#shame-and-class
#shame-and-class

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I grew up in a house where we didn't throw food away, we didn't leave lights on, and we didn't buy what we didn't need. I thought that was poverty. It took me twenty years to realize it was intelligence dressed in clothes that embarrassed me. - Silicon Canals

Childhood frugality develops cognitive discipline about money that often proves more valuable than abundance, though cultural messaging creates shame around restraint.

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I grew up in a house where we didn't throw food away, we didn't leave lights on, and we didn't buy what we didn't need. I thought that was poverty. It took me twenty years to realize it was intelligence dressed in clothes that embarrassed me. - Silicon Canals

#shame-and-class
#shame-and-class