Recommended Reading:
Family Business, Philanthropy & Life
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Family & Family Business
- Family Wealth: Keeping It in the Family
- By James E. Hughes Jr.
- Bloomberg Press,
- 2004
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- Family: The Compact Among Generations
- By James E. Hughes Jr.
- Bloomberg Press,
- 2007
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- Raising Financially Fit Kids
- By Joline Godfrey
- Ten Speed Press,
- 2003
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- Silver Spoon Kids: How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children
- By Eileen and Jon Gallo
- Contemporary Books,
- 2002
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- The Price of Privilege: How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids
- By Madeline Levine
- HarperCollins,
- 2006
According to criteria from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, kids from affluent, educated families disproportionately experience emotional problems like clinical depression, substance abuse, anxiety, eating disorders and other self-destructive (even self-mutilating) behaviors. Madeline Levine, a psychologist who counsels troubled teens from affluent families (she practices in Marin County, California) explores such issues as social isolation, parental over-indulgence and under-involvement, and the delusion that wealth causes happiness. Levine concludes that materialism often distracts people from the adolescent struggles that produce thoughtful, grounded adults. She offers pragmatic advice which focuses on discipline, accountability and limit setting.
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- Udders and Herds
- By Stuart E. Lucas
Cows have played a central role in our family's lore for over a century. My great grandfather founded the Carnation Company in 1899, and it remained a family-led business for three generations.
Building a successful family business, nurturing its growth, and selling it at just the right time make you an outlier. Producing multiple generations of wealth creators is even more out there. But a family culture focused on human capital talent development, risk taking, and an appetite for hard work should be at the forefront of every decision the family makes, including the mission for the family office.
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- Wealth in Families
- By Charles W. Collier
- Harvard University, 2nd Edition,
- 2006
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Philanthropy
- Philanthropy's New Agenda: Creating Value
- By Michael E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
- Harvard Business Review,
- 1999
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- The Foundation: A Great American Secret. How Private Wealth is Changing the World
- By Joel L. Fleishman
- Public Affairs,
- 2007
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Life
- Half Time: Changing Your Game Plan from Success to Significance
- By Bob Buford
- Zondervan Publishing House,
- 1994
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- Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life
- By Laura Nash and Howard Stevenson
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
- 2004
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- Trust Me: Helping Our Young Adults Financially
- By Kenneth Kaye PhD, Nick Kaye
- IUniverse,
- 2009
Co-written by Kenneth Kaye, a psychologist and his son, Nick, Trust Me uses Nicks’ struggles toward financial independence to guide young adults and their families. The book is filled with pragmatic strategies and practical advice, and the Kayes’ anecdotes and examples are engaging and instructive.
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Press Coverage
Risk and Reward in Asia: A Family Office's Experience
Stuart Lucas's family portfolio has been increasingly weighted toward Asian alternative assets over the...