by Craig Wright.
Seldom does one run into a book where you learn abundant interesting stuff and have fun at the same time.
Whether you are a parent, educator, music lover, student, engineer/scientist (I happen to be all of the above), you have a very good chance of finding, in the 14 chapters (plus introduction and epilogue) of the book, numerous stuff that you don’t know before, drawn from the life and work of ancient and present-day geniuses. Actually, I should also add musicians, writers, politicians and entrepreneurs (the categories I am not). Very likely, while learning the stuff, a smile will also light up your face. Some examples:
“A young musician arrives in New York City and naively asks, ‘How do you get to Carnegie Hall?’. The response: ‘Practice’”. The author adds that he tried that and it didn’t work. “Hard work has its limits.”
“Beethoven had trouble adding figures and never learned to multiply or divide.”
“The A students get hired to teach in the universities, and the B’s get relatively good jobs working for the C’s.”
"It's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that make our hearts sing." - Steve Jobs.
“What can we conclude from the foray into the minds of childlike geniuses over the centuries? That the least helpful thing we can say to our children, as well as to ourselves, is ‘Grow up’”.
I have already put the last quote into practice. I told my children NOT to tell their children to “Grow up”. Hopefully, this lesson I learned from the book will help to retain my grandkids’ child curiosity – one of the hidden habits of genius.
In summary, a scholarly and resourceful book.
Link of review in amazon.com.
2nd among 455 ratings as of 4/4/23
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