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Friday, July 16th, 2010
As many of you know, I was an estate planning lawyer for almost ten years and today one of my businesses trains estate planning lawyers on a new way of being with their clients.
So, I can’t help but post something about George Steinbrenner’s death and all this talk about how his family saved $600 million because he died in 2010, a year when we have no estate tax.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you can read about the estate tax and what Congress is doing about it.
What I want to make sure everyone knows is that:
Tags: estate planning
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LIFT Your Way to Your Next Break Up
Friday, May 21st, 2010
It’s an almost certainty that any relationship you are in right now is going to end. Relationships are more fluid than they ever have been before.
We don’t stay at the same job for 40 years, collect the gold watch and retire. We rarely stay married to the same person. We move, we shift, we evolve. Relationships end. It’s just the way it is.
The greatest chance you have of ending your relationships in a way that does not result in emotional distress is by planning for the break up at the beginning of the relationship. When you love each other.
Tags: agreement, LIFT, setting boundaries with an open heart
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Do I Need (and Should I Sign) an NDA?
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
I try to listen when the Universe sends me a message. I’ve been getting this one loud and clear. There is a LOT of confusion about when to use a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA).
And before you go ho-hum, boring, consider this …
If, how and when you present an NDA can make or break a relationship. And, if you just choose to do nothing, you really could get taken.
So, what to do?
Never fear, I’ve got some guidelines about:
- when to ask for a Non-Disclosure Agreement if you have an idea you want to protect,
Tags: agreements, good questions, legal, LIFT, NDA
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