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Generational Cycle Breakers & Ancient Wisdom
Storytelling has the amazing power not just to convey events, but also the lessons and values that we learn from them. They are an outstanding and effective way to transmit culture. The stories that families tell (and don’t tell) define the family’s culture. “Grandpa worked hard after the Great Depression to build a huge business”…
Why Wealthy Families Fail
Countries, non-profits, families: they all have something in common. They are about something bigger and more enduring than the individual, and where stewardship and shared purpose are essential. I thought about this recently while reviewing Why Nations Fail (Acemoglu and Robinson, 2012). The book asks why some countries prosper over generations while others don’t. Counterintuitively,…
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