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‘I am saying that the thing that looks the most ordinary might end up being the thing that leads you to victory. You have to keep going. Like that day in the river. Do you remember?’
“The majority of people think the world is getting worse. No wonder we all feel so stressed”
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“In fact, resist blaming any one individual or group of individuals for anything. Because the problem is that when we identify the bad guy, we are done thinking. And it's almost always more complicated than that. It's almost always about multiple inter-acting causes - a system. If you really want to change the world, you have to understand how it works and forget about punching anyone in the face.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“People living in extreme poverty on level 1 know very well how much better life would be if they could move from $1 a day to $4 a day, not to mention $16 a day. People who have to walk everywhere on bare feet know how a bicycle would save them tons of time and effort an speed them to the market in town, and to better health and wealth.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
“There are a million cheap seats in the world today filled with people who will never be brave with their lives but who will spend every ounce of energy they have hurling advice and judgement at those who dare greatly”
― Dare to Lead
― Dare to Lead
“To understand most of the world's significant problems we have to look beyond a guilty individual and to the system
The same instinct is triggered when things go well. ''Claim'' comes just easily as ''blame''. When something goes well, we are very quick to give the credit to an individual or a simple cause, when again it is usually more complicated.
Following your blame instinct isn't going to help”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
The same instinct is triggered when things go well. ''Claim'' comes just easily as ''blame''. When something goes well, we are very quick to give the credit to an individual or a simple cause, when again it is usually more complicated.
Following your blame instinct isn't going to help”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
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