{"id":13342,"date":"2010-10-05T07:00:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=13342"},"modified":"2010-10-05T06:59:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T13:59:54","slug":"wanna-be-a-big-hitter-spend-some-time-on-your-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13342\/wanna-be-a-big-hitter-spend-some-time-on-your-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanna Be a Big Hitter? Spend Some Time on Your Legacy\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

“A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants. A final end, a funeral’s toll, a little wisdom for your soul<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Legacy is a bitch for most of us. What will you be remembered for? Do you know? Are you sure? Me? Heck, right now I’d be happy to simply know it’s not the little ditty you just read in ode to life and death! I attended a memorial this weekend for a truly remarkable man. In my lifetime I’ve had over 50 teachers, from Catholic grade school nuns to Princeton University professors. Of those, three stand out for their impact on me: there was Miss Carlson in 5th grade, who first taught me that life was fun even<\/em> in a Catholic school; and my anthropology professor at Princeton who asked me a question so powerful, I finally left the church for good. But in between those two wonderful theological bookends, was Mr. Jerome “Jerry” Lipetzky, for whom the memorial was held. He taught me that there’s no end to learning and nothing quite so liberating as the exploration of a new interest. He was also one of the smartest and sarcastically humorous men I’ve ever met. (In his classroom there was not one square inch of wall space that was not covered with something funny, educational or challenging and usually all three at once.) My favorite memory to this day: a bumper sticker casually stuck to a small, flat boulder near the back of his room that read:<\/p>\n

\n

The World is Flat<\/strong>
\nClass of ’91<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Think about that for a minute… humor, history, a little sarcastic jab at what we think<\/em> we know, and how often we are wrong; that’s an amazing sticker and trust me when I tell you he was an amazing man.<\/p>\n

So What…<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Yes, yes, so what’s the point of this post Sean?” Coming to it. At the memorial, one of the speakers stood before us and read aloud a list of seven rules, for lack of a better word, that Mr. Lipetzky tried to live his life by; each rule came with a short explanation. As I heard Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants. A final end, a funeral’s toll, a little wisdom for your soul.” Legacy is a bitch for most of us. What will you be remembered for? Do you know? Are you sure? Me? 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