356 B.C. He was born in the Macedonian capitol Pella. His mother and father were Queen and King, so he was a prince. His dad was murdered by a traitor, but soldiers eventually caught up to him and killed him. The prince had no brothers or sisters. His dad, King Phillip II, was married to Queen Olympias. Alexander the Great took risks and was brave, because while his dad was at a campaign, Alexander was in charge. He led the royal cavalry to defeat the Maedi city and won. The prince was only
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Go to school and get an education is an endless expression many of us grow to hear. Unfortunately, we also revolve around the never-ending cycle with the belief that education is limited to the classroom. The book taught me the value of education beyond the classroom, one that is taught by experiences unrelated to school materials. As many reach for higher education, there seems to be a lack of core competencies needed to be financially successful. I’ve learned from
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fed if they are that thin. The African American slaves also didn’t eat much because their slavers didn’t care about them and it was the least of their worries to feed the slaves. The final reason why the two are connected is because both slavers are rich and have a lot of power. I know this because the book stated, “Then men were gathered around the fire with a deck of cards and a bottle of liquor. Their clothes looked military to me” (pg. 25). If they have a bottle of liquor that means they have a
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One day, a rich dad took his son on a trip. Wanted to show him how poor someone ...can be. They spent time on the farm of a poor family. On the way home, dad asked, "Did you see how poor they are? What did you learn?". Son said, "We have one dog, they have four, we have pool, they have rivers, we have lanterns at night, they have stars, we buy foods, they grow theirs, we have walls to protect us, they have friends, we have encyclopedias, they have Bible." Then they headed, "Thanks dad for showing
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to the privileged people’s problems (though we think it is). However, money in the right hands can literally save lives. All that I have to do is give money to charity. Do I sacrifice that new television to give a little to the extremely poor? Or do I buy the latest one (even though I already own three good working televisions)? The answer is simple, spend less, save more, and give as much as I can to the less fortunate. Topic My definition of happiness 07:43 PM 10/3/2011
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I wake up to the sound of my dad and his girlfriend talking,I look over to my big brother Tinsel to see if he was awake. By the look of his facial expression he was telling me to listen, my dad girlfriend was telling him how its in fair that the kids get more road kill then them to eat and they barely get none. The reason why we don’t get enough roadkill is because we live on the poor side of the Deep Forest trailer park. The rich side of the park gets there first because they have golf carts, were
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authors who write about prosperity and wealth make it clear: A job will not make you rich. If you want to be wealthy, at some moment of your life, you will have to create a source of income other than your salary. This is an evident and crushing reality: If you sell your time to others, you will quickly reach a limit in your capacity to generate income. In his book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," Robert Kiyosaki said that the rich do not work for money; they generate assets that work for them. If you want to learn
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There is a big gap between wealthy and poor people and it has grown a lot over the years. One part of England is doing well, while the other part is struggling and facing bigger challenges. It causes a lot of difficulties for the poor, but is it just materialistic or is it also psychological? In the essay “Poverty is a state of mind” by Bernard Hare from 2012, originally broadcasted on BBC radio 3, he reflects on his life growing up poor and talks about how he finds poverty as something controlled
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person is not able to afford certain things, which for them seems strange, they do not behave humanly. Poverty is somehow a state of mind. If you yourself, think that you are rich, you are rich, and converted if you think you are poor you are poor. Your fellow human being cannot cure your own thoughts of yourself feeling poor. The only solution on problems, which you are dealing with, is yourself and the way that you are thinking. Furthermore does social heritage have an influence on how a child
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one she does not know before. She also had a bed experience from the brother’s marriage; she could see that the bride was not happy at all. However, the day she does not want comes; her dad told that there is a proposal to her which means that she has to get married very soon. She cannot fight with her dad. She finds it’s a hard time for her to speak with Abba, so the only thing she can do is only wait until the marriage happens. Actually she has a little hope that the guy she’s going to
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