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Albert Einstein’s 7 Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks
successsoul.com — An excellent article on how you can succeed and learn from the mastermind himself. The school of hardknocks is what helps you succeed in life and this piece explains it like none other.
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- crazymaster16, on 06/29/2008, -1/+8hehe, thats really good
- dennisnajee, on 06/29/2008, -2/+8Terrific ideas. Thanks for sharing this with us. Lessons from one of the smartest men of all time is never a bad thing.
- hiscity, on 06/29/2008, -4/+6So how is it exactly that you square the speed of light if nothing (*) can travel faster that the speed of light?
(* no thing = no matter)- iCallShotgun, on 06/30/2008, -0/+5“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
- Zarokima, on 06/30/2008, -0/+4You do know what it means to square something, right? The speed of light is just a number, there's nothing special about it -- it's just like squaring your age or the number of televisions you own.
- hansk, on 06/30/2008, -1/+5speed of light != largest possible number.
- PabloMac, on 06/30/2008, -1/+1It doesn't matter.
- TheBritishGuy1, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3It's a calculation of energy, squaring the number has no effect on the value of the speed of light. look up the formula for kinetic energy and you will find something very similar. K=.5*mass*velocity^2. Look familiar?
- danielrichard, on 06/29/2008, -1/+5:D I made ya finish up that post. *grins*
It's a fantastic article Shilpan! Like what you've said in there, let's not stop growing!
:)- plup, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Jesus.. Don't you have IM or email accounts? If you want to give him a blowjob, why don't you just send a message? I'm just sick of these comments like the one above.
- zen53, on 06/29/2008, -0/+10My favourite Einstein quote - "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
- BennyGreenberg, on 06/29/2008, -2/+6Great minds - - make for great posts - this is one of them!
- Avaniinava, on 06/29/2008, -1/+4Great post. 6 - "Never quit" is my favourite.
- ChristineKane, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2Great idea great post!
- abhim12, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3Great ideas from a great mind ! Thanks for sharing !!
- NikiPa, on 06/29/2008, -1/+2Albert Einstein knew how to explain complex subject of "Theory of relativity" with ease.
That's the touchstone of a genius mind. - JayCruz, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3Great article. Though it was hard to read, for me. I had to highlight the text.
- Sheri123, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3Very interesting article. Thanks.
- DrCason, on 06/30/2008, -3/+5Shilpan,
I can't even begin to tell you how much this applies to me. Well maybe I can-
As I sit here waiting for my next pediatric patient I can look back and marvel at how I got here. I was an average student in high school and went on to flounder a bit in Junior College- I was what you would call a late bloomer. After taking some time off to work with developmentally disabled adults I went back into college full time. Deaf studies and American sign language was my major but it still didn't feel right. I bumbled around a couple of majors not too happy my options. A summer trip traveling abroad got me thinking of medicine but I'm telling you not a lot of people with that many years of college and a borderline GPA went into medicine. My pre-med counselor told me not even to bother. But I was determined. I figured all I could do was try right? I had people laughing and saying but you'll be 31 when you graduate medical school- Of course this sounded old then! I replied I'm going to be 31 anyway might as well be 31 and a doctor. As I studied it was fascinating. I developed a plan to get straight A's to bolster my application (Didn't quite make it. Got a C in Organic Chemistry-ouch that still hurts!) It was hard. I continued to work with the developmentally disabled (because I ran out of financial aid) I would work Friday evenings straight through to Monday am where I then headed immediately over for classes. It was the only way I could go to school full time and work full time. For years I didn't have a weekend off. I was able to volunteer a little and got a summer interneship in Ventura, I gave talks regarding college issues and health and helped run a student based clinic at the health center. When I applied to medical School (I sat on the floor of a book store and copied down the addresses- I had that little $ and no help from the pre-med counselor)
Anyway long story short- I got an interview to George Washington University in Washington DC so I packed up my little Honda Civic and moved there. (Talk about the power of intention!) and waited for the eventful day. I slipped in the snow on the way to the interveiw and was a little frazzled but my dad told me. Just tell them your story Sheila. So I did. The interviewer happened to be a huge supporter in the world of the developmentally disabled and we went on to have a lovely discussion. My acceptance letter came 3 weeks later.
It's amazing how the harder you work the luckier you get. I'm so incredibly happy with my job and the opportunities I now have. I'm so thankful for not giving up and not believing the people who were quick to pidgeon hole a young girl for not knowing her way early enough.
Shilpan- you're a great person to provide inspiration such as this. May many people read your article and benefit from it! Ok - I'm off to see a brother and sister for their well child exams! - hugoguzman, on 06/30/2008, -2/+3Interesting article, but for the sake of objectivity, I think it's important to point out that while Einstein made some major contributions, he was also ridiculed during the second half of his career (and life) for refusing to accept quantum physics.
- Daz3, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Do you blame him? There is a blatant contradiction between special relativity and quantum physics; as we know that contradictions can not exist, one of the theories must be false. I don't accept the counter-intuitive current model of quantum physics either - yes we have accurately quantified the quantum world using probability, but we have failed to accurately describe the quantum world qualitatively.
- mikesbaker, on 06/30/2008, -0/+6# 8 - Be Incredibly Smart
- hansk, on 06/30/2008, -2/+1It really shows how Einstein loathed school structure. From my experience it was similar in university, many profs I had were protectionist of their ideas and tried to crush any thought contrary to theirs. Also, gov't work is very similar to that as well.
Later in his life, If I remember my hist. of science class right, he was known similar to a crazy hermit living in the woods spouting mad gibberish. I skipped by the bloggers interpretation of the quotes, after reading that he/she somehow thought that when Einstein was giving credit to others work as 'investing in others' and then compared that to blogging.
So, umm, read the quotes, skip by the rest, hopefully you get something good from it.- Daz3, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1His later years were spent searching for a grand unifying theory. I think String Theory would appeal to him.
- ileftfark, on 06/30/2008, -3/+1All respect to Albert Einstein. However, he is an intellectual anomaly, incapable of simple scholastic endeavors (geography, history, basic maths). Also, it should be noted that most of his claims to fame were already postulated by those who came before him (Maxwell and Hendrik Lorentz par exemple), but he did bring them to prominence, much the way Bell "invented" the telephone. While he was very adept at a particular field, he was hardly well-rounded and not really someone that you would want for a friend or your child.
I guess my point is that Einstein excelled in a few topics in his own right, but receives more credit than he may be worthy of, and that we place too much importance on being an "Einstein" (see: the products designed for babies that yuppie moms force on their infants in the hope that their child will be the intellectual savior of their generation). He was no Da Vinci, no Tesla.
/.02 - lanceman02, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Great article!
- aceakm, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2http://youtube.com/watch?v=OGEtsvdUxd4 - That's hard knocks.
- cjshamrock, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2WOW. great article
- nivaskapil, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Hey Shilpan,
Great Sharing....
Ma favourites:
"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
"“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ Confucius"
and wonderful way of saying that
"if you are not growing every single day,then you are declining"
wow....
great
actually i can include the whole thing as ma favourite..
But considering the space constraints,i will choose a better way..
(stumble and Digg)
Lastly
"Never,Never Never Giveup without a fight"
Keep going shilpan - ethornquist, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1This I digg - thanks Shilpan.
- drewclouse, on 06/30/2008, -0/+0Excellent.
- sockpuppets, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1He looks pretty good for a dead guy.
- AlexanderZero, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1"Arguably, the smartest man ever born, Albert Einstein..."
Actually, did you know that Albert Einstein was so impressed by Mozart's genius that he actually wrote a book about it? Anyways, I'm not going to try and call this one! - jshare, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Any one remember in which movie a guy claimed to have corrected Einstein in discovering e=mc2? Maybe it was the Simpsons?
- limevelyn, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Love this article! Thks!
- emanuelamonica, on 06/30/2008, -0/+0It was interesting to read this. I'll check out your whole site.
- adrianwaj, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1Einstein spells out success also in this statement:
"If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein/quotes. ... - serinity, on 06/30/2008, -0/+1We can learn so much from this man.
- productivity501, on 07/01/2008, -0/+0Very very nice.
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