A crash course in changing the world.
Although there are many very useful concepts included in the "33 secrets" entry, I believe the most useful would be "innovate on existing platforms", and "what you have is more important than what you lack".
I know this seems like cheating since I've chosen two instead of one, but to me these seem like two facets of the same advice, with the idea of making the best of what you have, or playing the ball from where it lies, to use a western middle-class adage.
Notwithstanding that this approach is one that I personally embrace, many of the other items listed in the "33 secrets" seem more like truisms than secrets to social innovation. Perhaps it's just a matter of semantics, but those are the ones that speak to me.
My grandparents grew up in a very poor third-world environment, where using what was available to solve any/all problems was not just a good idea, but a way of life. Innovation of design, simplicity, function over form were all hallmarks of their problem-solving approaches, characteristics that transferred remarkably well to other aspects of living, including child-rearing, politics and religion. As a product of generations of this approach, these "secrets" are the ones that will help me to change the world; after all, it worked for my grandparents and parents before me.
It seems the least I can do.
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