"Think seven generations ahead before deciding Wilson Williams, a young Squamish council member, recalled an elder's teaching when evaluating a development proposal for their ancestral land in Vancouver: "We got to start planning seven generations ahead." This led him to reject a modest mid-rise apartment plan that would have generated steady income but not transformational wealth, asking instead, "How is it going to give us generations of wealth?" Anyone stewarding a resource — a business, savings, or property — can use this lens to reject short-term adequate solutions in favor of plans with lasting, compounding impact. Source: Wilson Williams, Planet Money (NPR), The Squamish Nation's Economic Experiment"