Wealth Across Generations

Why do some investments, traditions, books, businesses, and even civilizations endure while others disappear? In this episode, David Allen explores the Lindy Effect —the idea that the longer something has survived, the more likely it is to continue surviving—and what that means for building wealth across generations. You’ll learn how this principle applies to investing, consumer choices, business,...

Trust Isn’t One Thing: The Three Legs Every Family Must Build What makes someone truly trustworthy? Most people think trust is a feeling. It isn’t. Trust is made up of three measurable qualities that determine whether someone is dependable in business, marriage, parenting, leadership, and family wealth. In this episode, David Allen explores the Three Legs of Trust : * Getting the Job Done * Having...

What matters more for a family's future: financial capital or personal character? In this episode, we explore the remarkable life of George Müller, a man who began as a thief, liar, and habitual deceiver before becoming one of the most influential philanthropists of the nineteenth century. Müller went on to care for more than 10,000 orphans, establish over 100 schools, and steward resources equiva...

Why do some people seem to move through life faster than others? In this episode, we explore the idea that life is a marathon and that not everyone begins at the same starting line. Family background, health, opportunity, education, adversity, and culture all affect where we start and how quickly we can move forward. We'll discuss why comparing yourself to others is often misleading, how to identi...

Crucial to building and maintaining peace, stable relationships, and generational wealth is the skill of setting and enforcing boundaries. This allows you to have grace with people because you don't allow untrustworthy people to get into a position where they can repeatedly harm you. See the substack at https://wealthacrossgens.substack.com/p/episode-4-boundaries-bonus-content?r=172et6 for bonus c...

Every successful multi-generational family has rules about how they manage their wealth, and how they use it. What are yours? If you’re curious, I’ll share a famous example of a Korean family who used their wealth wisely over several centuries: The Gyeongju Choi Clan. Get full access to Wealth Across Generations at wealthacrossgens.substack.com/subscribe

Money is only one of nine forms of capital. Here all of them are laid out in order of importance, with enough elbow room to build life according to your values. If you’d arrange things differently. Do four of them well, and you get civilization. Get the next two, and you have vision. Get the final three, and you have tangible wealth you can use on whatever is important to you. The next post on the...

Have you ever wondered how some families stay wealthy over multiple generations? Has it ever bothered you how atomized our society has become? Have you ever wished you could lay a strong foundation for the next generation to build off of — instead of leaving them to the winds of politics, the economy, and human nature? Welcome to Wealth Across Generations . This podcast explores how families build...