MY NEW PARTNER: MR. AGE
“I’m turning the company over to my sons on January 1,” said the founder of a highly successful company with deserved pride. “And what will you do on... Read More
MID-LIFE CRISIS
We are happiest in our early years and again in our later years. We’re not so happy in mid-life. Or at least so says the research.
Mid-life can be... Read More
MANAGING ONESELF
Extracts from Peter Drucker’s “Managing Oneself”
Published in Harvard Business Review March-April 1999
Success in the knowledge economy... Read More
INTERDEPENDENCE:LESSONS FROM GEESE
On chilly mornings in the coastal marsh you may hear hundreds of wild geese flocked together, gently honking, feeding on found grain. Then, as though... Read More
INCENTIVE TRUSTS
“Medieval alchemists failed to turn lead into gold. Wealthy twenty-first century parents fear a reverse alchemy. Will their children transmute... Read More
HEALTHY WEALTH IN BUSINESS FAMILIES
Reprinted from Business Entities magazine, January-February 2000.
Era Warp
The Modern Era began with the 17th Century Enlightenment and ended... Read More
HAPPY WORK
“Work is much more fun than fun!” exclaimed actor-writer Noel Coward.
Happy work is better work. Happy workers get better evaluations, more... Read More
HAPPINESS, MISERY AND WEALTH
The U.S. Declaration of Independence enshrines "the pursuit of happiness" as an inalienable right. But what is happiness? Who is happy? And how does... Read More
