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With respect to its human capital, a family can consider implementing the following practices:

1 Promote each member's individual flourishing. (For more on the psychological aspects of individual flourishing, see the Conclusion.) This includes providing the best possible medical care to every family member whose pursuit of happiness is blocked by addiction or physical or mental illness.

2 Ensure that every family member's basic requirements for food, shelter, and clothing are met, and for members who experience a life emergency, that those needs are met at a level adequate to allow them to regain the capacity for the pursuit of individual happiness.

3 Emphasize the importance of work to an individual's sense of self-worth and assist each family member in finding the work that most enhances that individual's pursuit of happiness. All such work is of equal value to the growth of the family's human capital, regardless of its financial reward.

4 Encourage all family members, especially rising generation members, to develop a strong sense of personal identity separate from the family's financial success.

5 Promote the family's geographic diversification. The world is becoming smaller every day. Families must participate in all corners of the world if they are to meet today's global challenges.