Foreword
by Dr Peter Ting, PhD
10X Growth Strategist
3F Lifestyle Mentor (Family, Finance & Fitness)
If all we have is money, then we are very poor indeed.
Material wealth can provide comfort, buying nice things, but can leave a person feeling a life empty of meaning and poor in purpose and fulfilment. If all we have to pass on to the future generations is just money, then we have failed to pass on a lasting legacy.
Derek’s book, Next Generation Legacy Builder, goes beyond just talking about making a will on wealth transfer to the next generation. He proposes a lasting estate planning framework with timeless values and mindsets that will be pass on from generation-to-generation as a blessing to nations.
What I like about this book is that Derek didn’t write with fancy financial jargon that is hard to understand, but he has instead adopted an easy to understand, story-telling style. As I read this book, I feel as if I am gleaning decades of wisdom from a father to a son. It is like having a personal dialogue with a loving father in the comfort of our living room. Derek has generously shared his accumulated wisdom, not just drawing from his rich reservoir of head knowledge, but from his heart of servanthood leadership.
Pertinent questions addressed in this book are:
As I comb through the pages, I spotted these three highlights on legacy planning:
This book will help you start your legacy planning as a LIFESTYLE, not something to be left at the end of our life or career.
Derek concluded his book with a challenge to his readers to take up the call of being a Legacy Builder for the Next Generation, creating lasting value of influencing and transforming future generations.
by Dr Peter Ting, PhD
10X Growth Strategist
3F Lifestyle Mentor (Family, Finance & Fitness)
If all we have is money, then we are very poor indeed.
Material wealth can provide comfort, buying nice things, but can leave a person feeling a life empty of meaning and poor in purpose and fulfilment. If all we have to pass on to the future generations is just money, then we have failed to pass on a lasting legacy.
Derek’s book, Next Generation Legacy Builder, goes beyond just talking about making a will on wealth transfer to the next generation. He proposes a lasting estate planning framework with timeless values and mindsets that will be pass on from generation-to-generation as a blessing to nations.
What I like about this book is that Derek didn’t write with fancy financial jargon that is hard to understand, but he has instead adopted an easy to understand, story-telling style. As I read this book, I feel as if I am gleaning decades of wisdom from a father to a son. It is like having a personal dialogue with a loving father in the comfort of our living room. Derek has generously shared his accumulated wisdom, not just drawing from his rich reservoir of head knowledge, but from his heart of servanthood leadership.
Pertinent questions addressed in this book are:
- What are some common misunderstandings and shortcomings related to writing a will or when involved in estate planning?
- How do we avert common estate planning traps, resulting in higher costs, confusions, and conflicts in our family?
As I comb through the pages, I spotted these three highlights on legacy planning:
- Legacy planning is not just for the rich, and it goes beyond just the transfer of money to the next generation.
- The life-span of legacy planning is not confined to just two-generation. A will is a limited tool to transfer wealth beyond current generations.
- It can be thought of as a Family Trust, integrating value-driven wealth stewardship and not as “owner”. One day, we would need to leave all our earthly possessions behind.
This book will help you start your legacy planning as a LIFESTYLE, not something to be left at the end of our life or career.
Derek concluded his book with a challenge to his readers to take up the call of being a Legacy Builder for the Next Generation, creating lasting value of influencing and transforming future generations.
前言
陈朝权, PhD
10倍增长战略家
3F 生活导师 (家庭, 财务 & 健康)
如果我们所拥有的只是金钱,那么我们真的很贫穷。
物质财富可以带来舒适,可以买到好东西,但也会让人感到生活毫无意义,缺乏目的和成就感。如果我们能传给后代的只有钱,那我们就没能给后代留下一份持久的遗产。
溢权的《下一代遗产缔造者》不仅仅是谈论如何将财富转移给下一代。他提出了一个可持续的遗产规划框架,包含着能够代代薪火相传,成为各国福祉的永恒的价值观和思维方式。
我喜欢这本书的一点是,连溢权没有用难懂的金融术语写作,而是采用了一种通俗易懂、讲故事的表达方式。当我读这本书的时候,感觉就像从一个父亲那里收集了几十年的智慧再传给儿子。就如同在舒适的客厅里与慈爱的父亲进行私人对话。Derek慷慨地分享了他所积累的智慧,不仅来自他丰富的知识储备,还来自他仆人式领导力的胸怀。
本书涉及的相关问题有:
- 在写遗嘱或遗产规划时,有哪些常见的误解和缺陷?
- 我们如何避免导致家族产生更高的成本、困惑和冲突的常见的遗产规划误区?
- 整体遗产规划的基本组成部分是什么,包括对可持续遗产规划相关的家族动力、心态和动机的理解?
随着阅读的深入,我发现了遗产规划的以下三个亮点:
- 遗产规划不只是富人才需要,也绝不仅仅是将钱财转移给下一代这么简单。
- 遗产规划的寿命并不局限于两代人,而遗嘱作用有限,只能将财富转移到下一代。
- 它可以被视为一个家族信托,结合了价值驱动的财富管理,而不是“所有者”。总有一天,我们需要把所有的尘世财产都抛在身后。
这本书将帮助我们在生活点滴中开启自己的遗产规划,而不是在我们的生命或职业生涯的尽头才考虑要留下些什么。
溢权在书的结尾处向读者提出了一个挑战,要他们响应号召,成为下一代的遗产缔造者,创造可影响和改造未来数代人的持久的价值。