When Carrie Fisher passed away this week, it hit me. 

It wasn't like the death of a family member or friend of course, but I grew up with Star Wars (My childhood dog was a female, so I named her "Leia"). 

I wasn't as affected by George Michael's death on Christmas Day since I wasn't really into his music, but his passing also brought out a lot of emotion from around the world. 

These kinds reactions aren't limited to just Hollywood or music icons.  It happens in the personal development space too. 

I remember the reactions to the deaths of Jim Rohn and Zig Ziglar, since those two had such a big impact.

When you do something that touches a lot of lives, they'll react when you go.

I try to look at it with a positive frame of mind.  Instead of mourning, I choose to remember the good that they put out there. 

After Jim Rohn passed, I went back and listened to everything that I could find of his.  He kept me company while I was driving in my car, I laughed out loud at his folksy twang and humour, and he was a big help getting me through a rough patch that I was going through back then. 

I'm sure that 50 or 100 years from now, the greats like Rohn and Ziglar will still be doing their thing for new generations that weren't even alive when they were around. 

This is the exciting thing about coaching ...

If you're a coach, you can touch a lot of lives - especially when you expand into things like books, programs and speaking.

When you release something, think of the impact that you're making (now and years later)

My group program starts next month and it's for coaches who are big thinkers.  More info here: 

Let's do this,

Marc