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How wealthy are ‘you’?

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*Knowledge *Observation *Creativity *Experience Wealth of Ideas and Information ((Courtesy: Mahara Tucker) We gather information and ideas in different ways, subtly or obviously. Some are ardent readers, while some others enjoy gathering ideas from extroverted platforms. A few rely on their intuitions and some others draw conclusions from observations. However information is gathered, some learning occurs provided we open our minds to the process. I recently listened to a speech made to the graduating students of Wellesley College, Massachusetts by the Award winning writer: Chimamanda Adichie and something interesting got me thinking & formed the basis for my write up. She said she was invited to deliver a speech at a European Feminist Event where she was to highlight how a past famous feminist had influenced her views. Now, before the invitation, she said she had struggled with completely reading any of the  literature  written by the feminist let alone categorically p