Comments on: Do people fail because they lack opportunity or because they aren’t capable of success? http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/ pointbite.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gregory http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-68 gregory Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:07:29 +0000 http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/#comment-68 thanks for the courtesy of your reply... to your last paragraph, yes, this is the way the world works, i think the bible says it well, to them that hath, all will be given, to them that hath not, all will be taken away... this will only accelerate, digital divide, income disparity, opportunity, healthcare, all differences are accelerating... i have read speculation that two distinct races will be the result... what we call education seems to be the need, but disease eradication gets the focus for famous charities... thanks for you blog, i will follow your work for awhile, and read the archives.. enjoy, gregory thanks for the courtesy of your reply…

to your last paragraph, yes, this is the way the world works, i think the bible says it well, to them that hath, all will be given, to them that hath not, all will be taken away…

this will only accelerate, digital divide, income disparity, opportunity, healthcare, all differences are accelerating… i have read speculation that two distinct races will be the result…

what we call education seems to be the need, but disease eradication gets the focus for famous charities…

thanks for you blog, i will follow your work for awhile, and read the archives..

enjoy, gregory

]]> By: point http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-65 point Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:07:15 +0000 http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/#comment-65 Yes, I agree that mindset is important. That's why I say some people will never benefit from any help and others will. That's why it doesn't make sense to give uniform aide to people with many different degrees of many different issues. That's why government is typically not the appropriate place for such aide to be organized. In my post I only emphasize one factor that tends to differentiate between two camps, but of course I understand in the real world nothing is that simple. If you can change peoples' mindsets, that would be fantastic and I would support such an effort. But first I need to be convinced that it can work and that it would make more sense to spend time and money on that effort then other things, like on the people who already have the better mindset. Yes, I agree that mindset is important. That’s why I say some people will never benefit from any help and others will. That’s why it doesn’t make sense to give uniform aide to people with many different degrees of many different issues. That’s why government is typically not the appropriate place for such aide to be organized. In my post I only emphasize one factor that tends to differentiate between two camps, but of course I understand in the real world nothing is that simple.

If you can change peoples’ mindsets, that would be fantastic and I would support such an effort. But first I need to be convinced that it can work and that it would make more sense to spend time and money on that effort then other things, like on the people who already have the better mindset.

]]> By: gregory http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-64 gregory Mon, 31 Dec 2007 05:06:36 +0000 http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/#comment-64 yes, point, that is it precisely, and poverty is not lack of money, poverty is a mindset... one implication, it doesnt take money to change a mindset... another, given that there are billions of impoverished, one can assume that they don't <i>know</i> that life can be any different than it is... so capability is not part of this, leaving opportunity, and this is a tricky one based on the idea of scarcity, held by both those "above" and those "below"... my conclusion is change of mindset should take priority, aide very often acts to perpetrate the mindset (i can develop this, maybe you already know it)... it is not money that is needed, it is awareness... focusing on that helps to suggest what actions to take yes, point, that is it precisely, and poverty is not lack of money, poverty is a mindset… one implication, it doesnt take money to change a mindset… another, given that there are billions of impoverished, one can assume that they don’t know that life can be any different than it is…

so capability is not part of this, leaving opportunity, and this is a tricky one based on the idea of scarcity, held by both those “above” and those “below”…

my conclusion is change of mindset should take priority, aide very often acts to perpetrate the mindset (i can develop this, maybe you already know it)…

it is not money that is needed, it is awareness… focusing on that helps to suggest what actions to take

]]> By: point http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-63 point Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:02:15 +0000 http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/#comment-63 Not sure I follow the question, are you saying the reason people are poor is because they expect to be poor? Of course if someone has that mindset, that will be the result. Only those who actually strive for something more will ever benefit from aide, regardless of what kind of aide and how the funding is collected and spent. Not sure I follow the question, are you saying the reason people are poor is because they expect to be poor? Of course if someone has that mindset, that will be the result. Only those who actually strive for something more will ever benefit from aide, regardless of what kind of aide and how the funding is collected and spent.

]]> By: gregory http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/comment-page-1/#comment-61 gregory Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:56:37 +0000 http://www.pointbite.com/2007/12/30/do-people-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-or-because-they-arent-capable-of-success/#comment-61 what if belief creates reality? those raised with money, believe it is there, and it is... those raised poor, believe that they are poor, and have none... is there any truth to the idea, change your mind to change your life? what if belief creates reality? those raised with money, believe it is there, and it is… those raised poor, believe that they are poor, and have none… is there any truth to the idea, change your mind to change your life?

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