Every time I hear stories like this it makes me worry for my kids. While I can be a competitive person there’s always been a release valve buried somewhere deep inside that has been able to say “the work will be there tomorrow” or (when I was in school) “Being first in class doesn’t matter. Just learn the material well enough. There’s always time to dig deeper.”<\/p>\n

The question is, how to pass that on while still instilling the discipline and joy of hard work and sacrifice?<\/p>\n

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