On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 00:13:42 -0700, Jim Clark wrote:
That's right ... because there are no examples of failures
who worked hard at what they were passionate about and
never gave up!
One is reminded of the scene at the beginning of the
movie "Awakenings" where Robin Williams who plays
Oliver Sacks is interviewed for a job at the hospital and
is queried about the research that he has been involved:
|Dr. Sayer: [in job interview] It was an immense project.
|I was to extract 1 decagram of myelin from 4 tons of earth worms.
|
|Dr. Sullivan: Really!
|
|Dr. Sayer: Yes. I was on the project for 5 years. I was the
|only one who believed in it. Everyone else said it couldn't be done.
|
|Dr. Kaufman: It can't.
|
|Dr. Sayer: I know that now. I proved it.
(quote from IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099077/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu
And let's not forget all of the mathematicians who could not
prove Fermat's last theorem. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s_Last_Theorem
-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu
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On September-09-17 8:58 PM, Mike Palij wrote:
An article reprinted on the Forbes website (originally on
the Quiria website) tries to answer the question whether
a high level of intelligence is needed to be a successful at
business or making a LOT of money (i.e., billionaire).
Short answer: No.
For find out what is necessary, see:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/09/09/i-worked-with-elon-musk-and-learned-that-intelligence-is-not-the-key-to-success/#64c649406fd2
Of the three key points, I think the third is most important:
do something that you can monetize. Having a driving curiosity
and deep intensity in learning things and developing your
knowledge (i.e., being a scholar) that doesn't have a big
payoff is guaranteed way to be poor though intelligent.
Morale: don't become a college professor unless you
can write a best-selling textbook. 1/2 ;-)
Now for something completely different:
Best wishes to Tipsters in Florida and other areas affected
by Irma. I hope you all get through it withOUT major losses
and/or grief. Really, good luck.
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