Category: Strategy
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The Trap of Certainty There are a ton of pressing topics right now — important for your family and wealth in the next 5-10 years — where no certainty can be had, but require you to lay the ground work now. Will BRICS replace the current US-based hegemony? Will there be bank failures in the…
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When I first moved to Latin America, I was terrified of buying a car. I’d heard the horror stories — sketchy mechanics, hidden liens, disappearing titles, expats stuck with lemons they couldn’t resell. The whole system felt opaque and risky — especially compared to the straightforward process back in the U.S. So I did what…
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There’s a kind of wealth most people never talk about. Not money. Not investments. Not even a passport. Just a small plastic card — a second residency. It doesn’t look like much. It sits quietly in your wallet, tucked behind your driver’s license. You don’t flash it around. No one ever asks about it. But…
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If you’re location-independent and optimize for lifestyle ROI, Paraguay offers a better value proposition than legacy destinations like France. This isn’t about comparing apples to apples—it’s about comparing strategic options for upper-middle-class families mitigating global political risk. Everyone knows France. Paris cafés, Riviera beaches, Bordeaux wine—and endless ads telling you to “retire in Provence” or…
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Two Loyalties, One Lie We’ve been taught, from the time we’re children, to conflate two very different kinds of loyalty. The first is loyalty to the people who matter most in our lives — our families, our children, the communities we choose. The second is loyalty to a geographic location, to borders drawn on maps,…
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I still remember the moment each of us was handed our permanent residency cards in Panama. My spouse first, then me, then each of our children. Four cards. Four keys to a door that can never be locked. Standing in that office, it hit me: our kids will always have somewhere to go. No matter…
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I’ve sat across from families who’ve built extraordinary wealth — eight-figure, nine-figure or more portfolios, multiple businesses, real estate across different markets. By every conventional measure, they’ve won. But when we start talking about the future — where their kids will live and grow up, what happens if tax policy or the social climate shifts,…
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Tired of trusting politicians with your family’s future? Discover how simple moves — a fallback place, foreign income, or wealth abroad — give you freedom they can’t screw up.
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The Ceremony You Didn’t Expect Picture this: You walk into a British embassy in a foreign city. The Consul General greets you personally at the front gate—not with bureaucratic coldness, but with warmth. He escorts you into a private room that’s been prepared and dressed up specifically for this moment. The room is formal. Your…
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The Jet-Setter Fantasy When most people imagine global diversification, they picture a very specific type of person: Eduardo Saverin renouncing US citizenship for Singapore. Peter Thiel quietly securing New Zealand residency. Tina Turner giving up her American passport for Switzerland. Multi-millionaires. Tech founders. Icons. It feels like a game designed exclusively for the ultra-wealthy—people who…
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The Endless Loop You wake up. Check your phone. The headlines flood in: another political scandal, rising tensions overseas, economic warnings, a tragedy that dominates every conversation for weeks. You tell yourself you’ll disconnect, but the pull is magnetic. Notifications keep coming. Conversations at work, at dinner, with friends—they all circle back to the same…