07-14-2008, 05:46 PM
"What can we learn from genius people?"
We know that genius people don’t disregard their youth. What does it mean? Does it mean a strong confidence at a young age? It’s more than that. It’s the belief, very strong belief in his/her talent. Besides it seems that they have the inner drive to create. They feel that they are in a mission. And they don’t have any doubts about this.
Let’s consider, for example poets. Should a genius poet admit the thought that somebody else, more experienced one, must write about love and not he, because of his young age? No, he never admits such thoughts. He has an absolute belief that all he needs to care about is to create poems.
The same is true about scientists. When they feel that their discovery is the true reflection of the nature, who can stop them? Their youth? When they get to the depth of knowledge, who can shake their incomparable feeling of discovery?
So, what can you learn from genius people? One very important thing: not to disregard your young age or your talent. You may think “Never have I disregarded myself”. But wait a minute. May be you do this in a subtle way. Your subconscious might play some tricking games with you. First of all you may think: “ I am young. And it’s just natural and reasonable to admit that I am not ready to become yet a famous poet. My age doesn’t tell me a lie, does it?” But have you given a thought that Mozart began developing his talent at the age of six?
The inner voice of self-disregarding sounds like this: “I can not do this because I am young”. There are more experienced people, who can do the job. I will be on the side watching how they create. I am ready to follow their lead, after all they are older, they know better”. Have you noticed here the attitude of diminishing your personality and your qualities and "raising up" someone else above yourself? Self-disregard inhibits the creative action, including an early and strong action. But a creative person knows the truth expressed in the Chinese proverb: “Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow”.
We know that genius people don’t disregard their youth. What does it mean? Does it mean a strong confidence at a young age? It’s more than that. It’s the belief, very strong belief in his/her talent. Besides it seems that they have the inner drive to create. They feel that they are in a mission. And they don’t have any doubts about this.
Let’s consider, for example poets. Should a genius poet admit the thought that somebody else, more experienced one, must write about love and not he, because of his young age? No, he never admits such thoughts. He has an absolute belief that all he needs to care about is to create poems.
The same is true about scientists. When they feel that their discovery is the true reflection of the nature, who can stop them? Their youth? When they get to the depth of knowledge, who can shake their incomparable feeling of discovery?
So, what can you learn from genius people? One very important thing: not to disregard your young age or your talent. You may think “Never have I disregarded myself”. But wait a minute. May be you do this in a subtle way. Your subconscious might play some tricking games with you. First of all you may think: “ I am young. And it’s just natural and reasonable to admit that I am not ready to become yet a famous poet. My age doesn’t tell me a lie, does it?” But have you given a thought that Mozart began developing his talent at the age of six?
The inner voice of self-disregarding sounds like this: “I can not do this because I am young”. There are more experienced people, who can do the job. I will be on the side watching how they create. I am ready to follow their lead, after all they are older, they know better”. Have you noticed here the attitude of diminishing your personality and your qualities and "raising up" someone else above yourself? Self-disregard inhibits the creative action, including an early and strong action. But a creative person knows the truth expressed in the Chinese proverb: “Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow”.