At Boston Private, we sponsor a diverse group of organizations that share many of our own values while educating and inspiring the people and communities around them. The answer is different for every organization. We took 30 minutes with Seth Rosenzweig, Executive Director of Team IMPACT, an organization that connects children facing serious and chronic illnesses to local college athletic teams, forming life-long bonds and life-changing outcomes, to learn more about his biggest influences and what has driven the organization’s success.

Talking about money with your spouse can get stressful, even if your relationship is on solid ground. Here are some ideas to keep those conversations on the right track—and leave your “emotional baggage” behind.

At Boston Private, we have the opportunity to partner with many diverse and talented business owners, helping them live their lives the way they want to and achieve their goals, hopes and dreams. Every single one of them has a different reason why they work so hard to achieve so much in life. We took 30 minutes with Lisa Wexler and Ken Wexler of Elaine Construction Company, a third-generation, family owned and operated woman-certified business that delivers construction management and general contracting services to academic/institutional, corporate interiors, health care, pharmaceutical and fitness sectors. Read on to learn more about their biggest influences and what has driven their success.

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.” In 1739, “Poor Richard” published this simple axiom in his annual Almanac to remind readers about the vital role that good health habits played in building wealth. In the two centuries since then, a host of research studies have confirmed what “Richard” and the rest of us have suspected...