Raise a Comeback Kid
A gift for bouncing back is useful all day — in the marketplace, in the low box late in the game, and when your heart gets broken by a redhead or a margin call. If I had to choose one trait for my kids, resilience, the uber-asset, would be my pick. Scrappers who can shake off the stiff jabs and keep coming often get the split decisions.
Some kids may have genes that make them good at getting off the canvas. But don’t despair just because your children carry some of your weenie DNA. Biology doesn’t have to be destiny. If you can conjure up a family culture that exalts resilience, nurture can trump nature and make your children tough, even if you’re not exactly Rocky Balboa.
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