Things People Leave Behind

Accumulate

Arrive Before You're Ready

Arrive Late

Become Somebody’s Problem

Become Somebody’s Responsibility

Become Someone Else’s Problem

Borrow

Borrow Time

Cannot Be Owned

Change Hands

Change Meaning Depending On Who Holds Them

Change Ownership

Create Asymmetry

Create Continuation

Create Continuity

Create Momentum Across Generations

Create Obligation

Create Obligations

Legitimize Ownership

Only Exist Because We Agreed

Quietly Connect Eras

Remain

Remember For You

Reward Gratitude

Transfer Responsibility

Transfer Value

Wait

Wait Patiently

Things We Leave Behind

inheritance

wealth

trivia

Warren Buffett

dog owner

life insurance

death

genetics

healing

trauma

genes

privilege

rich

home ownership

millennial

money

saving money

spending money

financial planning

is proof that saving is a fine thing; especially when your parents have done it for you.

Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you. Winston Churchill

is an incredible source of entitlement. Nobody talks more of free enterprise than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.

Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.

is not infrequently mistaken for work. When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?''

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose''

is wholly justified. Because we pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

is not uncommonly accompanied by feelings of entitlement. The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.

The more wealth a man has, the louder his children talk.

is not a wise thing to leave. If you want your children to mourn, you would best leave them nothing.

If you want him to mourn, you had best leave him nothing.

is an obstacle to growth. A man can't very well make for himself a place in the sun if he keeps continually taking refuge under the family tree.

A man can't very well make for himself a place in the sun if he keeps continually taking refuge under the family tree.

is an ugly affair. One ought never say one knows a person until they have divided an inheritance with them.

Never say you know a person until you have divided an inheritance with them.

inheritance, n.All

inheritance