Tag: Strategy
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In the last few years, more North American families have come to us looking for at least a Plan B location, if not a complete Plan A. What they tell me is consistent: the city feels different, the school board keeps changing what’s “normal,” the communities they’re part of become less aligned with what they…
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Hey — scrum time! Instead of user stories and bug fixes, we’re going to plan for your life, for the next 30-40 years…because how often do you do that? We’ll keep it short and focused: Yesterday: Where you’re at. Blockers: What’s in your way. Next Sprint: What to build next. Today: What you can do…
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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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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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One of the biggest myths I hear from entrepreneurs and middle-income families is this: “I’ll start thinking about international diversification once I have millions.” That belief is the reason so many people never act. They think that second residencies and citizenships are reserved only for the ultra-wealthy. That is a trap: you don’t need millions…
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Five years ago, I stood in a government office filling out visa paperwork to enter the country where I was born. My passport had always been my golden ticket. For decades, I’d traveled freely, never thinking twice about borders or permissions. But there I was—needing a visa for the place I was born. That’s when…
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The world our children are growing up in isn’t the same one we knew. Power is shifting. Economies rise and fall. Cultures and opportunities are no longer centered in one place. We live in a multipolar world, where no single country defines the future. For parents, that means we can’t just think about where our…