Immigrant Money > Immigrant Person

In the past couple of days, I’ve been blasted with the following advert from the Department for International Trade of UK Government.

I take no issue on the content or creative aspect of this add, but let’s think about who did it for a second. great Britain is the same country who voted to leave the European Union just 2 years ago, mainly because of Immigration. Every study I read says that the Immigration of PEOPLE to the UK was the focal issue for those who voted “Leave”.

So, how amazing is it to find that 2 years later and 6 months before the final date to leave EU, Britain is now interested in other sorts of Immigration, Money Immigration. People from Portugal, Poland, and so many other countries are clearly not welcomed in the land of the Queen, but their money can immigrate anytime.

The lack of coherence is not really a surprise, but I couldn’t let this go without discussing this commercial. Money over People has been a staple many countries and regimes, and clearly great Britain trust more in Euro signs than Europeans.

Consistency is the playground of dull minds

“Just as medieval culture did not manage to square chivalry with Christianity, so the modern world fails to square liberty with equality. But this is no defect. Such contradictions are an inseparable part of every human culture. In fact, they are culture’s engines, responsible for the creativity and dynamism of our species. Just as when two clashing musical notes played together force a piece of music forward, so discord in our thoughts, ideas and values compel us to think, re-evaluate and criticize. Consistency is the playground of dull minds.”

From “Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind”

The pursuit of an easier life

“The pursuit of an easier life resulted in much hardship, and not for the last time. It happens to us today. How many young college graduates have taken demanding jobs in high-powered firms, vowing that they will work hard to earn money that will enable them to retire and pursue their real interests when they are thirty-five? But by the time they reach that age, they have large mortgages, children to school, houses in the suburbs that necessitate at least two cars per family, and a sense that life is not worth living without really good wine and expensive holidays abroad. What are they supposed to do, go back to digging up roots? No, they double their efforts and keep slaving away.”

From “Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind”

Failure builds

Today, I was having a conversation with a friend that is about my age, and the topic of being afraid of failing came across and immediately this youtube video I saw a couple days ago popped in my head. I share the opinion of these two people on the video, I believe this is a major problem in today’s society and apparently, no one really cares about it.

Failure is not a character flaw, everyone fails. I fail in a lot of things: in my relationships, in my professional life, etc. Failure does not characterize me, instead builds me, builds my character, builds my resilience, builds my perseverance. And the most important thing, those who were raised without failure in their developing years, when they eventually later in their life fail will have a harder time to move forward from that.

Just take 10 min and watch this video (start watching on 26m40s).

PS: I have two notes about this topic: read “The Man in the Arena” speech by Theodore Roosevelt, especially the last sentence; this “fake environment” idea that they talk about in the video is interesting and I see it around me a lot.