When I was VERY young, I remember watching Lee Majors as the Six Million Dollar Man. Back when that show was popular, six million bucks was BIG money. Apparently, the “value of a statistical life” in 2008 is worth 6.9 million (just under a million dollars more than what it cost to ”rebuild Lee Majors, making him stronger, faster…” in the 1970’s). This according to todays Boston Globe which reported the Environmental Protection Agency numbers.  Okay. SO, I guess we are all multi-millionaires! But wait, the article also reported that we aren’t worth as much as we were five years ago. In fact, we are officially worth a cool mil LESS than we were in 2003. I guess if you are a professional athlete, an aging super model, or a celebrity past their prime that may be true. I may be kidding myself but shouldn’t we at least be smarter than we were five years ago? I mean really - one million dollar drop in five years? How did that happen? I guess we all have consumed a bit of ”reality” TV since 2003 which could almost make us worthless! Pondering this value has left me in a quandry and I am not sure what to do now. So I guess I will be a Survivor and become an Apprentice so I can be Smarter than a Fifth Grader. Together we’ll watch My Big Redneck Wedding.  

Tim Richardson is an inspirational speaker who speaks about how giving increases employee morale, lowers employee turnover, increases customer loyalty and creates higher profits for Fortune 500 companies, associations, and national conventions. He is the founder of the The Worlds Biggest Blog Partyan event which will connect bloggers from all over the world to raise money for charity. He is also founder and president of the Bill Walter Melanoma Research Fund and co-founder of the Jeffrey Roth Cycling Foundation. Click here for more information on professional speaker Tim Richardson.