Preparing For The Unexpected

By Rich Anderson, executive coach with HTG Peer Groups

Dear? Is that a deer?  Legacy Planning – Preparing for the Unexpected.  What to do now?

It is a beautiful day.  You are driving down the road – day dreaming:  You have worked hard in your business.  You are proud of how you have grown over the years from an apprentice to an expert in your technical skills.  No one can surpass your ability to close deals and drive revenue.  You realize you need to develop your team around you…

Suddenly you hear a scream. You can’t see!  Sounds of crunching metal and breaking glass fill the air.  A heavy brown mass smashes into your face and two jack hammers drive into your face and neck.  You begin to spin erratically and WHAM! – your car slams to a stop.   You wake up days later to find out a full grown buck leapt up in front of your car, slid across the hood, broke through the windshield and, in a mad desperate effort to get away, kicked you with its powerful rear hooves.  You will never work again.

My colleague, Arlin Sorensen, has written about legacy planning in the context of the unexpected.  What can you do to prepare?  What can you do to ease the burden of your loss?