View from the Summit

Will you be proactive or reactive?

The proactive leader looks ahead at “what could be” and creates “what they want to be”.

The reactive leader is always surprised and overwhelmed by “what is” and stresses out hoping to get things to at least “what they used to be”.

Over the course of their lives which leader – proactive or reactive – do you think ends up wealthier, healthier and happier?

TRUST

• Who do you talk to when you are undecided?
• Who’s an unbiased advisor when the chips are down?
• When you’re deciding between good and best, who’s your trusted advisor?

Most of the time what I hear is “I don’t have one”.

We generally revert to a life long friend or business associate in another field. We call legal council or talk to our spiritual advisor. All of these people have a significant role in our life but rarely can they offer an unbiased honest opinion for fear of leading you astray.

Is there ever a right time to lie?

• Is the absence of all the facts a lie?
• If you neglect to speak to an inaccuracy are you lying?

lie - noun
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
an inaccurate or false statement; a falsehood.

• “Of course Santa Clause is real.”
• “Look what the tooth fairy left you.”
• “Don’t cheat! the Boogie Man will get you.”

These all seem pretty harmless and childlike but are they?

Growing up in the south I have been exposed to hard working country people my entire life.

Blue collar family and friends were all I knew.  My dad was a general contractor, my grandfather worked for the railroad. Survival was the common theme not surplus.

Thinking about inheritance has never been in my round table discussions. My mom has done very well stretching her income and sacrificing and I suspect there will be something left for her heirs. But am I entitled to it? Absolutely not!