When Family Is Important. Have An Important Family!
The Good Sons Club advocates a bold view of family issues! The following statement is a good example of this bold view:
When family is important then have an important family!
Fulfillment, is often defined as being part of something larger than one self. Where better to look than in an extended family that sets a goal to grow it’s power, to face adversity & create opportunities for it’s members. A family strengthened by the contributions of its members. A family unified by its leaders. A family aiming to build a long lasting legacy.
Families that own and operate a family business may be more inclined to concern themselves with this issue. This is especially so when the business involves an extended family. In most cases the business founders have set this in motion. However, the same principles can be applied to an extended family made up of individuals with disparate occupations. Also, we can have extended families that tend towards similar professions.
In two of the three above examples, the education and preparation of the young, will benefit the extended family. However, in families where individuals practice disparate occupations the benefits to a wider extended family is often nebulous.
It is in this, the more common case, that a more conscious effort is required to maintain the extended family as a social and economic force for its' own benefit.
Without getting into the more complex issues surrounding this, let us point out, most families are now serving to prepare their children for the benefit of institutions other than their own. While this may bring about noble contributions to a wider community, it does so at a great expense.
Therefore, in the absence of a unified economic purpose, such as shared business interests or common occupational interests, family founders would do well to find mechanisms to build a shared economic purpose. This requires forward thinking in the preparation of wills, estates and financial planning. Most important it requires a conscious effort to think in terms of an extended family.
Surely, this type of thinking is and will continue to be rare.
As a result, true fulfillment is and will continue to be rare.
Find Resources at The Good Sons Book Club
When family is important then have an important family!
Fulfillment, is often defined as being part of something larger than one self. Where better to look than in an extended family that sets a goal to grow it’s power, to face adversity & create opportunities for it’s members. A family strengthened by the contributions of its members. A family unified by its leaders. A family aiming to build a long lasting legacy.
Families that own and operate a family business may be more inclined to concern themselves with this issue. This is especially so when the business involves an extended family. In most cases the business founders have set this in motion. However, the same principles can be applied to an extended family made up of individuals with disparate occupations. Also, we can have extended families that tend towards similar professions.
In two of the three above examples, the education and preparation of the young, will benefit the extended family. However, in families where individuals practice disparate occupations the benefits to a wider extended family is often nebulous.
It is in this, the more common case, that a more conscious effort is required to maintain the extended family as a social and economic force for its' own benefit.
Without getting into the more complex issues surrounding this, let us point out, most families are now serving to prepare their children for the benefit of institutions other than their own. While this may bring about noble contributions to a wider community, it does so at a great expense.
Therefore, in the absence of a unified economic purpose, such as shared business interests or common occupational interests, family founders would do well to find mechanisms to build a shared economic purpose. This requires forward thinking in the preparation of wills, estates and financial planning. Most important it requires a conscious effort to think in terms of an extended family.
Surely, this type of thinking is and will continue to be rare.
As a result, true fulfillment is and will continue to be rare.
Find Resources at The Good Sons Book Club
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