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25 Life Lessons from Albert Einstein
Simplicity
“If you
can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” –
Albert Einstein
The more
complicated you have to make something seem, the more you do not understand the
inner workings of it. Think about the best teachers that you have had in your
life. Did they make even the most complicated topics full of vocabulary that
you did not understand or did they make it easier to understand by simplifying?
25 Life
Lessons from Albert Einstein
Creativity
“Creativity
is contagious, pass it on.” – Albert Einstein
Inspire
others to do what they love. Use your creativity to create new works, and you
never know what others will create. It’s time to let your mind create projects
and ideas that will have a domino effect throughout the world.
Hard Work and Failure
“The only
sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.” – Albert Einstein
“You
never fail until you stop trying.” -Albert Einstein
Einstein
spent most of his life working on physics theories- some never worked out and
others we know today. You never know which one will work out, but persistence
is key. You have to keep working hard and keep trying to solve your problem.
Failure doesn’t exist until you stop trying.
Live in the Present
“I never
think of the future – it comes soon enough.” -Albert Einstein
You are
only guaranteed the moment that you have right now, at this moment. You can try
to get yourself worried about the future and make plans that may not work out
according to plan. What matters most is living now, today. Do your best right
now and do not worry about tomorrow.
Be Unconventional
“I never
made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.” – Albert
Einstein
Everything
great took a process of going outside of the box and doing something
unconventional. If you continue to do the norm, then you are going to just
produce normal, conventional results. Think differently, and you may find your
answer.
Imagination
“Imagination
is the highest form of research.” – Albert Einstein
“I am
enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more
important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the
world.” – Albert Einstein
Imagination
is key. When you imagine something differently, you begin to share with others.
People begin to see the world that you imagine. Together you can create and
help each other. Take time today to daydream, imagine, and share your ideas
with others.
Work Towards the Impossible
“Only
those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible.” – Albert Einstein
If it
seems ridiculous to others and you are willing to take the risk, then you are
able to achieve the impossible. When you go beyond what others think is
reasonable, an amazing thing starts to happen. You complete what was once an
obstacle.
Value People
“We know
from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles
and well-being our own happiness depends.” – Albert Einstein
“Life
isn’t worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.” – Albert Einstein
If you
put people first, they will value you and look to you as a person who genuinely
cares about others. Spend at least a few minutes out of your busy day being
fully engaged with people without any distractions. Show them that you value
them. Thank them and send compliments their way. It will not only make their
day better, but they will appreciate it and remember what you have done for
them.
Sharing
“Student
is not a container you have to fill but a torch you have to light up.” – Albert
Einstein
Share
your ideas with others. You may light a spark that ignites someone to do what
they have always wanted. If you just hold all of your ideas and knowledge to
yourself, you are not helping others at all. What if you held the key that
would solve someone’s problems, wouldn’t you want to share it?
Be Open to Learning
“Learning
is experience. Everything else is just information.” -Albert Einstein
It’s the
journey as you learn and not just soaking up all of the information. It’s fully
diving in and learning that some things work and others do not. Learning is not
a one-size-fits-all path, but your own customized journey.
Do What is Right
“Always
do what’s right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest.” – Albert
Einstein
When you
come to the fork in the road or if your consciousness is offering you a
decision, always do what is right. You may feel that the other option will be
easier or offer you more money, but when you know that the other option will
allow you more opportunity in the future or is the right thing to do, then you
have to do it. It’s not going out and choosing the easiest decision, but taking
the time to follow your gut and do the right thing will keep you standing out
from the crowd.
1. Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.
2. Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.
3. Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
4. If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
5. A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
6. Love is a better teacher than duty.
7. If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.
8. No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.
9. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
10. Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
11. It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
12. Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
13. Force always attracts men of low morality.
14. Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.
15. A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.
16. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
17. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
18. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
19. Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
20. Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
21. Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
22. Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
23. Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
24. Information is not knowledge.
25. Never lose a holy curiosity.
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