54 - Generational Generosity: Passing Down a Legacy of Giving | Crosland Stuart
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Do you make a positive impact in your community through your generosity? Would you like to cultivate a legacy of generosity to pass down to your descendants? Join us as we sit down with Crosland Stuart, founder of Crosland & Company to discuss the importance of generational generosity.
In this episode, Crosland shares how her family instilled in her a commitment to stewardship and generosity emphasizing the importance of integrating faith into daily life. She talks about the challenges of passing down generosity to the next generation while highlighting the importance of educating and involving children early on. She reflects on her personal journey of generosity and how investing time in people's lives through discipleship and mentoring can have a greater impact than just monetary donations. Listen to the inspiring conversation now as you continue to enrich your journey through stewardship and generosity.
Key Points From This Episode:
- What is one thing that Crosland is passionate about or excited about right now?
- Crosland gives snapshots of her background and upbringing.
- Crosland discusses generosity across generations as lived out within her own family.
- Crosland talks about how other foundations succeeded at passing generosity down to the next generation.
- Crosland reflects on past failures of not practicing generosity well and the lessons learned from them.
- What are the ways that we can practice generosity outside of the typical money-giving?
- Crosland discusses the idea of good citizenship which stems from faith and generosity to the local community and has been passed down by Crosland’s grandfather to the succeeding generation.
- An example of acts of generosity that were passed down as a legacy to the younger generation.
- Crosland’s thoughts on the great wealth transfer and how we can turn it to be a blessing.
- Crosland answers the mentor-minute questions.
Tweetables:
“Generosity is not a function of wealth; it is a function of the heart.”
“It's not our dollars that are going to make the difference, it's our time. It doesn't matter how big your checks are, you need to be investing in people's lives.”
“Practice humility, generosity, gratitude, and joy. They're like muscles, if you don't use them, they atrophy.”
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
"Gentle and Lowly" by Dane Ortlund
The Kingdom Investor Podcast on LinkedIn
About Crosland Stuart
Crosland Stuart is the founder of Crosland & Company, LLC which is engaged in multiple business lines that includes communications, literary representation, foundation consulting, and family business interests. She is also a literary agent and project development specialist with Legacy, LLC. She also serves as chairperson of the E.B. Kennedy Scholarship Program Board of Directors of the E.C. Stuart Foundation which has partnered with Erskine College to annually award full scholarships for the past sixty years.
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