December 31, 2009—Greg Changes the sign outside “Your Best Interest” in a snowstorm
Phil and I make a concerted effort to keep a relevant message on the sign outside our office and change it somewhat frequently. The Christmas message was still on the sign December 28th, so I decided it needed to be changed before the end of the year. As most of us are apt to do, I delayed and procrastinated until the 31st. Just before we closed, I went outside with a ladder and changed the sign in the blistering cold and heavy blowing snow.
Someone from our office with a kind heart (Jackie) was passing me letters to hurry the process. While working on the windy side of our office, I started laughing. The irony of the situation hit me hard. I was not following my own advice. It had been a little warmer the previous few days and it was common knowledge that it was going to get colder and snow. I did not plan ahead. As I stood on the ladder laughing, I imagined myself falling off the ladder and having to explain the stupidity of my injury to everyone I knew.
So…. Take it from an insightful procrastinator. Get on track before you are in bad circumstances, doing something that you should have done when conditions were better. The advice is FAILURE TO PLAN IS PLANNING TO FAIL.
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Greg
Greg is an Investment Advisor Representative of Trustmont Advisory Group Inc.
