Wealth & Responsibility: A Modernist Conversation Tool
Friends,
We know that compassionate curiosity guided by beautiful questions has the power to bridge divides and rally our focus for the common good. To discover what could be possible around wealth and action, each year we center our work around a beautiful question.
As we enter 2025, please join us by inviting someone you love to delve into this question together: set a day and time, have some nosh and drinks, wear a fancy outfit if you want!
IS THERE A RESPONSIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH WEALTH? IF YES, WHAT COULD IT BE?
There is much to be done and so many resilient, good-hearted people who are ready to pitch in. We invite you to be one of them by building conversations of possibility in this new year.
In curiosity and hope,
Georgia + Team Modernist
PS: In Modernist news, the firm turns 10 this year (!) so stay tuned for ways we’ll be celebrating a full decade of doing this essential work alongside you.
List 5 words that come to mind when you think about:
WEALTH
RESPONSIBILITY
Questions for discussion:
Which words feel: Unhelpful? Hopeful? Neutral? Why?
How do these words relate to each other in your life? In your cultures?
How would you like to define these words moving forward?
List 5 assets you possess in each of the Five Elements of Wealth:
MONEY Our most culturally normative form of wealth.
TIME A finite resource, cannot be increased.
SKILLS Wealth that grows the more we practice and share it.
RELATIONSHIPS Our greatest wealth.
WELL-BEING A resource we often notice when it is absent.
Questions for discussion:
Notice which elements of your wealth feel aligned with your most hopeful values.
What feels helpful? Unhelpful? Neutral? Why?
As we navigate 2025, consider one small step you could take to live further into your values in one of these elements of wealth. Describe what that step could feel like and look like, who would be there to support this small step, where would you make it happen?