What are the keys to success? To many people, that’s like asking what the winning numbers are to the big lottery jackpot. There is the belief that there just might be a simple key to success, like turning the key to starting a car. Well, the recipe for success is indeed conceptually simple, but it’s […]
Two of the most important things we in the privileged world can do to make the world a safer place is to make it a better world for all. Not just ourselves, not just our neighbours, but for all. Economic development because it brings hope and options. Literacy and freedom of information because it enables people […]
I was speaking with a 16-year-old friend yesterday, and I was reminded how capable kids and teenagers can be, if we let them be so. When I saw the video below, delivered by 12-year-old Adora Svitak, I had to say something about this. We, as adults, very easily and commonly underestimate kids and teenagers. In return, […]
Americans are fat. It’s a fact known around the world. You notice it right away when you travel from America to elsewhere in the world, or travel from elsewhere in the world to America. The rest of the world, as it increasingly adopts American culture, increasingly incorporates American eating habits & preferences, and buys ever […]
Check out this speech that Bill Gates made at the TED conference in 2009. Check it out from the 9:00 minute mark to the end. It’s only 10 minutes of your time, but it’s quite eye-opening. Over 30% of kids never finish highschool; over 50% for minority kids. Less than 25% of kids from low income […]
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