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If you’d like to know more about:
- The Hidden Healing Wounds YouTube Project, click here. It’s an emergency first aid program involving 65 Western mental health professionals who are donating time to help the millions of Ukrainians who are enduring mental health issues like sleeplessness, panic attacks, or depression.
- I’ve written 248 articles, which you can find here. These are stories from my experiences on trips to Ukraine, with several written while sheltering in bomb shelters in cities under active attack.
- The 214 Podcasts I’ve been on, click here. Again, these are based on my recent trips to Ukraine.
- Lastly, if you’d like to know more about me, click here for the Meet Mitzi section.The link will take you to a clever mixture of tedium and irrelevance.
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Mitzi introduces Mayor Eric Adams at New York’s Freedom Gala for Ukraine
Mitzi and former Prime Minister Boris Johnson discuss support for Ukraine
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Mitzi was the moderator for former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov’s talk on supporting Ukraine
Mitzi gives a talk, THREE THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT UKRAINE at a New York club that does not allow its name to be used. Past speakers there include Winston Churchill, Henry Kissinger, and Tom Wolfe.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When Mitzi is not on stage speaking to audiences about success tips, family business, and company culture—she indulges her love for writing. Mitzi’s years of experience as an author has produced 27 books, hundreds of articles and blogs, and continues to result in engaging story-telling magic that turns success goals into reality for people everywhere.
Born into the Henderson family, married into the Perdue family—that’s a fair amount of luck, isn’t it?
I can’t believe my good luck.
How do you define a successful family?
I’ll instead define a high-functioning family. You enjoy each other. You don’t engage in public family quarrels. You believe you’re a part of something bigger than yourself—namely, the family. Selfishness is discouraged, because you’re stewards, and your job is to hand it over in better shape to the next generation. One value both the Hendersons and Perdues have is that we’re frugal. We just came back from a family vacation, and every member traveled economy class.
How would you compare the two family offices you’re a client of?
Each grew to meet the needs of the respective families. I like to compare it to the way the British versus the Americans handle things. The British don’t have everything spelled out in a constitution, but they somehow manage to make decisions and move forward based on precedent. That’s how the Hendersons do it. Just, after 182 years, we have ways of doing things. We’ve been around so long, that culture works for us. The Perdues are 102 years old, so not new at this. But since it has an operating company, it has got to be a whole lot more formal. (Note: The Hendersons sold Sheraton Hotels in the late 1960s, while Perdue remains a family business.)
What’s the latest purposeful investment you’ve made?
The Hendersons tend to be quite high-tech. My nephew Eric [who runs the office] is quite comfortable with all the FAANGs [Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google]. He operates out of Cambridge, Massachusetts; and I don’t know how he did this, but he’s surrounded by the FAANGs, and he hangs out with them. I know that when he gives a report at the next Henderson family reunion next Saturday, he will keep us on the edge of our seats, telling us about the things going on in ultrahigh-tech. The Perdues, on the other hand, are completely different. We get excited about investing in a new grain facility.
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