I'm baaaaack!!

I feel like I've just come out of an 18 month coma! Well, maybe not exactly. I wrote my last blog about a year and a half ago. I had no idea when I wrote it, that it would be this long before the next one. The changes we've all seen in the last couple of years have been dramatic, but life goes on regardless of the world around us.

Even though I've not blogged in all that time, I've prepared myself for dramatic changes in my own life. Birthdays can do that to you...my 55th was last Saturday. One of the suggestions I give out to other people is that you should pursue your passion. Just recently realized that I should take that advice.

I thoroughly enjoy speaking. The important part, though, is that others should enjoy "hearing", and truly benefit from what a speaker presents. This meant that my other lifelong passion, family businesses, would have to be combined with my passion for presenting. I wrote my book, "An Act of Congress, The Real-Life Story of Power & Politics in Family Business", in order to show what happens when families don't properly plan for succession. I desperately want to help other families avoid the heartaches and pitfalls that we experienced.

A good friend suggested that I do more than just advise, but to get involved in the solution in a productive way. He suggested that I get my insurance license, which has opened my eyes to even more examples in the family business arena. I've met so many people who have helped families prepare for success, not just succession.

So here's the point. During my time away from blogging, I've been able to focus my efforts, so that at the beginning of 2011, I'll have combined the strengths of my own family business, with the experts at Adams & Associates, and The Guardian. I will be announcing the grand opening of The Forum for Family Business soon.

As a Catholic Priest I know says at the end of his sermons..."That's enough for now!"