Stevens Point News

Main Menu

  • Covid 19
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • High School Sports Scores
    • Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
  • Crime
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Obits
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • Classifieds
    • View Ads
    • Place Ads
  • Legal Ads
    • Our Legals
    • Statewide
  • E-Edition
    • Stevens Point City Times

logo

Stevens Point News

  • Covid 19
  • Sports
    • Sports News
    • High School Sports Scores
    • Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
  • Crime
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Opinion
  • Obits
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
  • Classifieds
    • View Ads
    • Place Ads
  • Legal Ads
    • Our Legals
    • Statewide
  • E-Edition
    • Stevens Point City Times
BusinessStevens Point
Home›Business›What is your life worth?

What is your life worth?

By Taylor Hale
September 12, 2021
606
0
Share:

By LouAnn Schulfer, AWMA, AIF
It’s an arbitrary question in some ways, but certainly not a rhetorical one. Our life’s worth can be defined in many ways, sometimes best pondered through question. In reflection, what kind of lasting impact have you had on others? What have you begun that will continue on?Have the efforts of your work been fully realized? Have you been a contributor or a consumer? What will you leave behind that will make a difference to others? If you were to die tomorrow, how will you be missed?

When I was growing up, there was a saying that there are only two things that are certain: death and taxes. Well now-a-days, many people don’t pay taxes so I guess we can eliminate that one, but the one certainty of death does remain for us all at some point. We just don’t know when.

If you have life experience, chances are you know many people who have passed on and left a lasting impact on those they loved as well as others. Many lived long, deliberate and fulfilling lives which enriched others. Conversely, many were taken too soon, before their jobs were done here on earth.

I’ve helped numerous people throughout my years as a Wealth Management Advisor evaluate the impact that their death will have on others, financial and otherwise. A substantial risk to any of life’s plans is death of a key contributor, both financial and/or effort, for families and business. What commitments have you made? What would happen if you were to die tomorrow?

No one enjoys thinking about death and many people procrastinate with planning, but it’s the one certainty for all of us. People tend to underestimate death’s impact until they do a comprehensive analysis and identify the gaps that will need to be filled if they are no longer here at given points in others’ lives, financial and otherwise. For most people, nothing is more important than taking care of their loved ones.

What would happen if you were to die tomorrow?

Helping people financially plan for their families or businesses for the lasting impacts that their death will have, has been of paramount importance to me for years. I’ve personally experienced the premature death of a family member and its lasting impacts. I’ve looked into the crying eyes of dear friends and clients, sharing their pain, when they have lost family members too early. One thing for certain, we can’t bring our loved ones back. But with proper planning, everything does not have to change for your family or your business. What would happen if you were to die tomorrow?

LouAnn Schulfer is co-owner of Schulfer & Associates, LLC Wealth Management and can be reached at (715) 343-9600 or lo[email protected]. Visit www.SchulferAndAssociates.com blog.

Tagsbusinessfinancelouann schulfer
Previous Article

Red Arrow Division marks 60th anniversary

Next Article

DMV adds new online service and resources

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • Community NewsLocal BusinessTop Stories

    Gamers Delight: Pillar 4 in Point Developing Sci-Fi Games

    November 22, 2012
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
  • Commentary

    Financially Speaking: Escheatment and Your Investments

    June 21, 2018
    By STEVENS POINT NEWS
  • BusinessPortage County

    Peoples State Bank promotes Saxton

    July 25, 2021
    By Taylor Hale
  • Community NewsPortage County

    Worzalla honors longtime CEO

    July 25, 2021
    By Taylor Hale
  • BusinessFinancially Speaking

    Are you a Trader or an Investor?

    August 22, 2021
    By Taylor Hale
  • BusinessPortage County

    2021 Portage County Business Council Job Fair slated for Sept. 8

    August 26, 2021
    By Taylor Hale

Leave a reply Cancel reply

High School Sports

Go to High School Sports

Free SP Newsletter

  • Sports

  • Commentary

  • Pacelli’s offense overpowers Falcons in conference showdown

    By Jacob Heid
    October 3, 2023
  • Amherst hands Warhawks first loss

    By Jacob Heid
    October 2, 2023
  • Backfield carries SPASH to a victorious Homecoming

    By Jacob Heid
    October 2, 2023
  • Nicolet National Bank senior spotlight: Alex Martin, Amherst soccer

    By Jacob Heid
    September 27, 2023
  • SPASH finishes second as team in mid-season race

    By Jacob Heid
    September 27, 2023
  • Pat Wood

    From the publisher: Christmas and Hanukkah

    By Kris Leonhardt
    December 24, 2022
  • Ice fishing contest Reels in $1,500 for Portage County Literacy Council

    By Taylor Hale
    March 17, 2022
  • Kemmeter Column: County celebrates year after quarantine

    By Taylor Hale
    July 12, 2021
  • Isherwood Column: Great engineering projects two

    By Taylor Hale
    July 11, 2021
  • Shoes News Graphic

    Show Column: Odd Jobs

    By Taylor Hale
    July 9, 2021

About Us


The Portage County Gazette is published every Friday by Multi Media Channels. It is locally-owned, locally-operated and locally-written. Subscriptions are $64 annually, delivered via the U.S. Postal Service.


To subscribe, go www.shopmmclocal.com/product/portage-county-gazette or call 715-258-4360

  • PO Box 408, Waupaca WI 54981
  • (715) 343-8045
  • News editor: [email protected]
Copyright © 2022 Multi Media Channels LLC.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication or any of its contents may be reproduced, copied, modified or adapted without the prior written consent of Multi Media Channels LLC.
×