As you may have seen this week, Don LaFontaine passed away. Some of you may know exactly who that is and others may not have a clue who I’m talking about. Although Don was his real name, he was more commonly known as “The Movie Trailer Voice Guy.” We all know that voice and have heard it in probably hundreds of movie trailers. So part of his legacy will be “that guy with the cool movie voice!”
While it’s important to consider how you want to be remembered someday, it is also important to consider how you want to be known today.
He was “The Movie Trailer Voice Guy,” but who are you? What do people say about you?
I’m not encouraging you to be obsessed or consumed by what others think of you or say about you, as if your entire identity is resting upon the opinions of others.
What I am encouraging you to do is consider what you want to be known for. When people talk about you, how do they fill in this sentence…
“Oh yeah, that’s the ___________________ guy/girl.”
