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NEVER STOP LEARNING Einstein: Relatively Smart?(LEADERS & SUCCESS)(IBD'S 10 SECRETS TO SUCCESS)
Byline: James DeTar
4 Great success is often a matter of taking what you have and learning to make the best of it.
By opening your mind to the gifts you have, rather than striving for ones that aren't available, you can turn the key that unlocks the best within you.
Take little Albert Einstein, for example.
He was quiet, at times withdrawn, as a child. He didn't utter a word until after he was 2. His parents feared he might have a learning disability.
When his grammar school teachers asked him questions, he took a long time to answer. Then his lips would move as he repeated the answer silently to himself. His teachers reinforced his parents' fears.
"Mistrust of every kind of authority grew out of this experience," he later recalled in his book, "Albert Einstein: Autobiographical Notes."