The Millionaires ClubBy: James E. HughesThe Millionaires Club is about a group of close friends who had ordinary jobs and met often to drink beer and laugh at each other’s wild dreams. They thought about all the things they would do if they were millionaires, their wild imaginations taking many forms. Since it was all just make-believe, there were no limits on what they could wish.Then, one day, their unofficial leader came up with a plan to make them all wealthy. T...

Hiccup at the Sovran CupBy: James E. HughesA professional golfer plays in a tournament where he feels his opponent did not play fairly. His complaints fall on deaf ears when he tries to explain his experience. In anger and frustration, he sets out to search for proof of his beliefs. He is ridiculed for his continued protestations, but still believes he was right about his claim of cheating. A bit of evidence comes to light that gives him hope, but does not keep his detractor...

Every family hopes to confer advantages that are more than just material and financial—to inculcate character and leadership, to inspire creativity and enterprise, to help all family members find and follow their individual callings, and to avoid the financial dependency and loss of initiative that can all too often be an unwanted consequence of financial success. Yet many families never succeed in realizing that vision, much less sustaining it for three, four, or five generations and beyo...

Why do some families thrive for generations? What accounts for the sad deterioration that others experience? This book takes families and the professionals who serve them beyond the now widely accepted practices offered in Family Wealth and offers a view of Hughes's panoramic insights into what makes families flourish and fail. It lays out the basis for the vision of family governance the author has been developing through his work and research. His advice addresses not only what ...

Family Trusts is a step-by-step guide for anyone involved in family trusts: trust creators, trustees, beneficiaries, and advisors. It will help families create and administer a culture that recognizes trusts as a gift of love.Marrying the practical and emotional aspects of family wealth, this book provides a hands-on primer that focuses on fostering positive relationships, and structuring the trust appropriately for the situation and the people involved. It tackles difficu...

One of the greatest sources of pain within families with wealth is the belief that there are no choices. Sometimes even wealth creators who feel more than able in their business lives feel at the same time that their wealth will inevitably become a pernicious influence on their children and grandchildren. The next generation must awaken to the problem of treating financial wealth as more important than it is and therefore not developing a sense of self separate from the wealth. The book wi...

Complete Family Wealth: Wealth as Well-Being provides proven tools and best practices for families of means to use in maturing, maintaining, and managing personal and legacy wealth long into the future. The book is divided into three parts: the "what"—what is meant by family, wealth, and enterprise; the "who"—the persons crucial to family enterprise flourishing; and the "how"—specific practices families can use to enhance and grow family wealth.The second edition of this w...

The gift of giving is at the core of family wealth and with the new estate law allowing up to $5,120,000 in tax-free gifting, the ultra-affluent are faced with the task of giving in the largest amount in estate tax history. Beyond the tax saving and wealth management implications, the act of giving in such a generous amount opens up a slew of new issues for wealthy families, the biggest of which is: how do I prepare the recipient of such a hefty gift? With that question in mind, Hughes, Ma...

This brief provides an in-depth exploration of seawater splitting electrocatalysts, emphasizing critical challenges such as sustaining high current density, achieving oxygen evolution reaction (OER) selectivity, and utilizing earth-abundant materials. It offers insights into the current landscape of seawater electrolyzer technologies and emerging alternatives. The book also discusses rational design approaches aimed at developing highly active and stable electrocatalysts capable of industr...

"The Real Robert Burns" by James L. Hughes delves into the life and legacy of Scotland's beloved poet, Robert Burns. Hughes presents a comprehensive exploration of Burns' works, revealing the complexities of his character and the socio-political context in which he wrote. The book highlights Burns' contributions to literature and his enduring influence on Scottish culture, showcasing his ability to capture the human experience through vivid imagery and heartfelt emotion. Readers are invite...

Inherent Human Dignity explores the philosophical and existential foundations of what it means to be human.Inherent Human Dignity is a philosophical meditation and defense of the value of being human. Glenn Hughes explores the existential foundations of these concepts in this structured and accessible study about the experience of being human.Hughes locates human dignity within the philosophical, political, and historical horizons of human...

This book presents algorithms and tools that are designed to model and extract information from personal contact networks, which represent which individuals in a population are physically in contact with one another. The authors developed these tools based on research they conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of improving responses to epidemics in the future. The book provides methods for modelling the transmission of infection across a population. The authors explain how ...