Wisdom Quotes for Personal Growth and Daily Success

As you think, so you become

Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better;
Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills;
Don't wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom;
That's the key

No one teaches kids these things in school

Kids have been educated for twelve years and no one had ever sat them down and said - okay what the hell are you doing and why and how are you gonna get there?
- Where do you want to go?
- Why do you want to get there?
- How are you gonna get there?
- How are you gonna mark your progress?
They've never walked them through that exercise.
If you walk people through that exercise just to get them to do that increases the probability that they'll stay on track by 50%. That's incredible

Between 2000 and 2012 the rate of absolute poverty in the world fell by half. It was the fastest period of economic development in human history