Somewhere, a child is going to open the mail and find a book with their name on it.
That small moment is part of what Dolly Parton leaves behind. Long after the tributes fade, her Imagination Library will keep sending books to children. Dolly cared about reading, certainly. But she also built a way for that belief to show up at someone’s front door, month after month.
I think about that when clients tell me what they want their estate plan to accomplish.
Estate Planning and Probate Blog in Lake Success, NY
Most business owners don’t avoid succession planning because they’re careless. They avoid it because the business is busy, the future feels far away, and talking about it feels uncomfortable.
But succession planning rarely becomes urgent on your schedule.
It becomes urgent when someone gets sick. When a partner wants out. When a key employee leaves. When a buyer shows up with a real offer. Or when something happens that no one wants to imagine, and suddenly the business is expected to keep running anyway.
