Lift Like Angela Lansbury | LAYC50

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Hello, I'm very glad to have you here today, to help me celebrate

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the life of someone who has been an inspiration for millions of us...

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As she entertained us, and showed us, that you could be in the spotlight and

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still be a really great person, without the scandal, and the negative notoriety.

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Give a 75 year span of uplifting, inspirational,

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entertaining, thought-provoking content in various mediums...

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Television, Broadway, musicals, and plays...

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movies.

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I'm referring to Dame Angela Lansbury, who took her last bow on this earthly stage,

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just a few days before her 97th birthday.

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It seems that this year, and certainly recently, we've lost a lot of

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significant female role models...

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Trailblazers with a long legacy of being part of our lives and

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modeling for us, the ways to keep on reinventing, keep on giving value

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in life and overcoming obstacles, and societal norms and pressures.

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Now, the beginning of the year, 2022, was the funeral, the observation

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of the death of Betty White, who passed away on December 31st...

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Again, just days before a milestone birthday of 100.

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I started off the year, with a tribute to Betty White, and that's episode number 43.

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I put the link here in the show notes for you if you'd like to go

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back and get acquainted with that.

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Like that episode, today I wanna share my thoughts around how to

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be more like Angela Lansbury...

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In how I show up in the world...

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Use some of her inspiration and examples, to provide me

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more ways to Lift as I Climb...

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And perhaps you have some thoughts around that too...

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And I'd really love it if you shared with me, and the rest of our Lift as you Climb

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podcast audience, your thoughts on how we learn from these incredible role models.

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So you can share your ideas, your thoughts, in the Lift as you

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Climb Movement Facebook group...

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Or send me an email, and maybe I can share your thoughts on a future occasion.

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We started 2022, with observing the passing of Betty White.

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And then, this summer we also bid farewell to Olivia Newton John.

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She was only 73 years old, but wow...

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a legacy of a life that she left for us as well, in movies and music.

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Fortunately, all of that has been preserved for us because of the internet

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today, so we can always stay connected to her, and these other amazing women.

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Then in September, Queen Elizabeth II passed, at the age of 96.

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Again, volumes of things that we could say about her...

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And so many have, that I won't take a lot of time on this episode to

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talk about her, other than to say...

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Whether you're a royal supporter or not, I admired that woman tremendously.

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She was an example for me, a reference on how to behave under

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pressure, under scrutiny...

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As a leader, as a mother, as a grandmother, as a politician.

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I really, truly thank her for the legacy that she has left us.

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Not long after, another incredible role model, who demonstrated how to keep

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reinventing and overcoming challenges in life, passed at the age of 90.

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Loretta Lynn...

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There's another life...

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A tribute "Coal Miner's Daughter", will give you some of the flavor

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for where she came from, and how far she took those roots.

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And as a farm girl myself, I relate, on many levels to her early beginning.

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So today, thinking of Angela's life, and how she left us a legacy of examples on

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how to be more of the best of ourselves.

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I made a list of 10 ways that, I thought, how she's really influenced me, and that

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I'd wanna be more like Angela every day.

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Have fun solving the mysteries of life.

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Of course, you know, I'm thinking about Murder She Wrote, and how

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that has so many analogies, and examples for us in our lives.

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Being called a Dame has privileges and responsibilities.

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The word Dame didn't always have a positive connotation in my lifetime,

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but I'm saying she rocked it, and I'd like to be wearing the tiara, and

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being called the Dame too, proudly.

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Figure out what makes your eyes sparkle and do more of that.

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Just have to look at the beautiful eyes that sparkle of Angela's and know...

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She really had an inner glow, sparkle, and she'd figured out what to do more of.

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Age should not stop you from keeping on...

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I just love that she said she's never been particularly aware of her age.

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It's like being on a bicycle.

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You just keep putting one foot down, and keep going.

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I thought that was a great way to look at life.

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Keep moving, keep pushing on the one pedal at a time, and keep moving forward.

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Accept awards, praise and compliments, graciously.

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That is something that many of us need to practice, and develop a better muscle for.

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I think it's part of how we were brought up, that vanity was a sin, and

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we somehow confused that when someone wanted to tell us something positive

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about us, that we should believe them...

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That we should receive it as a sign to keep on doing more of what we're doing,

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because it's not only good for us...

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It's good for everyone around us.

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You're never too old to try a new role, or ride a bike.

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Absolutely, Angela Lansbury is an inspiration for reinventing,

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reinventing, reinventing.

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If you accept a role, play it well, until it's time to move on.

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Know when it's time to move on, and trust your knowing.

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Choose your cast and crew carefully.

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Let the ones go that don't support you to shine.

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Although those are theatrical terms...

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Cast and crew...

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Really it applies to everyone around you in your life, who is supporting

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you to shine as your best you.

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Supporting you to grow into the person that can do the most

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for others, the person that can Lift while they're climbing.

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Not everybody belongs in our life, in each of our roles, and not

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everyone is there to support us.

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When you stand in the spotlight, you

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illuminate paths for others.

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That really is the definition of Lift As You Climb.

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By doing well yourself, you can do good for others.

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There are many ways that you can do that.

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Thank you again, Angela Lansbury, for coming into our lives for leaving us

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richer, more entertained, more inspired.

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Thank you for the legacy that you have left, and we will continue to enjoy you,

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and celebrate you, for a very long time.

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When someone dies...

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Whether there's a funeral service, or a celebration of life, or just a collection

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of people together to talk about how that person impacted their life...

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What influence they had...

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We call that a eulogy, and generally, it's recounting positive things.

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A reflection of how your life mattered, how you helped others...

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What it is that you did, to leave the world a better place...

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Because of your presence.

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The eulogies have already been written for Betty White and Angela Lansbury.

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But you still have time.

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You have time to decide what you want people to say about you when you're gone.

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You have time to write that script and live that legacy.

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I'd like you to have the opportunity to reflect on...

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How do you want to be remembered?

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What you accomplished?

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How your life mattered?

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I would like to share with you, a tool that I created, called Live Your Eulogy.

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It's free from me.

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FreeGiftFromIsabel.com

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Feel comforted by the fact that you still do have time to decide

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what's really important to you.

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Who you want to make a difference for?...

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What are the things that you want people to say about you after your gone?...

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This is your opportunity to Lift As You Climb.

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Thank you again, for sharing this time.

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Please, if there's someone in your life that is impactful, has influenced

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you, has helped you to climb...

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Tell them now...

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In person.

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While they're present to hear it.

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Before I leave you today, I do have one more request.

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That request is directed to Angela Lansbury and Betty White.

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Somewhere out in that great big universe...

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I do hope that the two of you are celebrating each other, and the

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amazing lives that you have lived.

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I am deeply grateful for the role models that you both have

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been for women of my generation.

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You lived boldly and fiercely, and you've made us smile!