
health is important and how wecould do this, and I would be
willing to help with people. Andhe looked at me as if I, you
know, had three horns coming outof my head. And later on, I
(07:31):
realized that every time Ioffered to do something, it was
almost as if they were trying tofigure out what my angle was, as
if I was trying to get somethingfrom them, when in actuality,
just part of my nature is, if Iknow something, if I can help, I
feel an obligation to try and dothat. And I don't think that
(07:54):
that's what he was used to. Sohe listened to me, and after a
while, he escorted me to anotheroffice with another gentleman,
and had me talk to him whoescorted me to another
gentleman. Had me talk to himwho escorted me back to the
front door. Need to say nothingwas done there. But that was my
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beginning to realize thateveryone's not going to
understand your calling.
Everybody's not going to be apart of your tribe, and that's
okay. But this idea of whatmakes you you and your values
and your gift, and putting thatin someone else's structure is
(08:43):
very difficult unless you knowwho you are and what you're
doing now. This took me 27 yearsto figure out, and I'm hoping by
this podcast and some of theprograms that I offer, I can
speed that process up for you alittle bit. And part of the
(09:03):
lesson that I've learned overthe years is that it the
environment matters, but theawareness is way more important,
meaning, knowing who you are,what your values are, why you do
it, what your mission is, whatyour mission statement is, and
that's what that's the placethat I've gotten to now. So fast
(09:27):
forward, I go through my career.
I work for the Bureau ofPrisons, which I always like
into putting a puppy in withporcupines, because that was one
of the most interesting jobs andmost emotionally taxing jobs for
me, especially for someone likemyself, who is very
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compassionate and a problemsolver, and then you put me in
an environment where you'reoverrun by the
emotions negative energy ofother people, and then they give
you an unsolvable problem.
Meaning all these people are injail, you can't do anything
about it. So that was aninteresting experience, but the
(10:13):
one thing I did learn from thereis how to better communicate
with anybody from the richestperson in the world to the
poorest person in the world. AndI hope as we go through these
podcasts and as you are exposedto some of the programs that
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have developed, that that willbe something that you'll learn
too is how to better communicateand how to just be curious,
curious about yourself, curiousabout others, curious about the
world, and you will be surprisedat how, how much that will help
you function in the anyenvironment that you're in, from
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my example of being a puppy withporcupines and in a prison,
that's a lot of peace. But youknow what I mean, to whatever
job that you're doing.
And these episodes, I'll alsointerview people. I'll interview
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some of the people that I'mmentoring and I'm teaching this
episode number one, I have aspecial guest at the end that's
Reggie Brooks. He is a youngentrepreneur who is building
enterprises, and we're workingtogether to build a few more. So
I will make sure that stay tunedfor that and listen in, or make
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sure you listen in for that. Butthe overall purpose of this
exercise, this movement, and Iinvite you to join the tribe.
We'll be on YouTube andFacebook, and you'll hear about
things throughout the the courseof the the podcast. But I really
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want you to be able to enjoyyour life. Mogul dot, who is a
former executive with Google,who now works on his own,
developing some things, buthappiness is one of his things,
(12:29):
and he gave a great descriptionof of why people aren't happy.
And the description, in anutshell, was that our reality,
our current experiences, aredifferent than our expectations,
and that difference causesfriction, which causes
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unhappiness. And so the thesolution, the way to fix that,
for lack of a better term, is tohave our reality and our
expectations in line, and that'sall within your control. Your
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reality is controlled by you,believe it or not, your
expectations are controlled byyou. And that's one of the
frameworks I want you todiscover as we go through this
whole process of legacy bydesign is your sense of agency
and control, and hopefully, if Ido this right, it'll give you a
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little hope in recognizing thatthings aren't as bad as they
seem, as bad As the world makesthem out to to be, and as gloomy
as they for, tell it to be,because if we start now building
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our legacy so that we could passit on for generations to come,
now we're impacting the futurein the current place right now,
and legacy by design is reallyhere to foster those dreams, to
get you to remember what youwanted To be before you became a
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realist before you stoppeddreaming, before you believed
everything the world was tellingyou is that you have to get a
job and you have to havesomething stable, and you have
to make sure that you canprovide for your family and
something that has insurance andsomething that's going to be
around for years again, nottelling you To quit your job,
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live on the street and singKumbaya, but I am hoping that I
can convince you that life ismore than a paycheck, that
there's a way to do it withoutsacrificing that dream I have
had a friend. And tutti Arturo.
And he would tell me the storyabout him when he was growing
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up, and he would see his his momgetting dressed up to go out,
and his mom would say a phraseto him, and the phrase was,
vamos para Viejo. And the waythat he explained it to me, and
my limited knowledge of thelanguage, is that means we're
all getting older. That meansenjoy your life now, because the
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future isn't guaranteed. Thatthis is the way I interpret it.
Anyway, feel free to send me amessage if you know the phrase
and what that means to you. I'mmore than willing to learn, but
vamos para Viejo. We're allgetting older, so let's enjoy
the time that we have now and beable to pass on more than just
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houses, more than just bankaccounts and savings and stocks,
but to really pass on a systemof growth of happiness, of
connection, of community,because that's what this is all
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about. We weren't meant to dothis stuff by ourselves.
Otherwise it'd be one person onthe planet. But there's what, 5
billion now, I'm not sure I haveto look that up, so stay tuned.
Stay with us. We're going togive you some tools. We're going
to give you some systems. We'regoing to give you some people
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that will give you the someexamples to show you that it's
not just me, it's not just you,that we're all in this together,
and if we do this right, we allcan grow, and we all can be
successful and happy. So fromthe businessman to the first
responder to the civilian to thedad, mom, middle aged, young man
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just trying to find his way.
Join the tribe, because we'regoing to give you some value.
We're going to give you valuabletools to improve your life.
Another one of my sayings thatyou'll hear me repeat over and
over again, along with mymission statement of those
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positive growth systems is, ifyou want to be successful, then
create something of value thatis in alignment with your
values. Create something ofvalue that is in alignment with
your values. So for me, mymission statement is the teach
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is to show people how to grow.
Is to spark that fire that hasgone out and been stamped out by
others in reality and legacy bydesign is designed to do that,
to show you how to strive, notjust survive, how to grow, so
that you can pass on wisdom, notjust money. Well. Thank you for
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being here for episode numberone, and stay tuned for the
interview with Reggie, and thenevery week, I'll put out a short
thing just to touch bases withyou and have some more
interviews, and have some peopleand tools along the way to to
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help you and enrich You. Allright, see you soon be well. Be
blessed. Welcome back to legacydesign. Legacy by design. I'm
Terence Shigg, your host, andI'm here with today's guest, Mr.
Reggie Brooks, good to see you.
(19:03):
Reggie, great to see great. Iknow we've talked in I know who
you are, and I know what you'vedone.
Unknown (19:15):
Fantastic human being.
Terence Shigg (19:18):
Damn good boxer, too. And a businessman, a
businessman beyond his years, asfar as I'm concerned, because
he's got not only the bookknowledge, but kind of the
street knowledge, to know how todo things and get them done. So
with that said, give us a littlebit of your history and how you
(19:41):
got started.
Reggie Brooks (19:44):
Okay, so, yeah, like, Like T said, Terence, I
call him t we, you know, we gotit like that. Like T said, We a
box. I box. I do videography, Ido photography. So I'm really
kind of like a businessman whenit comes to the aspect of you.
(20:06):
Making money. But then as far asa businessman, as far as making
money, making my money, makemoney itself, that's where T
came in, and that's where we'vebeen game planning and learning.
So as far as now, I'm focused oncreating new businesses that
(20:27):
create autonomy, but then whatI've already done is commercial
real estate rentals, carrentals, help home rentals, and
my videography and photography,that's really all about me. All
right.
Terence Shigg (20:49):
With that comes the next question that I would
think, and I think everybody,every entrepreneur, every
business person, kind of goesthrough this phase of that
(21:34):
sounds good for you, but how doI do that? So if somebody were
to come to you and tell them,Oh, I can't do that. Reggie's a
boxer. Reggie's in the realestate or t he, he does that
whole counseling and coachingthing. I can't do that. What
would you tell him?
Reggie Brooks (21:54):
I'm a firm believer that anybody can do
anything that you want,anything, if God put it in your
mind to think about doing it.
It's already done. Just aversion of you have not
recreated, have not been createdto do it yet. So here's an
example. You see somebody hikinga mountain, three hot, three
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miles high, dude, I'm 400pounds. I can never do that. But
if you start off doing one milea day, zero elevation, and then
elevate to two miles a day, andthen three miles a day with
slightly raised elevation, byimproving little by little,
every single day, you can doanything that you Want. You'll
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become you'll become a personthat won't allow yourself to
fail.
Terence Shigg (22:46):
I like that.
That's a great example. And oneof the things I always like to
remind people of is alwaysremember that you've come a long
way to even get to that point,to have that thought. So you're
you've already improved, so yourevidence is already there
Reggie Brooks (23:02):
exactly, and use that go,
Terence Shigg (23:05):
Okay, I've done some things because there's been
something in your life thatyou've done that you're looking
back right now going on, man, Iknow how I did that same thing.
It's the same principle. Youjust supercharge it by
recognizing it and using itgoing forward. And that's what
we've really been talking about,is how to to magnify, not only
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our skills and gifts andabilities, but how to do it in
such a way that we don't have toput in so much time. So time
doesn't equal money, so thatmoney can make money on its own,
and you have more what is it?
More assets and lessliabilities? Correct?
Reggie Brooks (23:45):
Yeah. So yes, one of the things that T, T
emphasizes is being able to makebe prosperous, but enjoy your
prosperity. Most people spendevery day they want to make 500k
a year, 300k a year, but have notime to spend that 300k that
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they're working so hard to make.
Now our goal is to be able to beprosperous and be happy at the
same time, and be happy withyour family at the same time and
your friends, and enjoy the timethat you actually have. Instead
of trading your time for money,use that money to enjoy your
time, and the money makes it so,
Terence Shigg (24:30):
yes, yes, absolutely. Is there any like
suggestions or anything that youwould like to give to somebody
thinking, I want to try that. Iwant to do that. What's like a
first step? Is it a mindset? Isit an action? Is it call Reggie?
Reggie Brooks (24:54):
First thing I would say, slow down. Slow down
and actually think about exactlywhat you want. It's an exercise
that we did where T had us drawa circle. We had three
triangles, and in each triangle,we know we have three squares,
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these squares, and in eachsquare, it was something
different. But in the end goal,we had our end goal, and then we
had our feelings, and we had ourthoughts and we had our actions
Correct, correct our actions.
And all of these are connectedto our end goal. How are you
feeling? How are these feelingsgoing to. Prepare you for your
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goal. What are you doing? Howare you doing? What how are your
actions going to bring youcloser to your goal? And in the
process of this, what are youthinking? How are you feeling?
What thoughts are coming throughyour head when you make this
action after you do this? Is itpositive? Did it do you feel
like you made improvement? Or doyou feel like it set you back?
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So first, slow down, figure outyour goal and create a process
to get straight to that goal.
Don't make your goals too high.
Some people, I want to make amillion dollars this year,
people that have never made amillion dollars before. You
can't expect yourself to justmake a million dollars, and
you've never done it before. Letme make $10,000 this year. How
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can $10 $10,000 turn to two to$20,000 how can 20,000 turn to
40,000 so some people may notmove as slow, but slow down and
actually decide on what you wantand make a game plan to get to
that specific goal, and theneverything else is grass.
Terence Shigg (26:46):
And I like that, that idea, and especially the
idea that figure out clearlywhat you are shooting for,
figure out that goal. Becauseonce you figure out the goal,
then you can go, Okay, this iswhat I need to do to get to that
goal. Okay, if this didn't work,then I need to do something else
to get to that goal. And thoseare the things that that give
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you the motivation, give theencouragement, and give you the
feedback honestly, that you needso that you can continue to get
better. And that's what it's allabout. And once you learn that
process, now you can teach thatprocess not only to the people
in your group, but to yourfamily. And I heard somebody
talking the other day, and theywere talking about how they
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became an entrepreneur, but asan entrepreneur now they're
instilling that in their kids,and that's something that I'm
starting to instill in my littleone is, okay, you want the do
you want to go on a trip? Andyou want to do this? Okay? Then
we have to figure out a businessso we can make money so we can
do that. And that's a wholedifferent animal than okay. You
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got to do chores and walk aroundthe house and clean this up. But
when they have agency in it anda part in its creation. It's a
whole different thing.
Reggie Brooks (28:06):
I love that. I love that it's so rare for
adults nowadays also it's sorare for adults nowadays to
teach their kids the actual reallife lessons, right? But it's
also I can't blame too manyadults, because some adults
themselves don't understand,right? So, but that that's a
blessing in itself. Like man, tobe able to teach your daughter,
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to be able to have the knowledgein order to teach your family,
your kids, the ones around you,all the knowledge you've taught
me. We haven't said nothingabout what teased up me. But
man, I feel like I'm his sontoo,
Terence Shigg (28:41):
and that's that is truly what legacy by design,
and that's why I truly built it.
And as me and Reggie do morethings together, I know that
he's going to pass this on toother people, and that's how we
start this thing. This thing isa movement. It's not just we're
going to go out there and getours. It's really about learning
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how to do it so that we canteach other people to do it, so
that they can do it and pass iton to somebody else. And the
mindset and the attitude arejust as important as the
outcome. I All right, I want tothank you for stepping by and
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hanging out with me for a littlebit. You guys stay tuned. We got
big things to come. You're gonnayou're gonna see it. Big things.
All right, brother, you.
Hello. My name is Terence Shigg, and I am the
founder and president of acompany that I have named legacy
by design. Legacy by design isdesigned to be a company that
inspires people to grow into whothey were designed to be. And
(00:39):
this is episode number one. Soyou get to start here at the
beginning and hear everythingfrom the start and join the
movement before it becomes atrend, I guess I would say, so
you can be one of the earlyadopters, as Simon Sinek would
say. With that said, I just wantto first of all thank you for
(01:05):
joining me here and let you knowwhat this is all about. I came
up with the mission statementabout a year back, and that
mission statement was to teachindividuals and organizations
how to develop and implementpositive growth systems that
(01:29):
create autonomy and harmony. Andthen it changed a little bit,
and it became that lead toautonomy and agency. And that
was a significant change for me,because I thought that the word
agency means that you have somecontrol over all of this, that
(01:50):
you have a say so in all ofthis. And that was the beginning
of me beginning. That was thebeginning of me realizing how
important it is to to not justhave a mission statement for
yourself and for your life, butto have a guide that gives you
(02:12):
direction when you're trying tomake decisions, when you're
looking for encouragement, whenyou're trying to figure out, why
Am I doing this? That missionstatement stands out now. You
see the picture if you'rewatching the video above me,
(02:34):
that's a Black Swan. Shout outto Isabel. She's the artist that
drew that for me. So if youlooking for some artwork, Isabel
Garcia, she's on Instagram, andI'll put it in the notes if you
want to look her up. So I'mgoing to read you the definition
of a black swan. A black swanperson, there's a black swan
(02:55):
event and there's a black swanperson. A Black Swan person
refers to an individual who isunique, rare and unexpected,
embodying the principles of theBlack Swan theory. This term can
be used to describe someone witha rare talent, or to describe it
describe a person whose life hasbeen profoundly changed by a
(03:15):
surprising and improbable eventthat was unforeseeable
beforehand, and that's whatlegacy by design, was designed
to be, to be an entity, anorganization that would change
people's lives, that would givepeople the opportunity to become
(03:39):
what they truly wanted to be. Igrew up in I wouldn't say we
were poor, we were probablycloser to middle class, the in
between that middle class andpoor, but we always had what we
needed. My parents worked hard,worked well, were very good at
(04:04):
what they did. My dad worked ata church for over 30 years, and
he was the he was the janitor,the maintenance man, the
security guard, the deacon, thecounselor, the church father,
everything that was, anythingthat was needed, the cook, the
chef, he did it. And he did itbecause that was who he was, and
(04:27):
out of the passion of his heart,and that was his calling. My mom
worked for the federalgovernment, for the Air Force,
specifically, for well over 30years, and she worked as a
contract specialist. So acontract specialist is someone
that when the government wantsto go and buy something, they
have to get bids on it. Well,the contract specialist is the
(04:49):
one that has to go and get thosebids and then give that to the
people that make the decisions.
And she did that. She's veryprofessional. She did it very
well. She was promoted over theyears and retired from there. So
growing up to me, it was theidea. Of providing for my family
in a way that was stable, in away that was secure, and working
(05:10):
for the government was theperfect idea, perfect
opportunity for that. Back inthe day, when I was getting into
my working years, the sayingwas, there's always work at the
post office, and that was thethe joke. But the reality of
what of it was that we alwayswanted a job that we could be
(05:31):
secure in, that we knew that wewere going to get a check on a
certain day and we'd havebenefits. And that's the way
things have been set up. And somade perfect sense. I fell right
into that line, I am so. Iworked for the federal
government for 27 years. Iworked in law enforcement. I was
(05:53):
loyal. I got promoted. I waspart of a union. I was president
of a union. I was vice presidentof a national union. I also went
back and got my degree, and mymaster's degree, became a
licensed therapist, this littlepiece of paper over here, and
also was the executive directorof a nonprofit, and all of those
(06:18):
things. And this was before Ieven had my mission statement.
But I I learned over the years,the things that I was good at,
the things that I reallyenjoyed, and I really enjoyed
teaching people. I reallyenjoyed counseling and coaching
people and allowing people toreally flourish. And I tried to
do that in every avenue andevery opportunity that I have. I
(06:42):
remember after I got my master'sdegree, and I got my license to
practice as a therapist, and Iwas working in law enforcement.
So I go to the powers that be,because I wasn't a supervisor. I
was just one of the cogs andcogs in the wheel, so to speak,
and I go to my supervisor'ssupervisor, so one of the the
(07:07):
chiefs, and I asked him and say,hey, you know, I got this
degree, I want to give back andhelp people. And he said, Oh, he
listened to me, and I gave myspiel of, you know, how mental
health is important and how wecould do this, and I would be
willing to help with people. Andhe looked at me as if I, you
know, had three horns coming outof my head. And later on, I
(07:31):
realized that every time Ioffered to do something, it was
almost as if they were trying tofigure out what my angle was, as
if I was trying to get somethingfrom them, when in actuality,
just part of my nature is, if Iknow something, if I can help, I
feel an obligation to try and dothat. And I don't think that
(07:54):
that's what he was used to. Sohe listened to me, and after a
while, he escorted me to anotheroffice with another gentleman,
and had me talk to him whoescorted me to another
gentleman. Had me talk to himwho escorted me back to the
front door. Need to say nothingwas done there. But that was my
(08:16):
beginning to realize thateveryone's not going to
understand your calling.
Everybody's not going to be apart of your tribe, and that's
okay. But this idea of whatmakes you you and your values
and your gift, and putting thatin someone else's structure is
(08:43):
very difficult unless you knowwho you are and what you're
doing now. This took me 27 yearsto figure out, and I'm hoping by
this podcast and some of theprograms that I offer, I can
speed that process up for you alittle bit. And part of the
(09:03):
lesson that I've learned overthe years is that it the
environment matters, but theawareness is way more important,
meaning, knowing who you are,what your values are, why you do
it, what your mission is, whatyour mission statement is, and
that's what that's the placethat I've gotten to now. So fast
(09:27):
forward, I go through my career.
I work for the Bureau ofPrisons, which I always like
into putting a puppy in withporcupines, because that was one
of the most interesting jobs andmost emotionally taxing jobs for
me, especially for someone likemyself, who is very
(09:48):
compassionate and a problemsolver, and then you put me in
an environment where you'reoverrun by the
emotions negative energy ofother people, and then they give
you an unsolvable problem.
Meaning all these people are injail, you can't do anything
about it. So that was aninteresting experience, but the
(10:13):
one thing I did learn from thereis how to better communicate
with anybody from the richestperson in the world to the
poorest person in the world. AndI hope as we go through these
podcasts and as you are exposedto some of the programs that
(10:33):
have developed, that that willbe something that you'll learn
too is how to better communicateand how to just be curious,
curious about yourself, curiousabout others, curious about the
world, and you will be surprisedat how, how much that will help
you function in the anyenvironment that you're in, from
(10:56):
my example of being a puppy withporcupines and in a prison,
that's a lot of peace. But youknow what I mean, to whatever
job that you're doing.
And these episodes, I'll alsointerview people. I'll interview
(11:17):
some of the people that I'mmentoring and I'm teaching this
episode number one, I have aspecial guest at the end that's
Reggie Brooks. He is a youngentrepreneur who is building
enterprises, and we're workingtogether to build a few more. So
I will make sure that stay tunedfor that and listen in, or make
(11:40):
sure you listen in for that. Butthe overall purpose of this
exercise, this movement, and Iinvite you to join the tribe.
We'll be on YouTube andFacebook, and you'll hear about
things throughout the the courseof the the podcast. But I really
(12:07):
want you to be able to enjoyyour life. Mogul dot, who is a
former executive with Google,who now works on his own,
developing some things, buthappiness is one of his things,
(12:29):
and he gave a great descriptionof of why people aren't happy.
And the description, in anutshell, was that our reality,
our current experiences, aredifferent than our expectations,
and that difference causesfriction, which causes
(12:51):
unhappiness. And so the thesolution, the way to fix that,
for lack of a better term, is tohave our reality and our
expectations in line, and that'sall within your control. Your
(13:14):
reality is controlled by you,believe it or not, your
expectations are controlled byyou. And that's one of the
frameworks I want you todiscover as we go through this
whole process of legacy bydesign is your sense of agency
and control, and hopefully, if Ido this right, it'll give you a
(13:38):
little hope in recognizing thatthings aren't as bad as they
seem, as bad As the world makesthem out to to be, and as gloomy
as they for, tell it to be,because if we start now building
(13:59):
our legacy so that we could passit on for generations to come,
now we're impacting the futurein the current place right now,
and legacy by design is reallyhere to foster those dreams, to
get you to remember what youwanted To be before you became a
(14:26):
realist before you stoppeddreaming, before you believed
everything the world was tellingyou is that you have to get a
job and you have to havesomething stable, and you have
to make sure that you canprovide for your family and
something that has insurance andsomething that's going to be
around for years again, nottelling you To quit your job,
(14:47):
live on the street and singKumbaya, but I am hoping that I
can convince you that life ismore than a paycheck, that
there's a way to do it withoutsacrificing that dream I have
had a friend. And tutti Arturo.
And he would tell me the storyabout him when he was growing
(15:14):
up, and he would see his his momgetting dressed up to go out,
and his mom would say a phraseto him, and the phrase was,
vamos para Viejo. And the waythat he explained it to me, and
my limited knowledge of thelanguage, is that means we're
all getting older. That meansenjoy your life now, because the
(15:37):
future isn't guaranteed. Thatthis is the way I interpret it.
Anyway, feel free to send me amessage if you know the phrase
and what that means to you. I'mmore than willing to learn, but
vamos para Viejo. We're allgetting older, so let's enjoy
the time that we have now and beable to pass on more than just
(16:07):
houses, more than just bankaccounts and savings and stocks,
but to really pass on a systemof growth of happiness, of
connection, of community,because that's what this is all
(16:28):
about. We weren't meant to dothis stuff by ourselves.
Otherwise it'd be one person onthe planet. But there's what, 5
billion now, I'm not sure I haveto look that up, so stay tuned.
Stay with us. We're going togive you some tools. We're going
to give you some systems. We'regoing to give you some people
(16:48):
that will give you the someexamples to show you that it's
not just me, it's not just you,that we're all in this together,
and if we do this right, we allcan grow, and we all can be
successful and happy. So fromthe businessman to the first
responder to the civilian to thedad, mom, middle aged, young man
(17:11):
just trying to find his way.
Join the tribe, because we'regoing to give you some value.
We're going to give you valuabletools to improve your life.
Another one of my sayings thatyou'll hear me repeat over and
over again, along with mymission statement of those
(17:34):
positive growth systems is, ifyou want to be successful, then
create something of value thatis in alignment with your
values. Create something ofvalue that is in alignment with
your values. So for me, mymission statement is the teach
(17:56):
is to show people how to grow.
Is to spark that fire that hasgone out and been stamped out by
others in reality and legacy bydesign is designed to do that,
to show you how to strive, notjust survive, how to grow, so
that you can pass on wisdom, notjust money. Well. Thank you for
(18:17):
being here for episode numberone, and stay tuned for the
interview with Reggie, and thenevery week, I'll put out a short
thing just to touch bases withyou and have some more
interviews, and have some peopleand tools along the way to to
(18:39):
help you and enrich You. Allright, see you soon be well. Be
blessed. Welcome back to legacydesign. Legacy by design. I'm
Terence Shigg, your host, andI'm here with today's guest, Mr.
Reggie Brooks, good to see you.
(19:03):
Reggie, great to see great. Iknow we've talked in I know who
you are, and I know what you'vedone.
Unknown (19:15):
Fantastic human being.
Terence Shigg (19:18):
Damn good boxer, too. And a businessman, a
businessman beyond his years, asfar as I'm concerned, because
he's got not only the bookknowledge, but kind of the
street knowledge, to know how todo things and get them done. So
with that said, give us a littlebit of your history and how you
(19:41):
got started.
Reggie Brooks (19:44):
Okay, so, yeah, like, Like T said, Terence, I
call him t we, you know, we gotit like that. Like T said, We a
box. I box. I do videography, Ido photography. So I'm really
kind of like a businessman whenit comes to the aspect of you.
(20:06):
Making money. But then as far asa businessman, as far as making
money, making my money, makemoney itself, that's where T
came in, and that's where we'vebeen game planning and learning.
So as far as now, I'm focused oncreating new businesses that
(20:27):
create autonomy, but then whatI've already done is commercial
real estate rentals, carrentals, help home rentals, and
my videography and photography,that's really all about me. All
right.
Terence Shigg (20:49):
With that comes the next question that I would
think, and I think everybody,every entrepreneur, every
business person, kind of goesthrough this phase of that
(21:34):
sounds good for you, but how doI do that? So if somebody were
to come to you and tell them,Oh, I can't do that. Reggie's a
boxer. Reggie's in the realestate or t he, he does that
whole counseling and coachingthing. I can't do that. What
would you tell him?
Reggie Brooks (21:54):
I'm a firm believer that anybody can do
anything that you want,anything, if God put it in your
mind to think about doing it.
It's already done. Just aversion of you have not
recreated, have not been createdto do it yet. So here's an
example. You see somebody hikinga mountain, three hot, three
(22:14):
miles high, dude, I'm 400pounds. I can never do that. But
if you start off doing one milea day, zero elevation, and then
elevate to two miles a day, andthen three miles a day with
slightly raised elevation, byimproving little by little,
every single day, you can doanything that you Want. You'll
(22:38):
become you'll become a personthat won't allow yourself to
fail.
Terence Shigg (22:46):
I like that.
That's a great example. And oneof the things I always like to
remind people of is alwaysremember that you've come a long
way to even get to that point,to have that thought. So you're
you've already improved, so yourevidence is already there
Reggie Brooks (23:02):
exactly, and use that go,
Terence Shigg (23:05):
Okay, I've done some things because there's been
something in your life thatyou've done that you're looking
back right now going on, man, Iknow how I did that same thing.
It's the same principle. Youjust supercharge it by
recognizing it and using itgoing forward. And that's what
we've really been talking about,is how to to magnify, not only
(23:26):
our skills and gifts andabilities, but how to do it in
such a way that we don't have toput in so much time. So time
doesn't equal money, so thatmoney can make money on its own,
and you have more what is it?
More assets and lessliabilities? Correct?
Reggie Brooks (23:45):
Yeah. So yes, one of the things that T, T
emphasizes is being able to makebe prosperous, but enjoy your
prosperity. Most people spendevery day they want to make 500k
a year, 300k a year, but have notime to spend that 300k that
(24:07):
they're working so hard to make.
Now our goal is to be able to beprosperous and be happy at the
same time, and be happy withyour family at the same time and
your friends, and enjoy the timethat you actually have. Instead
of trading your time for money,use that money to enjoy your
time, and the money makes it so,
Terence Shigg (24:30):
yes, yes, absolutely. Is there any like
suggestions or anything that youwould like to give to somebody
thinking, I want to try that. Iwant to do that. What's like a
first step? Is it a mindset? Isit an action? Is it call Reggie?
Reggie Brooks (24:54):
First thing I would say, slow down. Slow down
and actually think about exactlywhat you want. It's an exercise
that we did where T had us drawa circle. We had three
triangles, and in each triangle,we know we have three squares,
(25:17):
these squares, and in eachsquare, it was something
different. But in the end goal,we had our end goal, and then we
had our feelings, and we had ourthoughts and we had our actions
Correct, correct our actions.
And all of these are connectedto our end goal. How are you
feeling? How are these feelingsgoing to. Prepare you for your
(25:39):
goal. What are you doing? Howare you doing? What how are your
actions going to bring youcloser to your goal? And in the
process of this, what are youthinking? How are you feeling?
What thoughts are coming throughyour head when you make this
action after you do this? Is itpositive? Did it do you feel
like you made improvement? Or doyou feel like it set you back?
(26:00):
So first, slow down, figure outyour goal and create a process
to get straight to that goal.
Don't make your goals too high.
Some people, I want to make amillion dollars this year,
people that have never made amillion dollars before. You
can't expect yourself to justmake a million dollars, and
you've never done it before. Letme make $10,000 this year. How
(26:22):
can $10 $10,000 turn to two to$20,000 how can 20,000 turn to
40,000 so some people may notmove as slow, but slow down and
actually decide on what you wantand make a game plan to get to
that specific goal, and theneverything else is grass.
Terence Shigg (26:46):
And I like that, that idea, and especially the
idea that figure out clearlywhat you are shooting for,
figure out that goal. Becauseonce you figure out the goal,
then you can go, Okay, this iswhat I need to do to get to that
goal. Okay, if this didn't work,then I need to do something else
to get to that goal. And thoseare the things that that give
(27:10):
you the motivation, give theencouragement, and give you the
feedback honestly, that you needso that you can continue to get
better. And that's what it's allabout. And once you learn that
process, now you can teach thatprocess not only to the people
in your group, but to yourfamily. And I heard somebody
talking the other day, and theywere talking about how they
(27:32):
became an entrepreneur, but asan entrepreneur now they're
instilling that in their kids,and that's something that I'm
starting to instill in my littleone is, okay, you want the do
you want to go on a trip? Andyou want to do this? Okay? Then
we have to figure out a businessso we can make money so we can
do that. And that's a wholedifferent animal than okay. You
(27:55):
got to do chores and walk aroundthe house and clean this up. But
when they have agency in it anda part in its creation. It's a
whole different thing.
Reggie Brooks (28:06):
I love that. I love that it's so rare for
adults nowadays also it's sorare for adults nowadays to
teach their kids the actual reallife lessons, right? But it's
also I can't blame too manyadults, because some adults
themselves don't understand,right? So, but that that's a
blessing in itself. Like man, tobe able to teach your daughter,
(28:29):
to be able to have the knowledgein order to teach your family,
your kids, the ones around you,all the knowledge you've taught
me. We haven't said nothingabout what teased up me. But
man, I feel like I'm his sontoo,
Terence Shigg (28:41):
and that's that is truly what legacy by design,
and that's why I truly built it.
And as me and Reggie do morethings together, I know that
he's going to pass this on toother people, and that's how we
start this thing. This thing isa movement. It's not just we're
going to go out there and getours. It's really about learning
(29:02):
how to do it so that we canteach other people to do it, so
that they can do it and pass iton to somebody else. And the
mindset and the attitude arejust as important as the
outcome. I All right, I want tothank you for stepping by and
(29:23):
hanging out with me for a littlebit. You guys stay tuned. We got
big things to come. You're gonnayou're gonna see it. Big things.
All right, brother, you.
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