Hi everyone, this is Dr. Nitin Chhoda with
Ignition Time and I do want to provide a
warning to all my subscribers that this video is
going to make some of my viewers and
subscribers uncomfortable.
Because it's going to include pictures
of poverty,
of hunger and it's going to include
pictures that are going to make
many of us uncomfortable. Now the reason
I wanted to do this video
is because it's evident that we're
looking at a K-shaped recovery in the
country. In fact the gap between the rich and the
poor is increasing
as a direct result of this pandemic
which is why additional stimulus, additional federal
enhanced unemployment benefits are
absolutely essential to help those
who've been left behind in many ways.
I've talked about this economic recovery
as a train that is starting to leave the station
but it's leaving a lot of passengers
behind and the ones who are left behind
need help. We should help them and we should always
help those who need help the most.
But unfortunately because of the cycle
of poverty and i'm going to talk about
the cycle of poverty in this video,
it's very hard for some individuals to
escape that cycle of poverty.
For the rich it's about, oh you know I
can now buy a house in the Hamptons or
well you know
I bought all these stocks and they went
down by a few hundred thousand dollars
when the market crashed.
For the poor it's about paying your rent,
it's about keeping the lights on, it's
about having food in the refrigerator. So we
have what I call 2 Americas. We have what I
call 2 economies
and that's what this video is about. And
again I do believe
that this video is likely to make some
of my viewers and subscribers
uncomfortable.
So I do want to give you a fair warning
but I do think it's important for us
as citizens to be aware about what is
happening in our own country.
And if we're in a position to help
others, we should. If we're not in a
position to help,
we should try and get help. There's no
shame in asking help. Let's jump right in.
According to an article on the New York
Times which you can see on your screen
right here.
A shadow of hunger looms over the United States.
In the pandemic recovery, nearly one
in eight households do not have enough
food to eat. This is in the United States
of America, 1 in 8 households
do not have enough food to eat because
of the lockdown because of the pandemic.
There have been epic lines at food banks and
this is essentially magnified, this is a
this is essentially exacerbated. The
problem which is that some of us
just struggle to pay our bills whereas
others have more money 
that they don't know what to do
with. There have
actually been food shortages
and the fact is quite honestly
healthy food is more expensive
than unhealthy food. If you want to buy
something that's healthy
that is that is organic it's going to
cost you more than buying something that
is unhealthy and bad for you. Because
fundamentally unhealthy food is mass
produced,
it's loaded with stuff that we shouldn't
be eating and that's why it's cheaper.
Whereas healthy food
essentially takes a lot takes more
energy to produce and therefore is more
expensive.
That's one way to look at
it but you know exactly what I mean
healthy food is more expensive than
unhealthy food.
and so millions of americans a have no
food to eat and b
have to resort to eating unhealthy food
food that is not
good for them that's where things stand
right now now the cycle of poverty
is something that is very very real in
our country
some of the problems that exist in our
country are low wages
many of us many of us make wages that
are at
or below minimum wage many of us live at
or right below the poverty line
unaffordable on stable housing is a real
problem rising medical costs
have always been a problem in the united
states of america and
unreliable transportation having a car
to get to work
relying on public transport is also a
fundamental problem
in the united states of america so that
is where that is
that's just where we are in fact on your
screen right now i'll i'll have you take
a look at the cycle of poverty and as
you can see
the way the cycle of poverty works and
it's very hard by the way
for individuals to break free from the
cycle of poverty it doesn't matter
whether you're african-american whether
you're hispanic whether you're caucasian
it doesn't really matter what matters is
it's hard to overcome the cycle of
poverty
so the way the cycle of poverty works is
let's say you're born
or you live in a poor household um you
don't have much food to eat
the water is not very clean uh you have
to go to public school sometimes you
know it's it's
some some kids don't even go to school
and then what happens next is
the extent of diseases the amount of
infection
an individual gets increases this this
can lead to impaired
physical development impaired brain
development and this results in
individuals
not being able to have the right amount
of energy the right amount of skills
to be able to do high quality work to be
able to seek education
and if you're if you if you're not
highly educated or if you don't have the
energy
or the skills through good quality food
through a good environment
through through being able to have
access to clean water
then that is that is going to result in
low productivity you're going to
essentially have low productivity you're
going to end up doing jobs
that don't really require a lot of
physical or mental energy and
unfortunately those are by extension the
low weight job so
low productivity and low or no income
are directly related
and are die and are a direct consequence
of
poverty and the the unfortunate thing
with low productivity
and low energy and low income is that it
leads to low self-esteem
it leads to a lack of personal control
it leads to at least to a dependence on
drugs it leads to a kind of
psychological
as a kind of psychological barrier if
you will from reaching your full
potential
i've always believed in a balance
between the emotional self
the physical self which by the way is
has a lot to do with food and water
and exercise and then also our emotional
self because if your physical self isn't
getting what it needs
the emotional self will struggle and
then on top of that there is what i call
the social component
if we're if we're surrounded by people
who don't elevate us who don't encourage
us
who don't who don't uh motivate us to
give off our best instead
if we're surrounded by people who bring
us down uh who do things that
they should not be doing then then it's
going to then it's
then it's going to make it hard for us
to be able to live up to our full
potential i think
the people that you are surrounded with
is very very very crucial
i remember that i as i was trying to
reach financial freedom
i went to a lot of workshops i went to a
lot of conferences
i tried to find mentors and successful
people and i paid them money
so that they would talk to me because a
lot of these individuals who
who essentially are mentors they they
function as coaches and you have to pay
them for their time
and i think one of the best things we
can do if we want to get to the next
level
is get advice from people who are way
smarter than us or who are at a level
where we want to be
even if you have to pay them top dollar
for their time
because you can't expect someone to just
give you their time
at no charge so you know and on the
other hand if you do find someone who's
willing to give you their time at no
charge and you do look up to them
and you do want you do want you see them
as your own mentor that's fantastic you
know
find different mentors in your life
because at each stage of your life
you're going to need a different mentor
and that that is a huge huge
component of how i was able to overcome
poverty and how i'm able to live my
american dream if you don't know
anything about me check out my
introductory video
on our channel i have the fortune the
privilege the honor of living the
american dream and i want to help you
live your american dream but now
let's get into the article and on your
screen
you'll see the article from the new york
times and as we scroll through the
article
this is hard this is hard for me to even
talk about um because i have two young
children
you see instances of hunger
instances of poverty instances of uh
essentially i call it two americas there
are two parallel americas that exist
what happens as a direct result of
poverty and again you see the images
of of of americans of our fellow
americans
struggling uh struggling to have healthy
food and
and what we have right now is food
insecurity
throughout the country and we you know a
reporter from the new york times
um brenda ann kenyelli set out across
the country
from new york all the way through to
california and she captured the routines
of americans who struggle to feed their
families
uh who rely on food assistance uh
community support
and good old american willpower to be
able to feed themselves and their family
food insecurity is an actual threat to
our country
because it's because it's closely tied
to the cycle of poverty if you don't
have
healthy food and if you don't have clean
water you're not going to be able to
function at a high capacity
children are not going to be able to
develop children are not going to be
able to feel confident
interact with other children study learn
reach their full potential food
insecurity is a real problem
in the united states of america and you
if you're watching
this video if you have the fortune the
privilege of living
with you know your pantry full of food
your refrigerator full of food
find a way to help someone who's less
fortunate find a way to pick up the
phone and call someone and say hey
i have some extra food would you like
some that's it that one phone call
one phone call i have some extra food
would you like some you have no idea how
you'll change the lives
of your friends and neighbors this
channel ignition time is about teaching
you
how to fish not giving you the fish
if you can exhibit generosity and if you
can help someone else
you now you you now pay it forward and
if on the other hand
you're someone who needs that help
there's no shame in asking for help
and taking it because one day one day i
promise you you will be
the one that is handing out the help so
food insecurity
is real is a real problem a food
insecure life
involves a life of hunger it involves a
psychological impact because like i
mentioned there's a clear relationship
between our physical selves and our
emotional selves
and our psychological selves i believe
there's a cl there's a clear
relationship between
our emotional physical social
and intellectual health that is a clear
relationship because that's what
that's what i've understood through my
own life's experiences again this is
just my opinion but what i've understood
through my life's experiences is
having good food leads to other things
in your life so food insecurity
unfortunately
is a real problem in our country and
unfortunately the burden
of food insecurity falls primarily on
african american and hispanic families
who are almost twice as likely
according to the new york times to
experience food insecurity
as caucasian families so take a look at
some of these i
you've been you've been seeing these
pictures as i've been talking and this
will give you a clear idea of the
problem of food insecurity
the cycle of poverty and the level of
hunger that exists
in our country in the united states of
america it is a vicious cycle let's show
you the cycle of poverty one more time
on the screen right here
so as you can see the cycle of poverty
essentially
becomes worse with time and is very
difficult for those who are born
into a poor family or those who live in
a poor family to overcome the cycle of
poverty but it is possible
it is possible if you look at each
aspect of the cycle of poverty
you've got to ask yourself what is the
solution to each aspect for example
the solution to little food unclean
water is to find ways to get access
to good food find access find ways to
get access to water
hopefully be a part of a good public
school system and again
you know i'm trying to present a
solution here i won't be able to solve
every single person's problem in this
video but my goal with this video is to
start a conversation and then we our
community smart enough to be able to
come up with ideas to help each other
um you know you've got to be able to do
different things and you've got to be
able to
try and combat each aspect of the cycle
of poverty one of the aspects
of the cycle of poverty is low
productivity one of the ways you can
beat low productivity is by finding good
mentors
teachers mentors guides coaches
who can actually support you who can
actually guide you i'm trying to be a
mentor
to my viewers and subscribers through
this channel am i perfect
absolutely not i'm far from perfect my
wife reminds me how impatient i am how
many mistakes i make
and you know other things nobody's
perfect
the idea is progress not perfection any
of us who are seeking perfection
you're not gonna find it the idea is to
continuously progress by finding the
right mentors
to get to the next level i am also
improving on a daily basis
because i read at least one book a week
and i follow and i read so much that i'm
always trying to learn
and pick up the best attributes of other
people through their books through their
courses
and through all my readings thank you so
much for watching everybody i hope you
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if you're fortunate help someone else
and if you're not fortunate
there's no shame in asking for help
because at the end of the day
we are all in this together thank you so
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