Galliard Family Business Advisor Institute
“I feel like I’m molting,” I found myself saying to a friend earlier this week. Have you ever experienced that—you experience so many big changes in a compressed time period, that you feel like you’ve shed a layer of skin, or maybe two or three?
…When working with clients beginning to think about retirement, it helps to clearly define both their financial needs AND their emotional needs. We use this table exercise to open the conversation regarding values, goals, barriers and support.
…In this video, Galliard Institute founder Lisë Stewart calls attention to how we treat business leaders who are transitioning away or aging out of the business.
…When I get up in the morning, I creak. Seriously, I am like the tin man looking for his can of oil. My bones creak and groan and I have to unfurl myself slowly like old parchment left rolled up for too long.
Then, when I look in the mirror, I get a little shock… “Who is that person staring back at me?” When did my vibrant goddess self get replaced with this grey-haired woman with the soft jowl and crinkly Mrs. Santa Claus smile?
And, for that matter, where did I put my glasses and how come I can’t remember what I had for lunch yesterday? Worse yet, when did time speed up and doctors get so young?
As I contemplate the state of my own changing life, I know that I am not alone.
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