Here's an interesting article about people who've come across millions only to lose it. By sharing their stories, we get some perspective and learn some key lessons:
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com...rMillions.aspx
Excerpt:
"Bradley, who authored "Sudden Money: Managing a Financial Windfall," says winners get into trouble because they fail to address the emotional connection to the windfall.
"There are two sides to money. The interior side is the psychology of money and the family relationship to money. The exterior side is the tax codes, the money allocation, etc."
"The goal is to integrate the two. People who can't integrate their interior relationship with money appropriately are more likely to crash and burn," says Bradley."