RANDOM THOUGHT - There Once Was a Man from Nantucket...

This Nantucket guy spends his whole life chasing money and material things, only to reach the end of his life and he has to leave his stockpile of stuff behind.

(c) Laughing Colors / Illustration by Utkal Gaurab
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I guess hippie types will say that goes to show that materialism isn't important, because at the end, you can't take it with you.

WRONG TAKEAWAY.

What it goes to show is that #LegacyPlanning is important.  That Nantucket guy is going to die, sure.  He can't take it with him, true.  But, Nantucket jerk-off is going to leave his pile behind for Uncle Sam if he doesn't square away his estate planning and legacy planning. 

When it's your turn off the edge of the cliff, do you want your lifetime buildup of treasure to go to the people you CHOOSE, or to Uncle Sam?

You have this amazing career.  You have this fantastic spouse.  You have the most adorable kids.  I'm telling you, Uncle Sam will take your Nantucket, he'll take your bucket, he'll take your house, he'll take your spouse, he'll take it all and he'll [fill in the blank] it.

My apologies.  I'm not a limerick writer, but you get the idea.

Get your hands on "The Richest Man in Babylon" (Clason).  Reading it will take you a couple hours, but it'll change your life and change the way you see money.  That's all I'll say, because I know talking about money makes people squirm.  I'm sorry if you're uncomfortable with me right now, but I love America and I'm tired of the masses getting screwed because they spend more time studying football stats than they do managing their finances.

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