A few days ago I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Fred Holden,
Author of "Total Power of One in America" hosted by Joe Sabah. I've
been thinking about it since.
The message was clear: speakers and teachers should be certain to utilize their influence to promote responsible citizenship.
A litany of topics and approaches were suggested. Yet, it seems as though in some measure the message fell on deaf ears, and I have been wondering why.
Of the many things offered, it was the Eight dangerous illiteracies that caught my attention because it resonated. My years of observation and research had come to the same conclusions.
The eight can be condensed to four critical illiteracies: Financial (few of us know how to employ principles of prosperity regardless of circumstance), Political (few of us understand that we are to protect the Constitution and our rights by our elections), Economic (few of us understand the ramifications of economic policy--short term and long term), Business (few of us understand the principles that generate business success and how to differentiate business success from greed).
It is therefor incumbent upon those who do know to tactfully, tastefully yet boldly remind the rest of us what we all know in our hearts to be true yet forget in currents of daily living.
Why would a speaker or an author be reticent to take up that mantle? Is it because we are so conditioned to avoid any social discussion about these topics that we bristle at the mere mention of them? If not, why then would an author write or a speaker speak? I ask you.
The message was clear: speakers and teachers should be certain to utilize their influence to promote responsible citizenship.
A litany of topics and approaches were suggested. Yet, it seems as though in some measure the message fell on deaf ears, and I have been wondering why.
Of the many things offered, it was the Eight dangerous illiteracies that caught my attention because it resonated. My years of observation and research had come to the same conclusions.
The eight can be condensed to four critical illiteracies: Financial (few of us know how to employ principles of prosperity regardless of circumstance), Political (few of us understand that we are to protect the Constitution and our rights by our elections), Economic (few of us understand the ramifications of economic policy--short term and long term), Business (few of us understand the principles that generate business success and how to differentiate business success from greed).
It is therefor incumbent upon those who do know to tactfully, tastefully yet boldly remind the rest of us what we all know in our hearts to be true yet forget in currents of daily living.
Why would a speaker or an author be reticent to take up that mantle? Is it because we are so conditioned to avoid any social discussion about these topics that we bristle at the mere mention of them? If not, why then would an author write or a speaker speak? I ask you.
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