Friday, August 29, 2008

No Need To Fear Poverty As It Can Be Overcome By Focusing On Super Prosperity

When Poverty enters from the front door of a house, the Love runs away from the back door’. That is a saying from the past and is equally true in the modern times too. And to safe-guard love at home, as home is where the heart is, we should not leave the door open for the ruinous poverty to slide in, even a little bit. The poverty, the destroyer of love spells doom.We have seen at least a glimpse of poverty at certain stages in life. Haven’t we?
We see the dreadful shadow of poverty when we loose a job, get laid off even temporally, suffers a heavy financial loss, find unable to make ends meet, encounter deficiencies of income, fall in to heavy debt etc. At such a time a nice house-hold would appear a hell-on -earth to one who is under the shade of poverty.
What causes poverty? Is it ‘the stars and stars above us that that governs our fate’, or is it our own negative thought patterns or is the poverty the result of bad luck. Let us analyze.
As believed from earliest times, if it is the fate that causes poverty, then it can be overcome with determined endeavor as we can see many examples of people who were in utter poverty but with courageous attempts were able to overcome it and build vast fortunes for themselves and generations to follow, Walt Disney’s story is one good example.

The world abounds with poof that the fate can be over come with consistent purpose-focused-efforts. The secret is the rubber ball principle. That is a rubber ball bounces back when it is dropped down. Greater its fall higher it bounces. The life too has its falls. The falls are the failures in life. Every time you fall, if you bounce back like the rubber ball, then your failures will support you to bounce back to success. When continued with an unruffled determination you will go on falling and bouncing higher and higher to reach your focused level of attainment.
If it is not the fate but it is ones own negative thought-patterns that slip one in to a poverty situation (as present day theorists believes), then too the poverty can be overcome. The negative thoughts can be replaced with positive thoughts with focused efforts to leave no room in the mind for negative thought patterns to dominate. Once the mind is built up with positive thoughts the pin-point focus should be on reaching your life’s purpose. Then the positive thoughts will give enough power to one to energetically spring up to a high level of prosperity overcoming setbacks at poverty levels. This in other words is putting ‘Think and believe everything is Possible’ in to practice.
If for instance, it is nothing else but one’s bad luck that brings misfortune that leads one to poverty, as many people think, and then too it can be overcome. There is a saying that goes on like this… “Luck is nothing else, but the end product of Pluck.” Yes, ‘Pluck’ means courage.
And with undeterred courage (that can even move mountains) poverty can be moved out of sight. Therefore, we need not worry even if the poverty situation resulted due to bad luck.
As you see what ever the causes of poverty may be, what we need to avoid poverty is focused, unwavering, resolute, dogged courage. With courage you also need cast-iron focus at a vision, a definite goal set high above the poverty level. Importantly, it has to be at a higher level of prosperity well above the reach of poverty. Thus, a goal at super Prosperity level should be the focus. That is a level that ensures Financial Freedom. It will be a level of effortless wealth generations to fulfill your and your loved ones dreams and fill your home with love.
Today more and more people from poverty levels with nothing reach prosperity level than any other time in history. Find out what secrets they use reach such heights in Prosperity by defeating Poverty. What ideas, what proven methods are available today for you to do the same. You can know more about ideas and secrets of wealth generation and on proven methods used by some people to climb from lowest poverty levels to super prosperity levels at my website: http://www.chanano.com/
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Alleviating Poverty Through Incentive Based Aid Programs

Poverty is an issue affecting countries in approximately two thirds of the world we live in, and with increased globalization it is a problem that has ramifications never felt before in the Western world. The question of how to alleviate poverty and suffering in our world is one that has plagued the minds of people for years; the simple answer provided by many is simply to increase money, however does this increase really help alleviate poverty or does it have the potential to make the problem even worse?
An article which appeared August 21, 2007 in the International Herald Tribune entitled Managing Globalization: To reduce poverty, money isn’t everything by Daniel Altman addresses this issue by examining two South American countries Brazil and Venezuela. Incomes in both countries are rising but poverty is only actually being alleviated in Brazil despite Hugo Chavez’s socialist platform and agenda of equality for all. Incomes in Venezuela have been rising due to the high price of oil of which they have an abundant supply whereas Brazil’s economy has been rising due to “relatively firm economic policies” and “confidence in its business prospects among both locals and foreigners” (Managing Globalization by Altman).
The poverty rate in Venezuela has been fluctuating since Chavez’s election from 50 percent when elected in 1999 to 60 percent in 2003 back down to 40 percent in 2005. The figures follow the level of economic growth more closely than the level of investment by Chavez’s government. Furthermore many experts (UN Human Development Index) measure poverty not just by purchasing power but by other factors such as literacy, infant mortality, and life expectancy. In these areas Venezuela’s progress stops, their infant mortality rate is below the regional average decreasing 17 percent since Chavez’s election, illiteracy is higher, as well as underweight births. The downfall of Chavez’s program to eliminate poverty is that aid is not given off the basis of need, and is not used as an incentive to better educate people but instead is a response to political loyalty. An effective way of improving the well being of the poor in other countries has been to link economic aid with useful actions such as attending school or going to the doctor. Venezuela rewards those who are loyal to Chavez.
In contrast to Venezuela, Brazil’s success has been wide spread. The country has attracted foreign investment, lowered illiteracy, and increased life expectancy. Brazil has geared its monetary benefits for families and is linked to “actions such as attendance in school, prenatal care, and childhood vaccinations”. Brazil’s incentive based aid system not only help with immediate aid to the poor but is contingent on the poor taking steps to better themselves so they will be better equipped to improve their situation.
By looking at these two countries it becomes apparent that in order for economic aid to be useful it must be geared in such a way that it promotes the betterment of the people it is meant to help. The aid must not only meet the immediate need but should be contingent upon helping the people receiving it improve them selves. Only through well thought out aid programs that encourage people to improve there own conditions can we hope to make a significant dent in the poverty crisis affecting our world.
refernces:
Altman, D. (2007, August 21). Managing Globalization: To reduce poverty, money isn’t everything. International Herald Tribune. Retrieved August 21, 2007, from http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=7191319/
About the Author
John Schlismann has an interest in International affairs and how they relate to the United States. For more information on world wide poverty goto http://www.poverty.com/