Why it is easy to be great in America?
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Chapter Four: It is easy to be great in America
It is easy to be great in America, because you have opportunity. Just 200 years ago and further back in history, if I were a blacksmith, you would most likely be a blacksmith. If I were a peasant, you would be a peasant. Whatever your father was, you would become.
It is not that way anymore; you can be anything you want to be. While all of your goals and wishes might not come true, you don’t have to be your father. You can study, learn, grow and develop into something you want to be.
We have gone through periods in our history that allow us this freedom and growth.
In the beginning we believed things because we did not have the knowledge to believe otherwise. Our leaders gave us what we should think, and we thought it for the most part.
We believed the world was flat, and the earth revolved around the sun.
We believed not long ago that using leeches to extract blood would cure us of disease.
In 1899 Mr. Charles Duell, the commissioner of the U.S. Patents said, “Everything that has been invented, has been invented.” He said we should close the Patent office down to save the taxpayers money.
Since 1899, a lot of things have been invented. Things your grandmother has seen since she was born in 1908: cars, highways, television sets, computers, search engines--and this is just the beginning. Inventions are going to be coming at us faster and faster as our world knowledge continues to increase. No longer will people be uninformed if they choose, because of technology and the communication options these channels create. Ideas continue to spread, whether leaders want them to or not. Technology communication will continue to expand and broaden and invade our minds with new concepts and ideas.
People are attracted to new inventions and technologies. Your Great-Grandfather Everett was a gadget freak. Everett would bring home gadgets all of the time. He was fascinated by new inventions, even though at that time it might be a machine peeling carrots, or a radio with numbered station dials. He was the first on his block to have this thing called an automobile.
It is easy to be great in America, because a significant amount of people don’t read books after high school. The average American that does read, only reads one or two books a year. The average American family only makes $45,000 a year. The average American cannot run around the block.
Yet this is significantly more than a large portion of the rest of the world. In many places there are no books, there are no economic possibilities like you in America have.
We live in a special place in the world and should recognize what we have to work with in creating a special life.
How easy is it to be great in America? Read more than a few books a year, make more than $45,000 a year, and run around the block a couple times, and you become more than average.
Only about 7% of Americans make more than $75,000 a year. If earning money, keeping your mind alive with reading, and running around the block make you great, it should be easy for you to achieve whatever you would like to achieve.
It is easy to be great in America.
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Please go to DaddyHowDoYouKnow.com for a complete book for free, if you buy one for your coffee table that would be great!
Please connect as a friend, thank you.
Chapter Four: It is easy to be great in America
It is easy to be great in America, because you have opportunity. Just 200 years ago and further back in history, if I were a blacksmith, you would most likely be a blacksmith. If I were a peasant, you would be a peasant. Whatever your father was, you would become.
It is not that way anymore; you can be anything you want to be. While all of your goals and wishes might not come true, you don’t have to be your father. You can study, learn, grow and develop into something you want to be.
We have gone through periods in our history that allow us this freedom and growth.
In the beginning we believed things because we did not have the knowledge to believe otherwise. Our leaders gave us what we should think, and we thought it for the most part.
We believed the world was flat, and the earth revolved around the sun.
We believed not long ago that using leeches to extract blood would cure us of disease.
In 1899 Mr. Charles Duell, the commissioner of the U.S. Patents said, “Everything that has been invented, has been invented.” He said we should close the Patent office down to save the taxpayers money.
Since 1899, a lot of things have been invented. Things your grandmother has seen since she was born in 1908: cars, highways, television sets, computers, search engines--and this is just the beginning. Inventions are going to be coming at us faster and faster as our world knowledge continues to increase. No longer will people be uninformed if they choose, because of technology and the communication options these channels create. Ideas continue to spread, whether leaders want them to or not. Technology communication will continue to expand and broaden and invade our minds with new concepts and ideas.
People are attracted to new inventions and technologies. Your Great-Grandfather Everett was a gadget freak. Everett would bring home gadgets all of the time. He was fascinated by new inventions, even though at that time it might be a machine peeling carrots, or a radio with numbered station dials. He was the first on his block to have this thing called an automobile.
It is easy to be great in America, because a significant amount of people don’t read books after high school. The average American that does read, only reads one or two books a year. The average American family only makes $45,000 a year. The average American cannot run around the block.
Yet this is significantly more than a large portion of the rest of the world. In many places there are no books, there are no economic possibilities like you in America have.
We live in a special place in the world and should recognize what we have to work with in creating a special life.
How easy is it to be great in America? Read more than a few books a year, make more than $45,000 a year, and run around the block a couple times, and you become more than average.
Only about 7% of Americans make more than $75,000 a year. If earning money, keeping your mind alive with reading, and running around the block make you great, it should be easy for you to achieve whatever you would like to achieve.
It is easy to be great in America.
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Comment by Eric Tompkins on June 27, 2009 at 3:43pm - I think the truth is not that it is "easy" to be great in America. In fact, I would say that it is difficult to be great in America. However, for those who work hard to excel and rise above the crowd, the opportunities for reward are tremendous. Dale Carnegie wrote that of the eight things people want most, a feeling of importance is by far the greatest. It is that determination that allows people to become great, regardless of how easy or difficult the challenges may be.
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Comment by Matt on June 27, 2009 at 3:26pm - America is a great place because we have the freedom to choose which path we take. We have the free will to decide what our future will hold. What a great freedom that is. Great post. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day my friend !!!
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Comment by Bill Morgenstein on June 27, 2009 at 3:23pm
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Incidently,
In 1899 someone published a report that said that everything that had to be invented has already been invented. (I wish that I could live until 2099)
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America is still the land of opportunity, although we nmust be vigilant to see that those that want to hurt us and our system do no succeed. Some disparage our educational system, our helathcare and our politics, YET; they flock to our universities, hospitals and cities.
Having said that however it would be misleading to say that it is easy. Nothing is "easy" and if you were smart enough to be born with rich parents there is greater chance of you becoming indolent and lazy than successful. It will still take work and dedication and if you feel it is owed to you or someone is going to hand it to you, then you are dead wrong.
Yes if you are willing to fight the fight and dedicate yourself to excellence, then yes you should be happy in your endeavors. Just don't forget your family, friends and standards along the way.
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Comment by David Rogers on June 27, 2009 at 3:02pm - A a man thinks so is he.True success or greatness has to originate from within.
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Comment by Debra Allen on June 27, 2009 at 2:49pm - It maybe for some not all and for those whodont live in America to get a visa is becoming harder by the day.
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Comment by Deb Hawken on June 27, 2009 at 1:42pm - It's easy to be great anywhere if you are great, and greatness is relative to the society in which it exists. great man or woman in an African village would be something completely different to one in London, Paris, Rome or New York.
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Comment by Gerald Hoffmann on June 27, 2009 at 1:33pm - Everyone in American has the opportunity to be great. We have the best opportunity to be great in the world. It is not necessarily easy. Some people have more challenges for great achievment, but in the end it is the desire to be great followed up by action which makes it possible.
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Comment by Mel Johnson on June 27, 2009 at 1:32pm - "America" We have done more for the rest of the world than we have for our own.
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Comment by william clements on June 27, 2009 at 1:18pm - Yes America is great as the country is free but also negitive aspects about it too!
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