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What comprises a legacy? Is it your one big win (or big loss)? Probably not. No matter what domain of life we\u2019re talking about\u2014the built environment, our city finances, or our family and community\u2014chances are good that our legacy will be (in the words of today\u2019s podcast guest) the accumulation of many little decisions. The big question is whether the legacy we leave will be one we intended to leave.\xa0\nThis week\u2019s guest on the Strong Towns podcast is David McAlvany, a respected thought leader on the global economy. David is the CEO of McAlvany ICA and the host of McAlvany Weekly Commentary, a podcast about monetary, economic, and geopolitical news. (This is on the very short list of can\u2019t-miss podcasts for Strong Towns president Chuck Marohn.) David is also the author of The Intentional Legacy, a book about consciously shaping the legacy we hope to leave future generations.\nIn this episode, Chuck Marohn and David McAlvany discuss how to be more intentional in what we pass on to the future\u2014at home and at work, as well as in our cities and towns. They talk about how the increasing speed of life may be affecting the quality of our decisions, why crises emerge when we ignore basic maintenance\u2014this is true both in the built environment and in our most important relationships\u2014and who an elected official\u2019s real constituents are (hint: it\u2019s not voters in the next election).\nThe word \u201cintentional\u201d comes from a Latin word meaning \u201cto stretch toward.\u201d Thus, to be intentional with our legacy is to stretch towards the future even as we make decisions in the present. This wide-ranging conversation will help us make the right decisions, the kind of decisions\u2014big and small\u2014we\u2019ll feel comfortable rippling ahead of us for generations to come.\nAdditional Show Notes:\n\xa0\nThe Intentional Legacy (book), by David McAlvany\nMcAlvany\u2019s Weekly Commentary (podcast)\nDavidMcAlvany.com\nMcAlvany ICA\nDavid McAlvany (Twitter)