Ben Greenfield
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And I was kind of self-conscious about it because I'm not a proven model.
I've got 15-year-old sons.
And who's to say they're not going to wind up in prison for three years or I'm going to turn out to be a parental failure or whatever.
I've got 15-year-old sons.
And who's to say they're not going to wind up in prison for three years or I'm going to turn out to be a parental failure or whatever.
There are certain things I know about, like how to form a legacy and a constitution and how to set up the insurance policies for the family and create the family mission statement and the family values and key educational concepts and
There are certain things I know about, like how to form a legacy and a constitution and how to set up the insurance policies for the family and create the family mission statement and the family values and key educational concepts and
You know, the comings and goings and traditions that you create around Christmas and Thanksgiving and when a child is 8 and 12 and 15 and how to set up rites of passages, you know, and all these things that I talk about in my chapter of the book and that my wife talks about in her chapter of the book.
You know, the comings and goings and traditions that you create around Christmas and Thanksgiving and when a child is 8 and 12 and 15 and how to set up rites of passages, you know, and all these things that I talk about in my chapter of the book and that my wife talks about in her chapter of the book.
But at the same time, I know a lot of really fantastic entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs
But at the same time, I know a lot of really fantastic entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs
People have amazing children who have already grown up and started super impactful businesses and trusts and foundations of their own.
People have amazing children who have already grown up and started super impactful businesses and trusts and foundations of their own.
So I kind of use the Tim Ferriss tools of Titans or tribe of mentors type of approach where I found the most amazing parents on the planet who I actually know and who I've conversed with and whose children I've hung out with.
So I kind of use the Tim Ferriss tools of Titans or tribe of mentors type of approach where I found the most amazing parents on the planet who I actually know and who I've conversed with and whose children I've hung out with.
And I sent them each the same list of 32 questions like, what keeps you awake at night when it comes to parenting?
And I sent them each the same list of 32 questions like, what keeps you awake at night when it comes to parenting?
Or what were the foundational educational principles via which you educated your children?
Or what were the foundational educational principles via which you educated your children?
Or did you ever worry that your children were going to be weird based on your unique role as a parent entrepreneur?