Peter Barton is incredibly rich, 48 years old, has a perfect family and has lived a life that most of us can only dream about. None of this matters. He is dying of cancer. He has a real problem. Even with all his money, he can’t solve cancer. But like most of his life, he makes the best of the situation and leaves us with the gem of a book.

This “Floating Book Review” of “Not Fade Away – A Short Life Well Lived” is held on TheMonopolyProject yacht:

I read this book years ago and re-read it last month. Then, my daughters got tired of hearing me say:

“If a problem can be solved with money, it’s not a problem.”

Page 85: “I don’t know who said this first, but there’s a lot of wisdom in it: A problem that can be fixed by money…is not a problem.”
Here’s a minor example: We received this letter from the IRS in April 2018:

Which we ignored of course. So, we got an IRS ‘demand letter’:

“Notice of intent to seize (levy) your property or rights to property”

After I showed her the ‘demand letter’, my daughter Katie, Practice Manager at Ahwatukee Health and Recovery, was alarmed, “We’re all going to prison, but first we’ll all die. And, our pets will die, too.”

So, I said, “A problem that can be solved with money, is not a problem.”

We can just get the checkbook, write a check for $587.81, send it to the IRS and we’re done. Problem solved.

But for the fun of it we disputed the demand because I vaguely remembered filing the return. I emailed our CPA and he confirmed it with this letter.

The IRS gave up and we kept our lives, our pets and our $587.81.

NOT FADE AWAY

Author and singer Buddy Holley original of “Not Fade Away” (1957: the intro music on the video):

The Rolling Stones cover version in 1964 with interesting social commentary and a clueless Mike Douglas:

Finally, here’s some problem solving Christmas gifts this year; with thanks to Taco Bell:

If you’re interested in the book, here’s a few more reviews:
https://youtu.be/Kq5kfIFi7Go,
http://beforelosingmysanity.blogspot.com/2016/02/not-fade-away-book-review-and-my-story.html,
http://4hourstruggle.com/not-fade-away-a-short-life-well-lived