@jaredbrock Great question! #1: Be a "Family of Affinity". There's so many competing alternatives to family today. Shared genes aren't enough to stay together for generations. People get their fix elsewhere. You must like & enjoy each other. The older gens. are always recruiting the younger.

@jaredbrock #2: Family wealth is more than money. If you're going to last for centuries, you'll go through a lot of upheaval. Nations & economies will rise and fall. Currencies will change. Just like a nation-state, a family's wealth is in its people...

@jaredbrock A family's wealth is: it's members, every thing they know, every one they know, every thing they own, and their shared intention to be a family.
Smart families use their money to help members reach their full potential. Many families go through periods where they lose it all.

@jaredbrock But because they have human, social, and intellectual capital, they can rebuild - usually better than before.