Putting surplus wealth to work is not only financially possible, it can offer a greater sense of self-esteem, a source of family purpose and solidarity, a view of money as a means to achieving ends beyond self, and a reduction of the sense of isolation from society at large that the affluent often experience. Philanthropy is an exhilarating form of self-realization. If they are properly approached, growing numbers of the wealthy will choose to move from the pursuit of private success to social consequence.
