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I’ve seen a lot written lately about the mental impact of poverty. The trigger was probably this article, which originally began as a long comment on Gawker: http://bit.ly/Ixkjkg The author shares her experiences living in poverty, and the psychological struggles she faces. The key passage is probably this one: “It does not matter what will … Continue reading Hope Enables The Better Angels Of Our Nature
Skeptics often refer to startups as lottery tickets. I suppose this is a natural reaction to amazing success stories like YouTube or Instagram, where a relatively young company with almost no revenue achieves a billion-dollar exit. “Amazing luck,” the skeptics scoff. The skeptics are wrong, but startups are like lottery tickets. Just not in the … Continue reading Startups, lottery tickets, and the audacity of hope
“To have hope we need to have a goal, we need to believe we can attain the goal, and we need to see a way – a pathway – to attain it.”—Doug Turner