

The Ninth Commandment Of Family Business Succession: Pass On Your Values
Recently, I was involved with a few family businesses of which the founders were values-driven, not money-driven. They gave back to their communities, even when they didn’t have much to share. They were ethical, honest, upstanding citizens, yet their businesses descended into the abyss of deceit and bitter inter-familial, dysfunctional relationships. Did the founders not believe that family values and business ethics were important? Of course they did! So what happened? Famil


The Eighth Commandment Of Family Business Succession: Make The Rest Of Your Life The Best Of LifeUnt
Retirement should not be a death sentence. Rather, it should be the opportunity to re-invent yourself, do the things you have never done before but always secretly wished for, learn new things, travel, join new classes and the list goes on. The first pre-requisite is to have a positive outlook on your new phase in life. This usually requires having a positive outlook on everything in your life. Let me share with you two very different people I know and their responses to reti