What would you like to leave your children?

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Recorded Rosalind Eleazar said elsewhere, not written here
A sense of what really matters.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 February 2025 source ↗

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David Vélez Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank
Queremos crear un ambiente familiar en donde no todo sea fácil, en donde no todo les caiga del cielo, sino que puedan construir su propio camino y tengan ese sentido de desesperación y esa hambre. Eso significa también que todo ese dinero no se les va a dejar a ellos. Se les dará muchísimo amor, como les damos, y muchas oportunidades de educación y de desarrollo, pero todo ese dinero no es para ellos.
Recorded Vicky Dávila, interview, Semana, 1 October 2022 source ↗
Randy Pausch Professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design
Shortly after my terminal diagnosis, I knew that one of my biggest priorities was to create memories for my children. Chloe and Logan are both so young that it's likely they'll have no direct memories of me. Dylan is the oldest, and at 5 (turns 6 in December), his memories are likely to be fuzzy. Hence the engineering question: What would make for the sharpest, most visceral memory, esp. for a kid who loves animals? Answer: go for a Dolphin Swim!
Recorded Pausch's own update page on his Carnegie Mellon faculty site, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, 4 September 2007 source ↗
Cheryl Strayed Author of Wild and Tiny Beautiful Things
Without question, the only legacy that really matters to me is the one I leave with my children. I want them to grow to be fully actualized people who can give to the world in ways creative and otherwise and who feel my love in their hearts and lives always, no matter what happens—whether I live to be really old or die young, I hope that my legacy lives in them.
Recorded Tina Essmaker, The Great Discontent, 10 July 2012 source ↗

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