Listen to “The Family Farm” by Fred Smith I’ve had many conversations over the years with friends about the dangers of leaving wealth to children only to ruin them. It’s taken [...]
*There is no audio recording of the blog this week. Fred will be back next week! I suppose the unexamined life is not worth living may be right for the most part. However, is it possible [...]
Listen to “Freely Given” by Fred Smith On April 6, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson and Congress declared war on Germany. With the same declaration they created the War Chest and [...]
Listen to “Songs of Joy” by Fred Smith Studies are showing that giving, especially smaller gifts, has increased substantially during the pandemic. In fact, donations to food [...]
Listen to “Small Things” by Fred Smith After years of pursuing high impact philanthropy and broad systemic change this is a time for many to resist being swept away by the enormity of [...]
Listen to “Our Secret Inquietude” by Fred Smith After my father died we were sorting through his papers and found a stock certificate for 100 worthless shares. They were all [...]
Listen to “Gifts of a Lifetime” by Fred Smith It’s a familiar scene made even more so by movies and novels: the reading of the last will and testament. The somber family [...]
Listen to “Time is Running Out” by Fred Smith If I were to pick one word to describe my mail from nonprofits in December, it would be URGENT! Every email was intent on [...]
Listen to “The Morning After” by Fred Smith Thank you for joining us this morning for an interview with our special surprise guest, the Rich Fool. INT: Earlier, when we heard [...]
Listen to “Scrooge Repents” by Fred Smith While I would not say I have been Scrooge, I have come close. In fact, the whole period between Thanksgiving and the end of the year [...]
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