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So because you managed to do well all driven and capable people should? Is that reasonable? A lot of my success depended on good luck. I worked hard to earn my scholarships and grants, of course, but others did as well. Many of them were not so fortunate and had to either borrow or go to a less expensive school.
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I didn’t mean to sound arrogant and assuming. The thought I was trying to convey was it’s my opinion that so many people out there will never realize their potential. The main culprit is the programs they carry with them (another thread)- referring to the desert wasp analogy. I think many people don’t seize the opportunity that is present in abundance. It was also not my intention to sound as though I am above anyone; like I said my college era racked up $70,000 of DEBT and that was after using the GI Bill.
When you say fortunate I think of fortune. It’s my belief we make our own fortunes regardless of the circumstances. Watch the movie “In Pursuit of Happiness”. I have a friend who was struggling with debt and then on a simple idea
zip pots :: Story he is set for life. With the experience I have had traveling and living in other countries I truly don’t believe there is anywhere that provides the opportunity for innovation, creativity, and realization of potential as the US. If you have read any of the threads I did in paranoia you would know that I firmly believe that there are some very serious issues hanging over us. But I was always happy to come back. I’m not knocking the people you mention who you view as less fortunate. I see their misfortune in them not tapping into the very essence that would change the circumstances that make them unhappy.
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I work within the capitalist system just fine.
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Again my verbiage was poor wording. I didn’t mean to suggest you didn’t know what you were doing in a free market system. I know you are intelligent and able, so I apologize for coming across like that. What I meant was you seem to put up obstacles against yourself, just as I believe many do. The old expression of taking lemons and making lemonade- meaning your lemonade would be sour from self defeating thinking. Not from lack of ability, but vision. It’s also an occasional problem of mine to fall short in respecting different people have different visions. So who am I to knock the methods in which you gathered and processed the information your foundation is built upon. The problem for me is, depending on who becomes president; the vision can greatly affect me in what I view as negative. But the name of the game is overcoming obstacles.
If you have the time- read this book: it’s easy reading and free. Written in 1937: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. There is also a challenge to implement the philosophies and prove him wrong. For someone result orientated and proof based it would be right up your alley. If I knew you personally, I would issue you the very same challenge because I’m confident what the result would be.
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People being accepted because of skin color is silly. People being accepted because they're gifted and capable but don't have the monetary means for higher education is friggin awesome (and it's why I was able to attend a private college).
I'm not advocating a free ride for lazy people. I'm talking about providing opportunities for those who are trying to help themselves.
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A couple of things we agree on. As far as opportunities for those trying to help themselves: did they try starting here
Small Business Administration ?