As fewer and fewer individuals develop the ability to focus on an issue to the exclusion of everything else, the law of supply and demand will ensure that not only will they remain employed, but will have their choice of employment and employers.
It’s true that successful people come from all walks of life and have many diverse characteristics that contributed to their success, but I believe the one trait they all share is this ability to focus and concentrate.
As the majority of the population drifts through life tethered to their smart phones, a small minority will make a name for themselves by honing this ability to think deeply on a given subject. It wasn’t multi-tasking that allowed Adam Grant to become a tenured professor at Wharton by the age of 32, write over 55 peer reviewed articles for professional journals, while finding the time to write not one, but two New York Times bestsellers, it was his ability to think deeply about the topic at hand (although his native intelligence certainly didn’t hurt matters).
While constructing and reviewing one’s life insurance program doesn’t require that level of focus, it does require at least a moderate degree of thought. Imagining ourselves not here and what would happen to our loved ones without us is a bit of an abstraction and requires at least a modicum of focus.
The good news is that once the estate plan is completed, and that includes not only life insurance, but wills, health care directives, powers of attorney, and trusts, if applicable, it then allows us to focus on whatever subject we feel is in our best interest without that nagging thought in the back of our mind that something important is not done.