That’s why the coffee house in the Age of Enlightenment and the Parisian salons of modernism were such engines of creativity; they were spaces where many people from many different backgrounds and are...
Some people like to think that geniuses are so inherently extraordinary that they navigate their journeys with clairvoyant ease. This simply isn't true. Greatness does not come lightly. It requires...
Only in purpose can you find the strength to cross the Rubicon and march toward greatness. Goals are the milestones you create for your journey.
One of the dominant traits that define history’s greatest geniuses is their genuine interest in, love for, and dedication to the well-being of other people—a rare commodity that would guide Elizabeth...
Nobody can love what they don’t feel in their hearts.
Niagara Falls Commission, which had been charged with developing a power plant that would harness the force of the falls. The commission had solicited and rejected proposals from around the world, rev...
Most of us regard creativity in the same way we regard that statement—as a mysterious gift that can’t be explained or cultivated. But we’re wrong. Like genius itself, creativity is a process, not a pr...
Joseph Campbell said, deep down inside, we don’t seek the meaning of life, but the experience of being alive.
In 1891, in his New York City lab, Tesla proved that energy could be transmitted through the air by wirelessly lighting lamps. This discovery fascinated Tesla, sparking his lifelong obsession with wir...
If you want to learn about one of history's greatest military commanders and uncover some of his secrets of drive--drive that enabled him and his small army to first subdue all of Greece and then the...
If you believe the fearmongers, there never is a good time to start anything. Something is always wrong. There are always holes in the business model, always dangers lying below the surface, waiting t...
IQ and success are related...to a point. Sure, someone with an IQ of 150 (a genius by all normal standards) is going to do much better in life than someone with an IQ of 80 (nearly mentally disabled)....
Dr. K Anders Ericsson called the 10,000 hour rule. The rule’s premise is that, regardless of whether one has an innate aptitude for an activity or not, mastery of it takes around ten thousand hours of...
An unexpected dead end in one journey is merely an opportunity to set a new course for another.
All great geniuses are incredibly creative in their own ways. They’re able to take what is known, dream of new possibilities, and bring them into the world. Every mathematical enigma solved, every mas...
Was a dream project for Tesla, and Westinghouse was awarded the contract. Construction began immediately, and Tesla would oversee it. Progress was slow. The project was perilous and fraught with
The opportunities presented to one are just as important to success as one’s own inherent talents and willingness to put in thousands of hours of work.
Imagination is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and unders...
Every field of human endeavor, the more visionary the work, the less likely it is to be quickly understood and embraced by lesser minds. For one reason or another, many people just don’t get it.
Character-driven idea fascinated Barrios. It suggested that genius is much more than high intelligence, innate talent, extraordinary work ethic, or uncanny luck, but rather a composite manifestation;...