Intelligence isn't the ability to remember and repeat, like they teach you in school. It is the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use our knowledge to adapt to new situations.
Bezos: “Somebody needs to make a list where they rank people by how much wealth they’ve created for other people — instead of the Forbes list where it ranks you by your own wealth. Amazon’s market cap is $2.3 trillion today. I own about $200 billion-ish of it. So if you take $2.3 trillion and subtract out the piece I kept for myself, then I’ve created something like $2.1 trillion of wealth for other people. That should put me pretty high on some kind of list. And that’s a better list — how much wealth have you created for other people?”
Education shouldn’t just be about information-shopping. It needs to develop a resilient personality — one that is friendly, all-encompassing and free of prejudice.
Addressed eminent educationists and academicians from premier institutions in Kumbakonam.
We can call ourselves truly independent when we have a say over our obsessions and compulsions, our cravings and aversions, and when we are able to evolve from an ego-centric mindset to one that is all-embracing.
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There could be a million reasons to be rude, rough & unpleasant in the name of justice & righteousness. If you can skillfully find that inner space, you will discover a gush of positive energy that will help you overcome all challenges. Otherwise your own mind behaves like your enemy & keeps you in the cycle of misery.
Intelligence isn't the ability to remember and repeat, like they teach you in school. It is the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use our knowledge to adapt to new situations.