Tip # 71 If theres a will, theres a way
Were not referring here to the will to do something. Were talking about a real Will as in Last Will and Testament. Your father is dying and is about to sign his last will.
You also know that he is going to leave a larger part of his estate to your older brother being the eldest child. And heres the painful part.
You know that your older brother has been arrested a few times for gambling debts and credit card fraud. The family kept this secret from your father because of his illness. For the last five years, youve been arguing with your brothers and sisters to tell your father about your brothers predicament, but they did not want him to worry unnecessarily.
If you procrastinate and the Will is signed and then your father passes away, your inaction is tantamount to squandering your fathers hard-earned money. Worse, your brothers situations will deteriorate further. You give a chronic gambler more money, what do you really think hes going to do with it?
If you just keep thinking things out without doing, then youre only cheating yourself.
What Is Procrastinating
Heres an example: the water heater was working fine until one cold winter morning, everyone started shouting Theres no hot water!
In Lives Without Balance, Steven Carter and Judith Sokol (Villard Books, 1992) discuss the phenomenon of confirmed bachelors, male and female. Thirty years of marriage and now this The latest scoop is always the juiciest. He just filled up an entire wall with all kinds of tools. |