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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I'm not saying the solution is 'work harder' in a vacuum. But I think there is a lack of personal responsibility that's pervasive in our thinking. If someone wants to achieve something, they'll need to commit to it first, and figure out the how later.
I'm guilty of this all the time, where I have an idea, and I get all into planning the smallest of details rather than acting on whatever the idea is. And shockingly, I never seem to complete these tasks.
Poor people who stay poor will likely lack motivation to improve, have issues with substances, and probably didn't come from environments that focused on family and education. Maybe that's not very empathetic. But I suppose that's my solution to societal problems
1. Focus on family and education.
2. Aim big. Don't dream big. But if other people think your goals are unreasonable, you're probably on the right track. Nobody gets excited about an attainable goal, which results in even the attainable never occurring.
3. Don't make excuses.
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Sure I think the difference being that if you're born to a broken family of alcoholism / drug abuse and a low educational standard, you're extremely unlikely to have the mental capacity or wherewithal to stand back and say "Hey, maybe I just need to focus on family and education".
We're talking about people that are scraping to make ends meet. Not philosophy majors with a keen ability on self-improvement problem solving.
Are all schools / educational systems made equal? No? Then right there it isn't about "how hard you work". 4 Year olds don't have the capacity to sit back and evaluate their social status and map out their rise to the 1%.