Poor decisions, poor people

Stop me if you’ve heard this one. People are poor because they make poor decisions. By making better decisions, people could be if not wealthy then at least not in poverty.

In truth, a person coping with poverty is making logical, sound choices. Poverty itself changes decision making. It even changes how the brain works.

Think you could make better decisions? Test yourself by coming to the Gettin’ By webinar. Unlike a poverty simulation, Gettin’ By gives you a first-hand experience of how poverty changes your brain.

Once you understand the impact on thinking, you can see new ways to make help more effective. For example, telling people to stop smoking because they might get lung cancer doesn’t work because the future is not relevant to an overloaded brain. Linking quitting to something immediate and important would work better.

Register today and get our Do This Not That guide for helping people in poverty.