💌 IL # 9: On Privilege
Let's check yours for 3-15 minutes!
Hey there!
Sylvia Duckworth published this sketchnote a couple of years ago:
It’s a common perception that successful people had it easy or got lucky. No one sees their struggles before they reached that point. And The Iceberg Illusion illustrated it perfectly. When I first saw this, I was empowered and passed it on to other educators so they can also empower themselves and their students.
Fast forward to today. Ms. Duckworth updated The Iceberg Illusion. While the old one resonated to a lot of people, she admitted that it was missed a crucial piece:
We all have our own privileges. Some have more and some have less. A person who works hard all her life can still live in poverty if she doesn’t have many opportunities to improve her situation. It’s unfair to say to other people that they haven’t tried hard enough because they didn’t achieve a certain expectation of success without checking your own privilege.
This is extra apparent when it comes to financial advice. This article discusses the importance of understanding the outlier experiences of wealth experts:
The Problem With Most Financial Advice | Nick Maggiulli | 🕰 6 minutes
What’s a good method of reminding ourselves of our privileges and to contemplate life in general? It’s an age-old ritual to have commonplace books where you can write down inspirations and thoughts that you can revisit time and time again.
It’s our first homeschooling year and one of our projects is to keep our commonplace books which we’ll share with each other. If you’re not yet familiar with the concept, here’s a guide:
How And Why To Keep A “Commonplace Book” | Ryan Holiday | 🕰 5 minutes
Have a great week ahead!
Bituin💫