Introducing Club 52 – The Essence of 52 Life-Changing Books

Introducing Club 52 – The Essence of 52 Life-Changing Books Are you a purpose-driven entrepreneur or a family seeking to elevate your life and legacy? Welcome to Club 52, where the essence of 52 transformative books awaits you!

Wealth & Finance Ethical Finance Awards 2022

Ethical Finance Awards 2022

And the Winner is….

When we were invited to participate in the Ethical Finance Awards 2022 by Wealth & Finance International we thought it was meant as a joke but then we considered things more seriously. We asked ourselves if we were really sustainable enough to be award material.  To be honest, we could not really answer the question. We decided to put our foot forward always and here we are….

Announcing Winner of Ethical Finance Award 2022

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New Podcast Episode Alert: Creating True Wealth and How Financial Planning Can Help Your Intentional Legacy with Vicki Wusche

Vicki Wusche, our guest for episode 14, has her own take on what constitutes wealth – Do you, too, want to live the way you want? What would you do if you never had to work another day in your life?
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New Podcast Episode Alert: How to be financially resilient in times of crisis

ave you got all your eggs in one basket?

Have you charged your money battery?

Are you in financial panic mode or do you look at a 10-years plus horizon?

Find out about Robert Gardner’s Top 10 Tips on how to manage your finances in times of crisis.

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Janzen & Co

Do You Really Have to be Bent to Become Wealthy?

I recently attended a training course about M&A strategies. It was a good course and a good bunch of interesting people came together. In one of the coffee breaks the conversation drifted towards what is required to be financially successful as an entrepreneur. Read more

Family Office Typology

In my day-to-day business the term “family office” is frequently used but when the conversation goes a little deeper I regularly find that my counterparts have little or no understanding as to what it actually means. Apart from the notion that all family offices are ultra conservative investors and shy away from any risk (and opportunity), the only other common denominator is the involvement of a family.

So, what actually is a family office and are they all the same or, if not, how are they different? Read more

8 Key Steps To Your Family Social Responsibility Programme

This post was inspired by a blog post I read on corporate social responsibility for small businesses. The article is based on the premise that most small businesses do not have a formal social responsibility programme and that there is a perception that it is quite cumbersome and tedious to set one up.  Read more

Top 5 Make Or Break Points For Successful Philanthropy

Without having any claim to completeness, I have found a number of things to be important to the success of philanthropic activities. This list of key points resembles a list that could be drawn up for any business venture and that is one of the key conclusions I have come to: treat your philanthropic activities as you would treat a business venture!

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Just a little respect goes a long way

Just A Little Respect and Dignity

Christmas is that time of the year when people start to think about giving, caring and being nice while at the same time everybody seems to be stressed out in the run-up to Christmas.

This morning, I had a little moment that really moved me. Read more

Horse Guard

We Are All Stewards

Continuing on from my last blogpost, I want to expand on the responsibility theme.

As outlined in the previous blogpost, I strongly believe it is crucial to give your wealth a purpose and a meaning, I also touched on the responsibility that comes along with controlling wealth.

This responsibility can best be understood if you look at yourself as a steward who takes care of the wealth on behalf of others, such as future generations. It becomes even more plastic when you look at our responsibility as humankind to take care of the planet we live on. Read more