The Myth of the Silver Spoon
THE MYTH OF THE SILVER SPOON:
Navigating Family Wealth & Creating an Impactful Life
by Kristin Keffeler, MSM, MAPP
Foreword by Sharna Goldseker
Hardcover, 256 pages; Nov 2022; list price: $30.00
Offering surprising new research, perspective-shifting concepts, and insightful storytelling drawn from the author’s life as the daughter of wealth-creating parents and her years coaching and advising the next generation within high-net-worth families, The Myth of the Silver Spoon is a compassionate yet practical guide to navigating the challenges of family wealth.
Learn how to identify and clear the forms of “clutter”—negative narratives and behavioral patterns around money, relationships, self-identity, and contribution to others—that typically accumulate from growing up in an affluent family. Discern where your sincere ambitions lie on the path to creating an authentically joyful and impactful life. And the important, positive role that family, friends, and professional advisors can play in this journey.
KRISTIN KEFFELER, MSM, MAPP, is a thought leader, writer, and speaker at the forefront of a global shift in family wealth advising, known as Wealth 3.0. As a consultant, she guides affluent and enterprising families, rising gen, and the professionals who support them in embracing the positive power of wealth and doing the “inner work” of money. Her recent publishing credits include Harvard Business Review, Trusts and Estates Magazine, and the publication of her research on the University of Pennsylvania’s Scholarly Commons.
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The next generation within wealthy families are often said to be born with a silver spoon in their mouths. Perceived as free from life’s toughest challenges. “Having it all.” But being raised in affluence brings a unique set of pressures and hidden tripwires. Great wealth casts a long shadow. Inheritors commonly face intense familial expectations, public scrutiny and judgment, and confusing or debilitating self-narratives, under which many flounder. Kristin Keffeler’s The Myth of the Silver Spoon helps guide the next gen of the affluent, their families, and the ecosystem of professionals who influence them—wealth advisors, estate attorneys, tax attorneys, philanthropic advisors, family office professionals, and career coaches—to identify and confront negative thinking and behaviors related to wealth and money.
You will learn to:
Explore the difference between “money” vs “wealth” & your relationship with each.
Put words to your difficulties and dismantle the hidden tripwires of affluence.
Address challenges at their root, including when raising children of your own, instilling guardrails against entitlement and feelings of helplessness.
Gain a 7-step process for clearing the inner & outer “clutter” (nonessentials) that have likely become familiar stumbling blocks to you.
Identify structures for finding and sustaining your own vision of a fulfilling, impactful life.
Apply first-of-its-kind research that helps you identify how you can grow the character traits and skills that are the fuel for long-term thriving.
Privately held wealth has great potential to benefit society. But only if it is held by people able and willing to do good with it. The Myth of the Silver Spoon offers a compassionate discussion and a seven-step process for connecting a rising gen’s innate strengths to the embers of their hopes so that they can move forward creating thriving and impactful lives.
