My motto has always been: A career open to all talents, without distinctions of birth.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Careers should be open to talent regardless of family background.
- In plain terms
- Let skill decide success not birth.
- What can you take from it?
- Merit should guide opportunity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What stops true meritocracy?
- How do you value talent?
Another view
Equal access does not always mean equal outcomes.
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Men take only their needs into consideration-never their abilities.
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