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For 2017 — You Must Think Meta To Be Successful
I can clearly recall the first ‘meta’ thought I encountered. I was sitting in the first day of high school in my first English class, and the professor began with the year with the question of What is a Word? Mind blown. Why? Up to that point, I had been so head down...
Giving Beyond the Holidays – How Much Should I Leave to My Kids and Grandkids?
Photo by Mel Poole on Unsplash "I want to leave to my children enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing." - Warren Buffett , 1986“I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study . ....
Top Reads of 2016
Photo by Nubia Navarro (nubikini) on Pexels.com With 35 books read in 2016, I would call that an average year or so. Here are my top 10 favorite. (Disclaimer – These are Amazon Affiliate links and pay a small commission to me for the referral) Unbroken by Laura...
The Emerging Wealthy — Millennials are Growing Up
The oldest Millennials are hitting an inflection point — what should they be thinking about as they begin to grow their wealth, make partner, and get promoted? They say that if you hear something once, it is an interesting anecdote. If you hear it twice, it could be a...
FCS Reading List – 2015
“Liber medicina animi — a book is the soul’s medicine.” It was an incredibly busy year of reading! I've pulled forward the top 10 or so. The rest are sorted by category and ranked by level of enjoyment. Top Reads in 2015 : What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars –...
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Family Office and Family Wealth
These articles were all drafted prior to David joining Greycourt in September 2023. He actively blogs on similar subject matter here.
- Pursuing 100 Years is Tough – and Not For All Families
- The Centrality of Investment to the Legacy Family
- How Fast Must a Family’s Assets Grow?
- Distribution Rate – The Only Variable a Family Can Control in Investing
- The Greatest, but Tenuous, Advantage for Family Investment
- The Value of Investment Advice vs. Its Cost
- What You Should Know Before Marrying Rich
- The Primary Risk for G1 Wealth Creators Starting a Family Office
- The Three Hardest Things For Family Enterprises to Do and Why
- What Do You Pay the People Who Make You Money?
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