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Neuroscientists have recently discovered that the brain has mirror neurons.
Many of these scientists believe this discovery is more important than the

discovery of DNA. A neuromirror, in overly simple terms, is the equivalent
of monkey see, monkey do or birds of a feather flock together. That is, our
brains are programmed to imitate what we see others do. It explains why
quant fund managers invest in the same stocks, why poor people stay poor

even though they earn a lot of money, and why a child raised in England
will speak a different dialect of English with a different accent than a child
born in the U.S. or Australia.
Mirror neurons of dialect and accent limit the scope of our world and

who we associate with. Many kids have a tough time leaving Hawaii
because their dialect of English is Pidgin English. Kids from Hawaii who
speak Pidgin often go to mainland schools with big Hawaiian clubs so they
can feel comfortable. Many of the kids at Union School spoke Pidgin. The

kids from Riverside School were forbidden to speak it. I believe this made a
tremendous difference in my life, and why I went to school in New York
and not at the University of Hawaii.
In the world of business and investing, poor people speak a poor

person’s dialect. Instead of using the language of business and investing,
they say such things as, “Government programs, welfare, and assistance.”
The middle class has a different dialect. They say, “Diversify and live
below your means.” Buffett, the richest investor in the world, says, “It’s not

that I want money. It’s the fun of making money and watching it grow.”
Again, this is an example of a different English dialect reflecting a different
mirror-neuron brain.
Every group speaks a different dialect. For example, when golfers get

together they speak a completely different form of English. When they talk
about a birdie, they are not talking about shooting wild birds on the golf
course. Wherever you go in the world, if one golfer says to another golfer,
“I shot a birdie,” every golfer knows this person scored one below par,

which means it was above-average play.
In the same way, simply put, rich people speak a different dialect. It’s a
matter of different brains and different mirror neurons. That is why crossing
the bridge at age nine was life-changing and why I do not live below my

means or diversify. This is why even when I was broke, I did not drive