Let’s begin by acknowledging something we all understand: the importance of having a will or trust to pass on our financial assets. Most of us would agree that creating a plan for the wealth, property, or valuables we’ve accumulated over our lifetime is crucial. After all, we want to make sure that our children and loved ones are taken care of when we’re no longer around. Every reputable financial planner emphasizes this, offering tools and guidance to help us secure our financial legacy.
But here’s a question: have you ever considered your social capital as an asset? And what is your plan to pass this invaluable asset to the ones you love? Social capital is the value of your connections to people, institutions, and organizations. For years, you’ve been making deposits into personal and professional relationship accounts that, too often, disappear when you pass away. If we can agree that having a will to protect our financial legacy is important, doesn’t it make sense to also consider how we’ll pass on our social capital legacy to those we care about?
So, what’s your plan for this? What if we told you that teaching your children how to access and build social capital, especially using the social assets you’ll leave behind, could open doors for them in ways that money alone cannot?
As someone who has trained thousands of people in social capital strategies across the U.S., I can tell you that not a single person in my seminars had a deliberate or strategic plan—what I’d call a Social Capital Legacy Plan—for passing on their social capital. This isn’t estate planning in the traditional sense, but it’s just as important. We need to think of it as Strategic Social Capital Planning—an intentional approach to ensure that your network, your influence, and the relationships you’ve built are passed on to the next generation.
Let’s work together to ensure that your children understand the importance of social capital and begin connecting them to the people, networks, and opportunities you’ve cultivated. We can guide you through this process and introduce you to tools like Social Capital Smart to help build a lasting social capital legacy that will benefit your loved ones for years to come.
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Edward DeJesus is the President of Social Capital Builders. Learn more at https://socialcapitalsmart.ai