Capturing Your Legacy Formation Story with Deante Young

Stories are what hold the world together, whether it is movies or songs. Yet we often don't know other's stories in our own families or on the sides of buildings or museums. To be brutally honest, we lack the courage (not the confidence) to share our stories with others. You might be done with your past but your past has more work to do on other people. So if you can't always see the picture in the frame, where do you start? In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with author Deante Young about how we all have exceptional things to give but we may not realize it if we have a toxic relationship with ourself. Yet he opines that sharing your stories are the 'highest form of philanthropy' because you can't replicate the 'lived experiences'. When you act like a museum, the past can inform the future because your past can be profound to someone else - when we can sit in another's moments of victory as well as pain. Tune in to hear how the most successful families have top notch communication and share their stories.  -Your clients have a plan for their wealth. Nobody has a plan for the wisdom that built it. Most legacy-stage families give millions to build institutions. But without their story, those institutions are monuments without meaning. You see the name on the building. You never learn the why behind the gift. We spend years teaching children the formation stories of strangers. Yet most families never document the wounds, wisdom, and decisions of the people whose blood actually runs through their veins. Abraham Lincoln died 160 years ago. No one who knew him is alive. Yet we know his story because he preserved it. Your clients will never meet their great-great-grandchildren. But after reading their family's formation story, those children will know exactly who they came from and why it matters.-Deante Young extracts and preserves the formation story behind his clients' success: the experiences, relationships, wounds, and wisdom that no legal document captures. Using the L.I.V.E.S.E.T.™ framework, a proprietary seven-component methodology, he produces ghostwritten memoirs, authorized biographies, personal documentaries, and family operating systems that become the permanent governance document missing from every estate plan. The family operating system goes further. It documents the values, traditions, and identity of the family as a unit, and establishes an annual re-telling ritual so that formation never gets lost across generations. Learn more at: https://deanteyoung.com.-At Legacy Planning©, we work with 'rising gen' entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you with aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a legacy vision you can lead from with confidence today, and pass on with intention for tomorrow.Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, inheritance, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up today.-Looking for a meaningful gift for the visionary in your life? Give the gift of clarity, purpose, and legacy with a personalized coaching session from Design Your Legacy©. Perfect for birthdays, milestones, or major life transitions—this gift card opens the door to deeper impact and intentional living. www.angelinacarleton.com/gift-cardBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/design-your-legacy-life-lessons--6631446/support.