Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder at Matsunaga Institute

As a part of his world tour for his book, A Golden Civilization and the Map of Mindfulness, George visited The University of Hawaii at Mānoa and gave several talks there to differing audiences. On Thursday afternoon, George delivered his Keynote, Life Planning, Mindfulness, and A Golden Civilization at a Chai Time event at the historic East-West Center, sponsored by the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution.

With over 35 people in the room, George spoke about his life planning work and how the changing world around him led him to life plan civilization. He then facilitated a Golden Civilization Conversation. The group discussed their vision for A Golden Civilization and felt committed to action steps they suggested during the conversation.

George also spoke at the Shidler College of Business to assembled faculty, students, and staff, followed by a break-out Golden Civilization Conversation. His final event was a private client event for 3D Wealth Advisors, where he facilitated a breakout Golden Civilization Conversation as well.

Don’t forget to tag @AGoldenCivilization or @George_Kinder when posting photos of any events. We loved seeing this post from the Matsunaga Institute.

A Golden Civilization Conversation for Those Over 75

Last week, in a local bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, Mary Zimmerman hosted a public Golden Civilization Conversation for her local community, asking that her friends, especially those over 75 years of age, come together for a heartfelt discussion about their vision of a Golden Civilization.

Mary, having worked closely with George, has read A Golden Civilization and the Map of Mindfulness, and already participated in two Golden Civilization Conversations, one in Irvine, California, and the other in Laguna Beach.  She has hosted a Golden Civilization Conversation with a diverse audience in central Phoenix and one informally with four generations of her family in Austin, TX.  She was inspired how each achieved stimulating, apolitical conversation.

Inspired by her sister, who would have been 75 this year, Mary wanted to gather an insightful group with some real life experience (those at least 75) to hear their great wisdom, insight, and perspective.

The resulting group shared a non-judgmental participatory conversation about what they did for fun growing up (and where), what they wanted from a Golden Civilization, one thing from the past they wanted to bring forward, and their action step to live into their shared vision for a Golden Civilization.

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Nigel Barker-Smith

George is joined by Registered Life Planner and lead trainer for The Kinder Institute, Nigel Barker-Smith for his latest Facebook Live Golden Civilization Conversation.

Please watch George and Nigel's discussion about A Golden Civilization. George just facilitated a Golden Civilization Conversation in Leeds at Nigel's invitation and the two start by recapping the event, highlighting how the different backgrounds of the participants only added to the conversation as opposed to creating conflict. They affirm what has been a trend among all conversations, no matter our background, we all seem to want the same, basic principles when it comes to our visions of A Golden Civilization. They also talk about life planning as it relates to creating a society that delivers freedom.

Nigel is the founding Independent Financial Advisor (IFA) at NBS Financial Planning and is the UK’s leading trainer of Financial Life Planning. He’s worked in the financial services industry for over 20 years. 

You can read more about Nigel at: https://www.nbsfinancialplanning.co.uk/nigel-barker-smith/

A Golden Civilization Returns to St. Louis

George Kinder returned to St. Louis to deliver a keynote address at The BAM Alliance National Conference on Tuesday, October 22. While in the city, he facilitated three Golden Civilization Conversations for groups at Peace UCC St. Louis, Washington University, and a NAPFA Study Group. Here are the results of his conversation with financial planners from the NAPFA Study Group.

Golden Civilization Conversation: George Kinder and Kevin Chung

George interviewed Kevin Chung, a Registered Life Planner® and early participant of the Golden Civilization Conversation movement yesterday.

Check out the video below to hear George and Kevin’s discussion about what they have learned so far through Golden Civilization Conversations that they attended together in Hana, Hawaii, San Francisco, CA, and Sepastopol, CA. Beginning the conversation by noting that in the different places, the conversations have describe the same vision and then differ on obstacles and action steps, George and Kevin delve into a conversation about the privilege of delivering freedom, relationship building, and hierarchies of power.

Kevin K. Chung is a Managing Director and Advanced Planner at First Republic Investment Management in San Francisco. Kevin has over 15 years of experience working with high net worth and ultra-high net worth families in designing their financial, estate and charitable giving plans. Prior to joining First Republic, Kevin was a Financial Advisor and the Director of Financial Planning at Jackson Financial Management and taught as an Instructor in the Personal Financial Planning Certificate program at the University of California, Irvine Extension Program.

You can find more information about Kevin here: https://www.firstrepublic.com/all-profiles/kevin-chung