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Measuring the Success of Your Family
For 2023, consider making some adjustments for your family. I often say that one of the simple ways to measure the success…
Start with Your Family Stories
Building great family culture starts with stories. Brad Grey of Walking the Text teaches a simple truth: in Jewish families, from birth…
The Destiny of Your Family Story
The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves…
5 Great Legacy Conversation Starters
In working with families, I find that while they are good at the business of getting together as a family, they leave…
4 Key Questions About Family Wealth
When I work with families with higher net worth, they often ask the same questions about how to handle their wealth. Their…
The Single Greatest Fact Influencing Future Direction
What is the key factor influencing the direction of America? The world? In The Next 100 Years, George Friedman writes that the…
Does Your Company Have a Chief Giving Officer?
There are a lot of C-level titles—Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and the list could go on and…
9 Tips for Living Simply
Do you know anyone who says they are not busy? Even the retirees I know all tell me they are busy. What’s…
The Terrible Sickness of Ownership
In this day and age, we talk little of ownership. It is presumed. In fact, from the earliest age, we proclaim, “mine!” …
The 40 Generation Family Business?
Can you imagine a business lasting 3 generations? Perhaps you’ve heard the adage: shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in 3 generations. In America, it’s…
Do You Call This Man a Success?
He died at the age of 43 following an emergency appendectomy. Prior to that time, he’d spent the majority of his time…