Word: spirit
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...grow up to be self-indulgent, feckless adults, just as deprived children don't always become driven overachievers. But literature and media are stuffed with rich-kids-gone-bad stories, and there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that cosseted offspring can lack the thrift, independence, ambition, persistence and entrepreneurial spirit that contributed to their parents' success. Most people have heard of the "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" curse, which holds that family wealth, once accumulated, is typically dissipated by the third generation because trust-fund babies, having little regard for the money that has come to them without toil, lack the motivation...
...Willis, the author and reformed spoiled brat, stresses that children need to experience the lives of the less fortunate to develop a "grateful spirit." She advises finding charitable causes for kids and ensuring that they see the results of their philanthropy. By researching different programs and working with a team of volunteers, youngsters can gain valuable perspective on how the rest of the world lives and how better to prioritize their own "give-save-spend ratio," says Willis. Helping others is a powerful tool for teaching children about sacrifice and detachment from material things, she says...
...lost their jobs, donned business suits each morning only to hide out in the mountainside parks around Seoul. Middle-aged women turned over their gold jewelry to the government in a futile attempt to restock its empty coffers. Today, President Lee Myung Bak has called on that same spirit of self-sacrifice to pull the country through the current crisis. At a meeting of his Cabinet in October, Lee said that the public should "join forces with one mind to tide over the trying times...
While she cared deeply about South Africa and about her role in its struggle for equality, she was also a fundamentally blithe spirit who would cook grand feasts for her friends and sing lyrics like "Pata Pata is the name of a dance we do down Johannesburg...
...walk the mall, and consumers look like zombies. They're there in person, but not in spirit.' JOHN MORRIS, a Wachovia retailing analyst, on the nation's rising unemployment rate and the disappointing sales figures reported in October by dozens of major stores...