It was mid-life crisis and an observation by cowboy philosopher Will Rogers that turned Harlan Sanders’ life around. In 1930, Rogers observed on his radio show, “Let me tell you something, life begins at forty.”…
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Studies show that approximately two-thirds of family businesses fail in transition of management to children. One study of family businesses from 1924-1984 reveals that 80% of these businesses had died, 13% were still in the…
The goal is to develop communication skills that allow us to discover a mutually beneficial resolution. Communication skills among family members range from “begging for a fight: lose-lose” to “mutual satisfaction: win-win.” Those families that maintain life-long positive communication develop their skills by rigidly adhering to the following “Nine Habits.”
A restless curiosity, a love of outdoors, a propensity for risk taking, and the experience from his adventures in Canada led Clarence Birdseye, the son of a New York Supreme Court judge and grandson of…