My phone rings. A no-caller ID one. I don’t pick up numbers like that anymore these days. But this guy is persistent. I answer the phone later, half sceptical and not too friendly. He says I should come to my great-grandfather’s farm. I don’t trust anything and want to put the phone down. With things […]
Read moreStatistics show that many businesses passed from generation to generation often fail in the third generation. Usually the father started with nothing, and founded a big business through hard work. The son learned from his father and knew where things came from. Unfortunately, the grandson no longer sees this picture, and believes he is entitled […]
Read moreLong before her death, my mom one day called all of us children together at her house. She had decided that everything that would eventually end up being part of her estate would find an owner that day. So, all of us, from the eldest to the youngest, took turns at choosing something, which was […]
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