Recently Showtime aired a documentary called Reversal of Fortune, in which filmmakers followed a homeless man who thought the documentary was about life on the streets. Without his knowledge they planted a suitcase with $100,000 for him to find with a note: "What would you do with $100,000?"
He started off going back to his hometown to rent an apartment, bought a truck, and splurged, splurged, splurged. When the producers realized how fast he was going through his money, they sent a financial advisor to meet with him and discuss his situation. He refused any help and believed that all the adviser wanted was a chunk of his money.
Within 8 months he had spent all of the $100,000 and went back to living on the streets.
What would you do if you were in his situation? Try to think realistically rather than idealistically because I'm sure if he were asked the same question, he would give a different answer than what he really did with it.
2007-06-22
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