The idea of giving free housing to everybody; giving regular dole outs; or even sharing one’s wealth as some politicians promises, may sound good, but sadly, will not solve the problem of poverty.

Why? Because in most cases, being poor is often a product of ones mindset rather than a condition. While it’s true that majority of poor people exist because they were born poor (me included), we can also become poor by having bad spending habits, laziness, bad decisions, staying in a dead end job, no effort to improve oneself, and having the entitlement mentality or those who believe that the government or the rich owes him something and therefore should take care of him.

One of the biggest irony is that money doesn’t solve money problem. In fact giving large amounts of money to the poor who are often unprepared to handle it can end up in just making them even poorer. This explains why there were big income earners who are broke now broke; Or the highly paid athlete, celebrity, or the lotto winner who ends up in an even miserable condition than before.

I admire politicians who are aware of these realities and knows that the best way to serve the people is not thru dole-outs, but by teaching them to be self-reliant, empowered and independent from other people.

As a very rich man once said:
"If you take all the money in the world and divide it EQUALLY among everybody, it would soon be back in the SAME pockets where it was before."
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Reason: It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.

Have you wondered why in times of desperate need, we can accomplish things that seem otherwise impossible?

A common example is someone who's able to raise huge amount to pay hospital bill even when he has no money from the start; or a daily wage earner able to send 5 kids to college; or an overdue electricity bill paid within the day for fear of losing service, or surviving seven months of pandemic in a tight lock down without a job.

It’s the sense of urgency that can turn anyone of us from zero to hero. Imagine what we can become if we treat success this way everyday, poverty may be gone for good.
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According to John Huntsman:
“If there is silver lining to bad times, it is this: In the face of severe crisis, our mind is normally at its sharpest”.

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Imagine how far we can get ahead in life once we've decided to do something and stay motivated to do it with all our heart everytime we wake up.

Starting can be easy, staying motivated till the end is a different story. That's why it can be the most important formula for success in any endeavor. According to Mr. Zig Ziglar; "Motivation is like taking a bath, if you stop doing it, you begin to stink".

We need to find a good reason kung bakit tayo gigising ng maaga.
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Find our WHY, then find the HOW.
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