Ben Greenfield
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They're like parking by the side of the road and camping and getting water from springs and eating oatmeal and beef jerky and just learning how life works and getting out of the house for a little while to just go explore, which I think is a great idea. That's so amazing. They're ready for it. Yeah.
They knew it was coming. It wasn't just like they graduated and I said, leave. We have a whole Greenfield family constitution. I mean, there's rites of passages. There's everything in there. What we do for Easter, what we do for Thanksgiving, what we do for Christmas, what time we meet for meditation in the morning, what time we have dinner at night.
They knew it was coming. It wasn't just like they graduated and I said, leave. We have a whole Greenfield family constitution. I mean, there's rites of passages. There's everything in there. What we do for Easter, what we do for Thanksgiving, what we do for Christmas, what time we meet for meditation in the morning, what time we have dinner at night.
They knew it was coming. It wasn't just like they graduated and I said, leave. We have a whole Greenfield family constitution. I mean, there's rites of passages. There's everything in there. What we do for Easter, what we do for Thanksgiving, what we do for Christmas, what time we meet for meditation in the morning, what time we have dinner at night.
Everybody's all the way down, like everybody's end of life and memorial services plan and what we would want.
Everybody's all the way down, like everybody's end of life and memorial services plan and what we would want.
Everybody's all the way down, like everybody's end of life and memorial services plan and what we would want.
at our funeral in terms of like song sung and the dress code all the way back to what the each family's power animal is and symbol and hex color and font and what the family crest looks like and what each element of the family logo represents and the family logo is on the flags outside our front door and our throw pillows and the hoodies and hats that we wear out to dinner and everything but
at our funeral in terms of like song sung and the dress code all the way back to what the each family's power animal is and symbol and hex color and font and what the family crest looks like and what each element of the family logo represents and the family logo is on the flags outside our front door and our throw pillows and the hoodies and hats that we wear out to dinner and everything but
at our funeral in terms of like song sung and the dress code all the way back to what the each family's power animal is and symbol and hex color and font and what the family crest looks like and what each element of the family logo represents and the family logo is on the flags outside our front door and our throw pillows and the hoodies and hats that we wear out to dinner and everything but
in that greenfield family constitution which by the way having a constitution like this is a great way to back to building generation wealth building a sense of pride in the family name building a legacy that can be passed on to my sons and then improved upon in their families so there's a lot of benefits to having this idea of almost branding your family like your brand of business
in that greenfield family constitution which by the way having a constitution like this is a great way to back to building generation wealth building a sense of pride in the family name building a legacy that can be passed on to my sons and then improved upon in their families so there's a lot of benefits to having this idea of almost branding your family like your brand of business
in that greenfield family constitution which by the way having a constitution like this is a great way to back to building generation wealth building a sense of pride in the family name building a legacy that can be passed on to my sons and then improved upon in their families so there's a lot of benefits to having this idea of almost branding your family like your brand of business
But in that constitution are rites of passage, particularly for young greenfield men, meaning when they turn 13, they have a rite of passage into adolescence. Three days out in the wilderness, backpack, blanket, knife. They have a wilderness survival instructor who they've worked with since they were six, and he oversaw that rite of passage.
But in that constitution are rites of passage, particularly for young greenfield men, meaning when they turn 13, they have a rite of passage into adolescence. Three days out in the wilderness, backpack, blanket, knife. They have a wilderness survival instructor who they've worked with since they were six, and he oversaw that rite of passage.
But in that constitution are rites of passage, particularly for young greenfield men, meaning when they turn 13, they have a rite of passage into adolescence. Three days out in the wilderness, backpack, blanket, knife. They have a wilderness survival instructor who they've worked with since they were six, and he oversaw that rite of passage.
When they come out, there's a ceremony, there's a fire, there's a feast with friends and family, and that marks that they are now adolescents and they're given more responsibility and chores at home. They're treated less like kids. They pitch in more with family dinners, and they're just expected to be a greater contributory member to the family at that point.
When they come out, there's a ceremony, there's a fire, there's a feast with friends and family, and that marks that they are now adolescents and they're given more responsibility and chores at home. They're treated less like kids. They pitch in more with family dinners, and they're just expected to be a greater contributory member to the family at that point.
When they come out, there's a ceremony, there's a fire, there's a feast with friends and family, and that marks that they are now adolescents and they're given more responsibility and chores at home. They're treated less like kids. They pitch in more with family dinners, and they're just expected to be a greater contributory member to the family at that point.
When they are 16, and again, this is baked into the constitution, so they've known this was coming since they were eight years old, they have to leave the house for three months. It could be an international trip, it could be a domestic trip, it could be whatever, but they just can't be under mom and dad's roof for three months. They just have to go out and fly the nest.