“The key to success is often the ability to adapt.” ― Anthony Brandt Over our lifetime, we embark on fulfilling educational pursuits and one or more vocations. Then we proceed to spend, save and invest to achieve and sustain a variety of personal and family goals. I recommend pausing a few moments every now and then. The aim is to examine how conversant and comfortable we are with the disciplined processes of managing family wealth over the long run. A straightforward definition of discipline is: “train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way.” Investors face a host of bumps and curves as they muster their best efforts in search of that mandatory discipline. Managing personal wealth requires extensive expertise and the ability to consistently apply it to a host of family situations over long periods. It is quite easy to become totally wrapped up with just investing the money. That can become a full time mission on its own.…