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$1 million dollar lotto

Congratulations John Beard.
In the paper today, we ran a story of a night pressman, Beard, who won a million dollars through a scratch ticket lottery.
Congratulations...it sounded like he and his wife, and their three grandchildren really needed them.

I don't really know where to say, but $1 million - holy crap. That's a one with six zeroes. What would you do with a million bucks???
I have no idea, but I'm offering some advice for Beard and his family.

1. You have to start by paying yourself. You deserve it the most. You won, have a ball - but don't go too crazy.
2. Invest in yourself. You say you won't change, but how could you not. You are going to live longer, because that stress of making ends meet is gone. Stress wears us down one day at a time, kiss stress goodbye. Take a vacation, you and your wife, and find each other again.
3. Put the grandkids through college.
It's one of the best investments for your family's future generations that you can make.
4. You said in the story you are going to keep coming to work everyday. I admire that, but I recommend working for you.
There is nothing better than taking orders from you. Opening a business can be done, and your future may seem brighter for it.
Think of the time you will be able to spend with your grandkids with the extra time. At first you will have to work even harder to get the business off the ground, but after that, if the plan works, it will be clear sailing.

And last but not least, buy your wife something wonderful. I'm sure you've already have done it, but just in case.

Posted by Clayton Hein at 9:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)