Environment, society, family name can make or mar your economic development

[lombok]

The thing is that, life is dynamic and sometimes someone's growth in life might come not because of this factors you mentioned, however this factors as well can hinder someone's growth no doubt about that, but the life itself is dynamic to a point that the place you will get your success story from will not be known our predicted, people have succeeded in various field not exactly because of the environment they find themselves or their economic situations they are facing but by grace and the goodwill of others. There are lots of persons in the world that are well renowned that came from situations nobody will point out to that place to say anything good will come out of there, but life happens and no one can directly say that because you are coming from this kind of environment success doesn't belongs to you.

There is always something unpredictable in the human journey that cannot be calculated in the same manner using mathematical calculations. Having limited origin does not imply that person is doomed to remain mere death sentence so we can never attain the status of brilliant person.

Sometimes unimaginable assistance and the benevolence of all can invaluably serve as bridge in reforming fate. The ability to believe in oneself and love to be helpful can change even the most problematic situations into a great success.

[Taricoins]

There are many factors that affect the growth of man in the society especially in Africa. Sometimes you feel sorry for those trying so hard to earn a living through legitimate means. Some of the factors are (1) Environment is one of the key factor that contributes to someone's economic development because you can come from somewhere where potentials are not properly rewarded or not seen example football players. But the moment you found yourself in an environment where your potential can be seen the rest will be history.(2) Society also play a key role in developing you economically if the society you find yourself is working properly. Because a working society recognizes and bring out the best in you.(3) Family name also is another factor that contributes to someone's economic development because a made name or high placed name can actually open doors that are closed to some people but will open for you.

This doesn't affect only African countries, although the societal factors might be different but still not everyone from the west are rich and certainly not from a well to do families. Societal factors that can limit your economic growth if you are not resilient may even come from the color of your skin or your race. Situation where as a black man, people seeds you and assume you are a thug, this societal factors also limit economic growth.

[Kelward]

There are many factors that affect the growth of man in the society especially in Africa. Sometimes you feel sorry for those trying so hard to earn a living through legitimate means. Some of the factors are (1) Environment is one of the key factor that contributes to someone's economic development because you can come from somewhere where potentials are not properly rewarded or not seen example football players. But the moment you found yourself in an environment where your potential can be seen the rest will be history.(2) Society also play a key role in developing you economically if the society you find yourself is working properly. Because a working society recognizes and bring out the best in you.(3) Family name also is another factor that contributes to someone's economic development because a made name or high placed name can actually open doors that are closed to some people but will open for you.

The facts that you mentioned are popular factors that mars many people especially in developing countries to fully reach their potentials, even if they have the passion and intelligence to become something greater to make impact in the society which will make them rich they cannot achieve greatness because of these limitations. Yet there are people that have made it in these unencouraging economies but they have to struggle many times more than those with the same skills in developed countries, it shows that to make it in a place or country where they have myopic leaders it would be very hard to make it. It is possible to achieve greatness you just have to believe and never give up and if you find an opportunity to migrate to where you can have a better opportunity to make it then you should take it.

[Rebirth01]

Societal factors play a major role in one's life. Some of you replied by saying it's not just Africa i agree with you but the tendency of the average European to succeed in life is far greater than the one from Africa. In, Europe, the society is tailored in such a way that favored 95% of the citizens. Am not making excuses for someone but the fact is these things affect someone. Take for a example where someone is denied employment because of tribe, denied employment because of religion or you miss job interview because no light or poor network. Or where you live no good road network for you to access the city. Family name is a big advantage to some people because just your surname alone your employment is settled in my country.

[Hewlet]

Society also play a key role in developing you economically if the society you find yourself is working properly. Because a working society recognizes and bring out the best in you.(3) Family name also is another factor that contributes to someone's economic development because a made name or high placed name can actually open doors that are closed to some people but will open for you.

The truth is that we can not influence the kind of society we are born into but we have what it takes determine what we make out of that society. trying to make excuses for your lack of success in life and relating it to the society you are born into is a wrong way to think and can only succeed in confining you to the living standard of where you are born into.

We are living in a digital age and by reason of that, geographical constraint has been minimized to the lowest minimum and basically have little hinderance to how much you can grow if you are actually willing to grow. even in a society where the educational system might have failed greatly, you get exposed to the reality that if you don't want to be limited, nothing can actually limit you.

[Rruchi man]

(1) Environment is one of the key factor that contributes to someone's economic development because you can come from somewhere where potentials are not properly rewarded or not seen example football players. But the moment you found yourself in an environment where your potential can be seen the rest will be history.

This used to be challenge that could not be surmounted before because most persons were limited by the inability for them to market themselves outside their immediate environment but with the advent of Internet and social media has made it possible for you to market yourself to the world even from a small corner with the right tools and the right knowledge.

(2) Society also play a key role in developing you economically if the society you find yourself is working properly. Because a working society recognizes and bring out the best in you.

You can still make it in a dysfunctional system; you just have to be determined to do extra work to ensure that you do not get limited by the environment you're in. A mindset that surpasses your immediate environment is a sort of mindset that you should possess.

(3) Family name also is another factor that contributes to someone's economic development because a made name or high placed name can actually open doors that are closed to some people but will open for you.

If you have not come from a powerful name, a big family name, a big family name should come from you.

[HelliumZ]

I like all the points of op that there are some things that create obstacles in society and also create obstacles in the economic development of the government. The development of a country basically starts from the society and if the people of the society are corrupt or if there is a lack of values among the people of the society, it can be the biggest obstacle in the economic development of a country. Moreover, in a developing country like our country, if there is an obstacle in the field of foreign remittances, it can also create a huge obstacle in the economic development of a country.
I would like to add one thing that is that expatriate income plays a very important role in the economic development of our country, but the government of my country is not taking any good steps towards the expatriates at the moment, due to which expatriate remittances are decreasing to a large extent than before. Expatriate income can play the biggest role in the economic development of a country and if the government does not give importance to it, then there will be a significant obstacle in economic growth.

[Mpamaegbu]

Family name also is another factor that contributes to someone's economic development because a made name or high placed name can actually open doors that are closed to some people but will open for you.

It's the same way family name can also be a stumbling block to someone too if that family has bad reputation. It goes either way. Besides that reputation thing, either good or bad, we still have to agree that there are cases where personal efforts have paid off for some where individuals broke out of what held their families down. We've seen those who came from very poor families breaking out of that shackles of poverty and becoming rich. Typical examples we find with those in sports. As for environmental influence, I don't want to make excuses for that because I believe people who come from environment without opportunities but determined to excel can still achieve that.

[Faisal2202]

Family name also is another factor that contributes to someone's economic development because a made name or high placed name can actually open doors that are closed to some people but will open for you.

Family name does not really help much when we move to bigger cities where no one knows your family. If they are in politics or some rich figure or celebrity, maybe people will care, but mostly they won't care when you move to bigger cities. It definitely has benefits in local areas, but it can be harmful as well. Like, people who are jealous of the family could be jealous of you. There are several threats to their kids, as seen in the movies and in real life events.

So I won't say family name is going to be a huge factor in the growth of a man. A man should grow from nothing, no family name. I never used my family name anywhere because it is not the same here, but if you are a famous person and you go to buy something, or to acquire someone's services, they will charge you more and expect some gifts as well just because your family is famous, rich, or influential.

A man should not find excuses, find mistakes, or drawbacks in himself, and correct them to improve himself. Simple as that.

[Marykeller]

For someone who finds themselves in a society and family that is not in favor of them, they shouldn't let that define them. They should learn to be resilient, empathy, and know how to navigate different worlds. Before then, they should first build skills and independence, hold onto hope that things will change, and know that they will outgrow some places with time.

The truth is that we didn't choose our family or society. We all get to find ourselves there. But I do know that we can still get to choose the life and character we display and what to do next

[Su-asa]

Not only Africa, in almost every place all the things you mentioned almost open or close the door of opportunity for a person. Anyway there are many people who have risen from this kind of obscurity and moved forward. They treat their obscurity as constant data or by learn high value skills such as coding, trading, languages and digital sales. Imo The best path would be by multipling our personal capability like learning useful skills and utilizing every environment and connection that are available.

Moving forward is always a challenge, not only for those who are living in the mentioned environment but also for many other places as well because life has never been easy; it needs hard work with taking care of family and loved ones.

Some of the statements you made above are wrong, while some are right; the correct part of your statement is that moving forward can be hard, but the part where you are wrong is that you said that life itself has never been easy. I will correct that part because it seems you only speak for yourself.

The truth is that for most people, life itself can be hard, while for a few other people, things are not really difficult for them because they came into the world after their parents must have settled everything possible that might affect the child while growing up.

What I'm only trying to say here is that most people don't have to suffer or experience the same things the child of a poor person experiences because they are from a rich family (mostly the children of a billionaire). Children with rich parents go to good schools, and they also get better opportunities than poor children. So it's different; life can be hard for most people, while life can be easier for others because they are from a rich family.

One reason why most people from a poor background don't give up in life till they make it is that they want to give their children a better life, but only a few get that opportunity to make a difference, while some give up in the process.

[Miles2006]

The surprising part among the list is the fact op never mentioned work hard, the society system is now built in a way whereby working hard can’t determine a person success. The factors listed are all right along side other primary reasons that may hinder man success, the issue with name is very common knowing fully well big name matters and they earn much more respect compared to others. Considering working hard is not important as many think, we can’t disagree these wealthy men started from scratch obviously the stories shared from these men involve the phrase work hard although not in modern society now reason why economic status can contribute to a person failure or success.

[Crypto_Timothy]

All these 3 factors can actually affect how a person develops, say you were born in an environment that supports entrepreneurship, you will find it easy to come up with a business and possibly thrive in that environment rather than one where you will come up with a business plan and still come up with environmental plan (social amenities), like road, water and light, while in other environment those social amenities are coming off your tax. Funny enough you can still be paying for tax and still none of these things are implemented and of course with a good name you can go almost anywhere in the world, thats just how the world has worked ever since, so having these in your favour can really determine how you grow and develop.

[Pearl_20]

The three factors you mentioned here are really important and if one goes wrong it just affect the others as well, family happens to be the first system that shapes an individual and can play a very key role in shaping ones life. As the very first system learning how to save or early saving culture and investment will help ones life a lot, and another thing is teaching values, there are parents who starts early by teaching their children some cultural values of savings, skills, investing and if you happen to come from a wealthy home it's even an added advantage to you as more opportunities will be opened to you, but a family can Mar you if too much pressure is being mounted on you, and if you happen to be the only person earning money, the dependency will.be too much that's for those coming from a very poor background as that can crumble you completely.

Environment play another key role, there are people that you associate with that can make you go either far in life or make your life very miserable, there are children who grew up in some area and their life isn't something to write home about, your cycle most times determine how far you can go that's why most parents who are rich will rather pay heavily to make sure their kids associate with their kind, but for those who finds themselves in slum areas and don't have the resources to stay In good places can hinder once growth.

While the society is another system that can make you, if we have a working system where business are moving forward, constant electricity, there's assurance of jobs after schooling, skills are being rewarded and when you see legit people who are trying their best in business and succeeding it will give you that courage that you can also become like them, but if the system happens to be the opposite of it, where by there's corruption, bribery, no jobs, insecurities, and you can't do anything except you know someone who has to connect you to another person it makes development to be so slow.

Well, no matter how intelligent or smart you are, without trust, no money and no connection or power development or growth is  usually slow.

[Ever-young]

For someone who finds themselves in a society and family that is not in favor of them, they shouldn't let that define them. They should learn to be resilient, empathy, and know how to navigate different worlds. Before then, they should first build skills and independence, hold onto hope that things will change, and know that they will outgrow some places with time.

The truth is that we didn't choose our family or society. We all get to find ourselves there. But I do know that we can still get to choose the life and character we display and what to do next

Yes, it's good you don't see life from one perspective and it is good to speak the truth even if it hurts. People don't choose the family they born into, but can choose the direction they want their lives to take, just as you said. Family may be of help but it is important for one to stand firm on their own, so that they don't have to depend on others despite the challenges they may face but that hope they hold onto will keep them going, knowing that things won't always be the same.

[Fiatless]

There are many factors that affect the growth of man in the society especially in Africa. Sometimes you feel sorry for those trying so hard to earn a living through legitimate means. Some of the factors are (1) Environment is one of the key factor that contributes to someone's economic development because you can come from somewhere where potentials are not properly rewarded or not seen example football players. But the moment you found yourself in an environment where your potential can be seen the rest will be history.(2) Society also play a key role in developing you economically if the society you find yourself is working properly. Because a working society recognizes and bring out the best in you.(3) Family name also is another factor that contributes to someone's economic development because a made name or high placed name can actually open doors that are closed to some people but will open for you.

Some of those I know who moved out of my country did it because of their children. Some of them are rich and have good jobs, yet to move abroad to do low-class jobs. They believe that their children's potential can be discovered, developed, and harnessed in well-organised societies. When a country lacks adequate human resources and facilities, potential would not be maximised.

A family name can open doors of opportunity, but it is your skills, character, and qualifications that will sustain the opportunities. Some people come from influential families, but they are non-entities because they cannot offer much to society.

[Ziskinberg]

There's always good and bad environment for everyone, you have to choose well which one fits you the most and is leading you to your economic growth. Because if you stay in a bad environment, you don't just deprive yourself of a good future, but you will also lost the chances and opportunities that could lead to your own economic development.

Environment and society, as long as they don't contribute growth, development and success, you can get rid of them, but I don't think you can ever replace your family name, because that's already part of your root in the society you grow up with.

[abhiseshakana]

Kindly be noted that networking very closed with nepotism and networking can be turn in to nepotism. Social networking create trust and psychologically we tent to believe to friend, family, alumni, former colleague and people recommended by those we trust. Networking based on professionalism, when we push must get the expected position, it is nepotism.

Reputation and networking actually not too important comparing with self competence, and never served as evidence of our competence. Network only give access to be found. Instead of reputation we should tell about our selves through our portofolio. Portofolio can be proof of our competence, performace and reputation itself. When our portofolio proves our capability

[Mikky02]

Well said environment, society and family name these are the major factor to one's growth presently in African today family names and legacy has taken people to higher position they don't even struggle or work hard for and same environment and society has created chance and has pulled people to higher places . Some artists that has made big mans started from somewhere the environment and society they found themselves didn't limit their but some society or environment one could find his / her self will limit one's potentials making making an individual feel less mostly when there's no sufficient funds to relocate to a better place hereby making an individual giving up on his or her dreams

[Natalim]

Family name also is another factor that contributes to someone's economic development because a made name or high placed name can actually open doors that are closed to some people but will open for you.

It's the same way family name can also be a stumbling block to someone too if that family has bad reputation. It goes either way. Besides that reputation thing, either good or bad, we still have to agree that there are cases where personal efforts have paid off for some where individuals broke out of what held their families down. We've seen those who came from very poor families breaking out of that shackles of poverty and becoming rich. Typical examples we find with those in sports. As for environmental influence, I don't want to make excuses for that because I believe people who come from environment without opportunities but determined to excel can still achieve that.

A powerful or influential family name can build up for a good future as much as a socially insignificant family name will ruin a good future you always dream of. So yes, it still goes the other way. So instead, make your own family name powerful and reputable, by setting clear plans and goals to build a productive and profitable future. Focus on positive things and habits that can make you move forward, and stay away from bad energy that can pull you down. A family  name's position should not define your future, but it should motivate you to stick with your choices and goals in life.