Defensiveness must transform into Responsibility:

Closed-Mindedness. Closed-mindedness is potentially the most limiting (and thereby the most destructive) of the four thinking styles.

We have some very big challenges ahead. We need to ensure that people are prepared for our ever-increasing technological prowess (e.g., the ever-increasing expansion of human knowledge), and ensure that those advances improve quality of life across society—not just for a privileged few.

I believe the way to develop self-acceptance is to think of it as a journey that may unfold in stages. It’s a journey that offers important lessons, opens the door to opportunities and, (most importantly) presents the Courageous Leaps that enable a Thriving Mindset.

The important thing is to understand what it means to be introverted and dispel some myths.

The key to surviving the Fall is tapping into a very specific ability that we all can leverage: the Power of Persistence.

We need to re-think our traditional view of what it means to gain an education. Education is no longer just something you acquire in early life. The pace of change causes old skills to become obsolete more quickly than ever before. We now need to think of education as a dynamic, life-long process of continually cultivating Intellectual Capital. •Ir

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THE THREE TYPES OF WEALTH Financial Health isn’t about making a high salary or having a specific amount of money in the bank. It’s about having adequate access to the financial resources necessary to