169. The Unfinished Masterpiece

The Wellness in Hospitality Podcast · Jul 13, 2026 · 27m

Are you building a masterpiece or a museum piece?

You're a decade into running the family business. The bumpy years are behind you, you've got a proper grip on it now, and you're clear on where you're taking it and the story you want to tell.

And somewhere inside that confidence, a new fear takes the place of the old one. You've stopped worrying about failing the generation before you. Now you worry about burdening the one after you.

So you set out to hand your children something ironclad, finished, perfect, something that won't weigh on them the way it weighed on you.

Most second-generation…