Beyond Fortune explores a question at the heart of generational well-being: What if the wealth a family works so hard to build isn’t the wealth the family most needs to thrive?
Through the story of Mark and Emily Stone, a financially successful couple beginning to see the unintended effects their pursuit of success has had on their marriage, their adult children, and their family’s future, the book invites readers to reconsider what true family wealth means and, more importantly, why pursuing a broader vision of wealth matters.
An unexpected encounter draws Mark and Emily to a mysterious mountain lodge, where they begin to see their family through an entirely different lens. Their experience introduces a broader vision of wealth encompassing five forms of capital and challenges them to consider why intentionally developing and transferring wealth in multiple dimensions matters across generations.
The story brings these ideas to life through an engaging allegory that captivates the imagination and connects these principles to the hearts of family leaders, allowing families to see themselves in the Stones’ journey. It engages readers in reimagining what true wealth and success mean for their own family and what might be possible for generations to come.
This message grows out of the authors’ own family journey and what they have learned from successful multigenerational families and leading advisors along the way. It brings to life many of the principles that have shaped the field of multigenerational family well-being, including wealth as well-being, the development of a family’s five forms of capital, and intentionally preparing families to thrive across generations, principles James E. Hughes Jr. has so thoughtfully championed throughout his life’s work.