I especially like “Real poverty is lack of books”. It reminds me of at Gene Simmons interview in BusinessWeek:

http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2008/sb2008095_987221_page_2.htm

Here he said:
“Be a voracious reader. When I first came to America, I was blown away and blessed the day the founding fathers gave us free libraries. It was the first time since the Gutenberg Bible that all information became available to all levels of society. Everyone has the same access to information, which is access to power.”

I’ve been reading your blog since epn.dk linked to your blog about 7 habits of highly ineffective people.

My all time favorit post is your: 16 things I wish they had taught me in school.

Everybody should read that post. Keep up the good work, Henrik.

I’ve read a number of the blog action posts, and yours I really like. It’s positive.

I think that we need to look within first before taking all of the action. We can’t solve external disrepair without firstly having inner peace and stability. Cultivating kindness and acquiring knowledge is just that.

On the “learning from others”…this is so true. I can see so often how well-meaning people simply don’t achieve much because they rush into what they believe will be the best solution without really investigating.

Juliet

I believe this is true. Without books means lacking in knowledge. Without knowledge, how can one earn much and be wealthy? Knowledge is king.

Vincent
Personal Development Blogger