America is a country in decline. Has been for a while. Why? So many reasons, but the one that always sticks in my head is political correctness. Our society has developed this kind of neediness, this softness, that makes it very difficult for individuals to shine and when they do they are cast as the villain. Police work is now called profiling, so when the police are looking for terrorists, they have to strip-search grandma because we don't want anyone to feel bad. When a fire department in New England conducts tests to determine who gets a promotion and not enough minorities pass, the test is deemed racially biased and unfair. I didn't know saving lives was affected by race? By the way, I am a mixed-race individual, so put your righteous indignation where it belongs: in the toilet.
Schools are more concerned with self-esteem than education, which is probably the biggest destroyer of opportunity. If a kid doesn't know 2+2, teach him, don't give him a gold star for effort. In the real world there are no gold stars for efforts that result in failure, there are only two things: the opportunity to begin again and the labor pool outside of Home Depot.
Sports leagues that don't keep score are another major component of our decline. If you lose, you should feel bad, you should hate it. If it doesn't bother you, you are more likely to let it happen again. Look at anyone who is a winner at anything, be it sports, business, or life in general. Competitors win, people afraid of losing always lose. It is what it is.
Finally, we have a government and a media that is obsessed with your failure. Millionaires and executives are painted as evil. If a poor kid scrapes his way out of the projects, you never hear about it, unless he's an athlete. If a businessman cheats on his wife, or embezzles funds or commits fraud, you hear about it for weeks or even months. (Those of you in South Florida remember the endless coverage of Scott Rothstein - The Sun Sentinel dedicate a link on their website to the coverage. This is one of the reasons I quit the news.)
80% of millionaires in this country are self-made! That bears repeating: 80 per cent of millionaires in this country are self-made! Yet, the media and the president and congress would have you believe those people cheated you out of your money and that that's the only way to make it in America. How did Barack Obama make his millions? Did he lie, cheat, and steal? Millionaire and President before age fifty in one lifetime? No way! Well, yes way. I don't agree with the man's politics, but I admire his accomplishments. What I don't admire is that he is trying to block the rest of us from the same accomplishments.
It is up to us to love our country and to make it great. It owes us nothing more than the opportunity to make our own way in the world. If we fail, it is up to us to get up and try again. If we have helped others along the journey, than there may be someone there to help us, but even if no one is there, we need to get up and keep fighting. This is what separates a winner from a loser and this is what for 234 years has separated America from the rest of the world.
Today's Lessons:
- Political correctness is not good for anyone. It is a form of censorship and a destructive force in our society.
- Do not listen to the media. They would have you believe that minorities and women can't make it in the world without sports or Hollywood. This is nonsense. You can do anything you want to do if you are willing to work hard.
- Do not listen to politicians. These people for the most part are immune from the problems of real people. Governments keep growing while the economies that feed them are shrinking. How does that reflect the real world?
Today's Declarations:
- Day by day in every way I am getting better and better.
- I determine my level of success. Not the media, not the government.
- I do not need special treatment, quotas or political correctness to succeed. Everything I need to succeed is inside of me.
Get out there today and be your absolute best. Eleanor Roosevelt said: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Block out the negatives. Look at the beautiful and unique person God made you and see what He saw. You can do anything you want to do if you are willing to stop making excuses, stop letting others make excuses for you, and do it!
Make it your best day yet. God bless you.
- Adolfo
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