The Voice of the Rising Generation: Family Wealth and Wisdom
James E. Hughes
Growing up in a family with significant wealth or a family business can often feel like an exercise in silence. Series: Bloomberg. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308. Growing up in a family with significant wealth or a family business can often feel like an exercise in silence. What should you ask? Whom should you ask? When? Is it ever right to talk about such things? The Voice of the Rising Generation speaks directly to those who find themselves living in that silence, the so-called "next generation." Great wealth or a family business can act like a "black hole," sapping the dreams and aspirations of future generations who feel that they can never measure up to the fortune's founder. ... Read more Many books are addressed to parents and grandparents who worry about the effects of wealth on their descendants. Almost alone in the field, this book speaks directly to 20-, 30- and 40-somethings, encouraging them—literally, giving them courage—to meet the challenge of integrating wealth's power into their lives, rather than disappearing into the black hole. Readers will: If you are a young person who is starting your life's journey and wondering about the effects of parental gifts, trusts, or a family business, this book will offer you questions, reflections, and lessons-learned to help you find your own way. If you are a parent, grandparent, elder, or mentor, The Voice of the Rising Generation can serve the young people in your life as a gift more precious than gold.
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