I have a friend of mine that I know will probably receive over $10,000,000 personally before the end of July. I was speaking to him tonight and got to thinking a few things. This guy has worked hard. VERY HARD for years. He's now just hitting it big on a project that he'd been working on in a business that I know so very little about. So I got to thinking....
1) I wonder what he's going to do when he receives this money. I'm just curious. First, he has grandkids, so he should probably retire is my guess. He won't need to work again, but he's not going to retire....he'll slow down, but he won't retire.
WHAT WOULD I DO IF I HAD THAT MONEY???? I definitely wouldn't retire. I'm not the retiring type. First, I'd definitely tithe. I'd give God his portion and think about the lives of those people whom I could change with some of that money. Secondly, I'd make sure that money was there so that my children can work hard and learn a hard worth ethic, but have money to fall back on so that they're not a slave to it either. They need to be humble and remember that God really gave them the money.
I've been in my business for over 14 years and love my business, but I would consider leaving my industry, but to do what? Nothing else really excites me. I would just need to change lives of those to the best of my ability.
Selfishly, I would probably get a couple of new cars....I never buy new, but I would this time, but nothing fancy at all. I would definitely want to fly under the radar. Let's say it was $1 Billion dollars....I wouldn't be buying the Cubs or the Mavericks because I would just fly under the radar. I love being a meathead sometimes and living the high life wouldn't allow me to be the meathead that I was made to be.
I may take some time off just to figure out just what I want to do as well as allowing me to recharge the batteries, but most importantly spending time with my wife and 5 children.
My dad is a very successful doctor. He just went down to part time at the age of 71. His comments are,
"I'm not retiring until I figure out what God wants me to do with the rest of my life." He continues..."I'm not going to be one of those old guys who sits around and waits to die." What an awesome mentor I have.
I know I wouldn't retire. My friend sure does have a lot of thinking to do, but what would you do? I know a lot of what I wouldn't do...how bout you?
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I have a father-in-law that at in his mid-80's has not slowed down a bit. I think sometimes we never think of ourselves when we need time to rest. So rest we and then work is my motto