Legacy Mindset: Take Charge of Today and Build Extreme Resilience

by Korey Shaffer

We're all broken in some way-but "broken" is not forever. In fact, it's just part of the story of how we build our legacies.

Entrepreneur and US Marine Korey Shaffer's road through life was tougher than most. After returning from a harrowing tour of duty in Afghanistan, and still aching from his troubled childhood and adolescence, Shaffer felt his chance to leave something of value to the world might have passed. But even in despair, he knew that many did not return home at all, or returned more broken than he was. Determined that the wounded and fallen not be abandoned or forgotten, Shaffer founded the Til Valhalla Project, an organization devoted to honoring the fallen and preventing veteran suicides. Til Valhalla unexpectedly proved to be Shaffer's salvation as well.

Sharing intimate details from his square-peg childhood, reckless adolescence, brotherhood-seeking teen years, and traumatic experiences in combat and back home, Shaffer demonstrates that society doesn't dictate who we are or will be-that is up to us. The path to who we can become lies through careful, daily exercise of will, repetition, and affirmation.

Shaffer is convinced that the discipline he drew from this struggle can be of use to others. What it takes to overcome the broken state, Shaffer contends, is a willingness to face pain head-on and use adversity as rocket fuel to regain purpose and create resilience. In Legacy Take Charge of Today and Build Extreme Resilience, Shaffer lays out the sinews and bones of the daily discipline that allowed him to repair what was broken and build upon it. He challenges us
-Evaluate whether our pain is constructive or destructive
-Reassess what things in life we assign value to
-Radically change our daily habits by practicing micro-disciplines
-Trust our intuition when it is telling us to speak up
-Commit to excellence in everything we do-even when no one is watching

312 pages, Hardcover

Published October 8, 2024

Reviews

[Michael Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

A motivational book based on the authors actual experiences gained through his life. Each chapter provides the reader a brief period of time and the lessons learned. He concludes each chapter with a summary of points of the chapter and an assignment for the reader to complete that exams ones life associated with the chapter topic. The purpose of the text is a self help for Korey following the suicide death of a fellow friend and Marine. However, by telling his own story you see a person who was somewhat an outcast growing up in school. From a broken home. Who leaves his mother and moves to his father for straightening out. Following graduation enlist in the marines and eventually deployed and return home and medically separated. Upon his friends death falls into deep into depression, addiction and other issues. In a drunken state decides to make a plaque to honor his friend. Through this action he founded "Til Valhalla project to honor fallen heros both home and abroad. He talks about the struggles of addiction while married, dealing with a father battling Cancer (dying) and turning everything around to become a sucessful businessman. It make one think and reflect on your own life and the legacy you will leave behind. Korey hit the bottom and has climbed his way out. By helping others he's helped himself.

[Jason Fitch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you

Thank you for taking the time to let us into your life and the struggles you've been through and still dealing with. I have a loved one who retired from the Army after multiple war zone deployments and I am always looking for ways to understand them better.

I bought a shirt to help increase awareness as well. Thank you!

[Rev. Ravyn Onca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked up a signed copy for myself and my Son, who is active duty military. There are some wonderful writing prompts in this book that will encourage some solid self-reflection at the end of every chaper. So far, I have learned I had some blind spots going into 2025...but no more!

[Charlie Stewart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raw and real

This book gives a real look at the motivations behind Til Valhalla Project. The mission to honour veterans and provide help to those who have signed on the dotted line.

[Briar · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book could have been 10 other genres and types. It's not the best at what it sets out to do. However, Shaffer tells a story few seem to recognize. It would have been better as a memoir.

[carl pinal jr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!