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 “The Work of our Hands” by Fred Smith For two summers as a student I took a job in a canning factory. For nine hours every day I stood on a hard concrete floor beside [...]
Listen to “What Did You Bring Me?” By Fred Smith A big surprise for me when we moved to Tyler was how many people here travel all over the world. I expected a relatively small [...]
Listen to “The Invisible Whip” by Fred Smith The week started over coffee with a young man having just completed the ultimate business deal of his career. If managed right the [...]
Listen to “Farewell” by Fred Smith Several of my friends are beginning to say “farewell” to their careers. It’s hard to believe. I know for many complete retirement is not an [...]
Listen to “Finishing a Father’s Journey” by Fred Smith Steve Martin is known best for his early work in absurd comedy but he has also evolved into a serious art [...]
Listen to “A Lion’s Heart” by Fred Smith It wasn’t a simple disagreement but a showdown that resulted in both men, once fast friends, turning away from each other [...]
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 “An Uncommon Risk” by Fred Smith One of the most watched events of this century was Nik Wallenda’s tightrope walk across Niagara Falls. In so doing he became [...]
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