https://smile.amazon.com/Grit-Passion-Perseverance-Angela-Duckworth/dp/1501111108?sa-no-redirect=1 Have a growth mindset. Effort counts twice. Need to stick to a goal to become truly great. Learning to quit also important. Need to try for 1-2 years. To parent --> latin pere -->- to bring forth. Not a genius --> not a genius yet
The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog — Mark Twain
“Friends are better than money. Almost anything money can do, friends can do better. In so many ways a friend with a boat is better than owning a boat.” — Kevin Kelly
The more you want to develop a habit, the bigger you need to establish the cue for the habit. — Atomic Habits by James Clear
If we agree that: (a) people are at different stages of progress (b) we should aim to provide equal opportunity, and (c) that we should not slow any one group down… then we have to agree that creating opportunities for those currently “behind” to accelerate their progress is a critical focus for any society
I think of it like chutes and ladders. There are big chutes in our current society (prison, drug addiction, abuse) for which we have no good ladders. We need to work on ladders.
You can get it done with “lots”… Lots of money: litigation/bribery … of ppl: cooperation/cancel culture and war … of access: appeals to sanity/lobbying … time: effort https://twitter.com/AsteadWesley/status/1281971477525532673?s=20
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