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Your beliefs of what your concentration and memory can do may be your own limited version of the truth. Many people never get a taste of their true potential because they have decided to entertain only a limited view of what they can do.
“Schools are available. In most countries, they are free, at least at the primary
level. Most children are enrolled. And yet in the various surveys that we have
conducted around the world, child absentee rates vary between 14 percent and
50 percent”
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level. Most children are enrolled. And yet in the various surveys that we have
conducted around the world, child absentee rates vary between 14 percent and
50 percent”
―
“As long as I could connect every new thing I learned to this universe, I had an easy time with math.
And I noticed that classmates who had problems with math weren’t struggling with math; they were
struggling with connections. They were trying to memorize equations, but no one had successfully
shown them how those equations connect with everything they had already learned. They were
doomed”
― Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
And I noticed that classmates who had problems with math weren’t struggling with math; they were
struggling with connections. They were trying to memorize equations, but no one had successfully
shown them how those equations connect with everything they had already learned. They were
doomed”
― Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
“The average poverty line in the fifty
countries where most of the poor live is 16 Indian rupees per person per day. 2
People who live on less than that are considered to be poor by the government of
their own countries. At the current exchange rate, 16 rupees corresponds to 36
U.S. cents. But because prices are lower in most developing countries, if the
poor actually bought the things they do at U.S. prices, they would need to spend
more—99 cents. So to imagine the lives of the poor, you have to imagine having
to live in Miami or Modesto with 99 cents per day for almost all your everyday
needs (excluding housing). It is not easy—in India, for example, the equivalent
amount would buy you fifteen smallish bananas, or about 3 pounds of low-
quality rice. Can one live on that? And yet, around the world, in 2005, 865
million people (13 percent of the world’s population) did.”
― Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
countries where most of the poor live is 16 Indian rupees per person per day. 2
People who live on less than that are considered to be poor by the government of
their own countries. At the current exchange rate, 16 rupees corresponds to 36
U.S. cents. But because prices are lower in most developing countries, if the
poor actually bought the things they do at U.S. prices, they would need to spend
more—99 cents. So to imagine the lives of the poor, you have to imagine having
to live in Miami or Modesto with 99 cents per day for almost all your everyday
needs (excluding housing). It is not easy—in India, for example, the equivalent
amount would buy you fifteen smallish bananas, or about 3 pounds of low-
quality rice. Can one live on that? And yet, around the world, in 2005, 865
million people (13 percent of the world’s population) did.”
― Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
“... shvatio sam da je borba
konačni test volje i obuke.
Nema drugog mjesta, a
pobjednik je onaj koji je
najspremniji.
Promijenio sam svoj stav i
sada sam razmišljao ovako:
"Borba nije rizična.
Rizična je
nepripremljenost."
Shvatio sam da
poduzetništvo nije rizično.
Rizična je nepripremljenost.”
―
konačni test volje i obuke.
Nema drugog mjesta, a
pobjednik je onaj koji je
najspremniji.
Promijenio sam svoj stav i
sada sam razmišljao ovako:
"Borba nije rizična.
Rizična je
nepripremljenost."
Shvatio sam da
poduzetništvo nije rizično.
Rizična je nepripremljenost.”
―
“Many people would also agree with Amartya Sen, the
economist-philosopher and Nobel Prize Laureate, that poverty leads to an
intolerable waste of talent. As he puts it, poverty is not just a lack of money; it is
not having the capability to realize one’s full potential as a human being. 10 A
poor girl from Africa will probably go to school for at most a few years even if
she is brilliant, and most likely won’t get the nutrition to be the world-class
athlete she might have been, or the funds to start a business if she has a great
idea.”
― Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
economist-philosopher and Nobel Prize Laureate, that poverty leads to an
intolerable waste of talent. As he puts it, poverty is not just a lack of money; it is
not having the capability to realize one’s full potential as a human being. 10 A
poor girl from Africa will probably go to school for at most a few years even if
she is brilliant, and most likely won’t get the nutrition to be the world-class
athlete she might have been, or the funds to start a business if she has a great
idea.”
― Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
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