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dence, hope, and a high energy level; a can-do attitude, cre-
ativity, and competitive spirit; maybe ambition and

happiness. At $100,000 each, would you want your child to
get the money or the deep strengths?

Here’s a chance to give your four-year-old a cool million. By
age twenty-one, this nest egg could grow to an easy
$2,500,000, and your youngster should be financially set for
the future.

Problem is, the kid would be psychologically bankrupt.

Think you wouldn’t sell out your son or daughter so cheaply?
Okay, let’s up the ante.

How about a million dollars apiece in lieu of these 10 traits?
That’s $10 million into your child’s private account right
now, probably worth $25 million by the time your child

graduates from college (but the odds would turn against his
or her ever finishing and getting a degree).

Which hits you as being more valuable to this young per-

son—deep pockets or deep strengths? Would the fortune

4 DEEP STRENGTHS