Food for thought

To reflect and... Act

The difference between the poor countries and the rich ones is not the age of the country.

This can be shown by countries like India & Egypt, that are more than 2000 years old and are still poor.

On the other hand, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, that 150 years ago were inexpressive, today are developed countries and are rich.

The difference between poor & rich countries does not reside in the available natural resources.

Japan has a limited territory, 80% mountainous, inadequate for agriculture & cattle raising, but it is the second strongest world economy. The country is like an immense floating factory, importing raw material from the  whole world and exporting manufactured
products.

Another example is Switzerland, which does not plant cocoa but has the best chocolate of the world.

In its tiny territory, they raise animals and plant the soil during 4 months per year.

Not just that, they produce dairy products of the best quality.

It is a small country that transmits an image of security, order & labour, which made it the world's strongest safe.

Executives from rich countries who communicate with their counterparts in poor countries show that there is no significant intellectual
difference.

Race or skin color are also not important: immigrants labeled lazy in their countries of origin are the productive power in rich European
countries.

What is the difference then?

The difference is the attitude of the people, framed along the years by the education & the culture.

On analyzing the behavior of the people in rich & developed countries, we find that the great majority follow the following principles in
their lives:

1. Ethics, as a basic inviolable principle.
2. Integrity.
3. Responsibility.
4. Respect for the law
5. Respect for the rights of other citizens.
6. Love for work
7. Hard work, organised efforts, co ordinated management resources
8. Will of super action.
9. Punctuality.

In poor countries, only a minority follow these basic principles in their daily life.

We are not poor because we lack natural resources or because nature was cruel to us.

We are poor because we lack attitude.

We lack the will to comply with and teach these functional principles of rich & developed societies.

If we love our country, we should make sure that we follow the same principles in our daily lives that citizens of developed countries do.
Instead of cribbing and complaining incessantly and blaming everything on our national leaders and the caste system and reservation quotas, etc.

- Amit Agarwal