The difference between the poor and rich nations is not the age of the Nation.

The difference between the poor and rich nations  is not the age of the Nation.

This can be demonstrated by countries like India and Egypt, which are more than
2000 years old and are still not rich countries.

On the other hand, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which 150 years back were insignificant, today are developed and rich countries.

The difference between the poor and rich nations does not also depend on the available natural resources.

Japan has limited territory, 80%  mountainous, unsuitable for agriculture or farming, but is the third in world's economy. The country is like an immense floating factory, importing raw material from the whole world and exporting manufactured products.

Second example is Switzerland.  It does not grow cocoa but produces the best chocolates in the world. In her small territory, she rears animals and cultivates the land only for four months in a year, but nevertheless produces the best milk products. A small country but an image of security which has the strongest bank.

Executives from rich countries who interact with their counterparts from poor countries show no significant intellectual differences.

The racial or colour factors also do not evince importance: migrants heavy in laziness in their country of origin are  forcefully productive in rich European countries.

What then is the difference?

The difference is the attitude of the people, moulded for many years by education and culture.

When we analyse the conduct of the people from the rich and developed countries, it is observed that a majority abide by the following principles of life:

1. Ethics, as basic principles.
2. Integrity.
3. Responsibility.
4. *The respect for Laws and Regulations*
5. The love for work.
6. The effort to save and invest.
7. The will to be productive.
8. Punctuality.

In the poor countries, only a small minority follows these basic principles in their daily life.

We are not poor because we lack natural resources or because nature was cruel towards us.

We are poor because we lack the required attitude. We lack the will to follow and teach these principles  of working of rich and developed societies.

We are in this state because when we see something wrong going on around us, we just 'let it be'.