Powerful yet practical, The Spirit of Wealth Preservation features wealth wisdom distilled by one of the industry’s most trusted practitioners.
Polk’s objective is as clear as it is ambitious: to draw on decades of collaboration with successful families to demystify the key principles of generational prosperity.
Written to foster readiness that transcends monetary wealth, The Spirit of Wealth Preservation breaks down the complex and often intimidating aspects of family wealth into 3 Laws.
01
First Law
The footprint of your life will become the blueprint for your legacy.
At the end of life what matters is not what we bought, but what we built, not our competence, but our character, not our success, but our significance, not our fame, but our family.
02
Second Law
Your Family’s collective purpose will determine its longevity.
The central focus of wealth preservation should not be to preserve wealth, but to fund a clearly defined purpose. A purpose to develop and maintain family, thereby growing a healthy community, and ultimately a flourishing society. Once a wealthy family discovers its collective purpose, then and only then does the preservation of their wealth become meaningful.
03
Third Law
The method and means by which wealth is accumulated will shape your family’s lineage.
Our greatest asset is not real estate, equities, or intellectual property. Our lowest thinking is used to make money on money, but our highest is engaged when money is used to enable that which cannot be bought or sold. This becomes your family’s index of purpose.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ken Polk is the Founder & CEO of Arlington which has become one of the most uniquely built holistic family offices in its industry. In his book, The Spirit of Wealth Preservation, he reveals the Arlington Built on Purpose structure and transformational stewardship ownership model.
“The Spirit of Wealth Preservation is one of the most thought-provoking books you will read for your business and family. You will discover that purpose is not only a personal journey, but an asset we can leave as an inheritance for our future generations.”
John C. Maxwell
New York Times best-selling author
“Seldom has a discourse on wealth transcended money. This book has done it. Ken delivers principles so universal that they will become indispensable to advisors and families around the globe.”
Donald Miller
New York Times best-selling author, Storybrand founder
“In The Spirit of Wealth Preservation, my friend Ken Polk curates the delicate balance of spiritual insight and financial acumen. A work of mastery. You will be fundamentally transformed.”
Chris Hodges
New York Times best-selling author, Highlands College and Church of the Highlands founder
“Ken’s book, The Spirit of Wealth Preservation, offers a spiritual journey for a family that seeks to enhance the lives of at least five generations of its family. Yes, as Ken so beautifully says, a family’s true wealth is measured by its state of wellbeing.”
James E. Hughes, Jr.
Author of Family Wealth: Keeping it in the family and Family: The Compact Among Generations
