Hypocrisy.

I am not a hypocrite. I talk about the importance of estate planning all day long because I know why it's important. My parents passed away when I was in my twenties eight years apart. My brother and I had to open probate for my Dad's estate. It was torture. But this is not the reason for this post.

This post is about hypocrisy.

I listened to a presentation about disaster planning the other day. It was a powerpoint presentation and extolled the virtues of disaster planning. Very detailed. At the end of the presentation, my first question to the presenter who was a business owner herself, was do you have your own disaster preparedness plan in place?

Quick pause. No. [Ah ha! This lady does not practice what she preaches.]

Okay. At least when someone asks me if I have my own estate planning in place, my answer is yes. I had an attorney prepare the documents I talk about all the time for my family.

Yes, it's that important.