This essay explores ways for wealthy parents to help their children develop a healthy work ethic; how heirs can discover antidotes to low motivation and fear of being unable to support themselves; how they can harness their financial resources to their values and creativity.
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Sober and encouraging,
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This review is from: Inheritors and Work: The Search for Purpose (Paperback)
This is not quite a book, more like a long magazine piece. (It's even bound like a magazine, with staples on the spine.) It's 43 pages long, and I read it in one sitting. But I recommend it highly for parents whose children will receive inherited wealth.The authors interviewed many adults who have inherited wealth -- some who have dissipated their energies and live in disappointment, some who have energized themselves and live in fulfillment. Their main message: that wealthy parents need to teach their children to pursue work that is meaningful to them and not lead them to succumb to lassitude, spoiled self-indulgence, lack of direction, or numerous other ills. Their definition of legitimate work is broad and includes managing the family business, philanthropy, community service, art, childraising followed by paid activity, and more. Their point of view is persuasive and, I think, sound. The book ends with a questionnaire for readers to fill out themselves, to help them examine their own hopes for themselves and for their children. There's a small but useful bibliography at the end.
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