How to become a genius: a simple recipe for success

We look up to them, to be equal to their actions and examine their biographies in school. These are people who were able to change not only their lives but also for the history of our planet. Geniuses.

Karl Marx, John Lennon, Steve Jobs, Mahatma Gandhi, Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Leo Tolstoy... Everyone can continue this list on their own, drawing inspiration from their idols gallery. But these people have taken their place in the history of civilization, why they do it and what is the secret of their success? Is it possible to derive a formula that will answer all these questions? It turns out, yes.

At different times, scientists from around the world were asked these questions by studying the aspects of genius. But most fully carry out the necessary investigations were only in this age of technology, with its capability of rapid data acquisition and processing. Most of the researchers came to the conclusion that as a part of any success there are only three components: ability, experience and case

. To demonstrate how this recipe, let us turn to the history of the popular band The Beatles and a biography of Bill Gates - one of the richest men in the world.

Talent

This item will be the shortest and will not cause any issues with readers. We overfed stories about how young talents are starting to read before going, put in mind of the fraction, sitting on the pots, and complete education with excellent results a few years earlier peers.

Bill Gates from childhood he had a great memory and a passion for the exact sciences. According to his school teacher, he once literally reproduced trohstranichny monologue from the book, running his eyes once. At thirteen, I wrote the first program. Musical talents of team members The Beatles too, hardly anyone would deny. Geniuses what to say!

So, the whole point of congenital extraordinary abilities?

It turns out, no. In 1921, while still a young scientist Lewis Theremin begin a study that will be the case throughout his life. He traveled many educational institutions across the United States and with the help of special tests find the most talented students. Young geniuses. For many years, it will keep track of their lives and careers. The idea of ​​this study was the fact that we can find gifted children and grow from them geniuses. However, the results were somewhat surprising.

Over the years, only a few people from the term list have achieved good results in business or science. No one person of the world, or at least national importance. Moreover, critics have shown that if a scientist has taken to monitor a group of normal children of the same size, their success would not differ from the results of those gifted students. Disappointed scientist described the result of his many years of research: "We are convinced that the success and intelligence does not interconnected."

So, innate abilities are necessary, but are by no means a guarantee of victory? What, then, will ensure success?

Happening

This is a favorite excuse of all chronic losers, "I'm just out of luck." Let's check may, in their words really have a reason?

Bill Gates I was born into a prosperous and wealthy American family. Accordingly, he studied at the School of the most privileged of the city, in which (attention!) Had a computer. In 1968, it was considered so incredible as the current cosmodrome in your school. Then a classmate of Gates's father offered him his first job with the computer. Just a fantastic chain of coincidences!

or here The Beatles, eg. Four talented young man lived in the same city, accidentally met, formed a group. Then we got a contract to work in Hamburg. Quite incredibly, they found a great producer Epstein, who had an enormous influence on their fate. And so on, and so on - a solid string of happy coincidences.

As we can see, the event plays a huge role in the success story. But why some people are able to use every smile of fortune, while others even manage to win the lottery to the winds? Obviously, luck just is not enough, there is a third component.

Rule 10 000 hours

As part of the success of research, scientists have analyzed the biographies of many famous people and found an interesting pattern. every genius on the way to victory I had to devote not less than 10 000 hours honing skills. In other words, on whatever field or discussed, in order to achieve a level of skill commensurate with a world-class expert status, it required many months of practice. Depending on personal abilities, the figure may vary slightly, but only slightly.

Group The Beatles before the trip to Hamburg is not too different from competitors. And the guys are back there quite different, real pros. What is the reason? According to the author of the book "Geniuses and outsiders," Malcolm Gladwell, it is as follows:

From 1960 to the end of 1962 "The Beatles" were in Hamburg five times. In the first visit, they have fulfilled 106 parties of five or more hours a night. During the second visit, they played 92 times. In a third - 48 times spent on the stage, a total of 172 hours. In the last two soon, in November and December 1962, they were still 90 hours. Thus, in just a year and a half they played 270 nights. By the time when they are waiting for the first big hit, they have already given about 1,200 live concerts. Can you imagine how incredible this figure? Most bands today do not give many concerts for the entire period of its existence. Severe Hamburg school - that's what distinguishes the group "The Beatles" from everyone else.

And what is one of the richest people in the world? Many believe that Bill Gates - it's just a darling of fortune, who managed there something to steal, to cheat here and just be in the right place at the right time. But!

At thirteen, he became acquainted with computers and literally sick of them. Bill lives in a computer class, skipping lessons and recreation. In high school, he was already working in a big company software tester. For seven months in 1971, Gates and his comrades have turned out 1575 hours of virtual time that equals eight hours of work for seven days a week. When came near the computer center, Bill went there at night, because the machines were available only from three to six in the morning. As a result, by the time when he created the Microsoft, its experience in programming goes back seven years. And the number of hours worked well over 10,000. You may think it's just a darling of fortune?

So, as I promised in the title of the article, the recipe for success is simple to banality. To succeed, we need ability, luck and industry. Remove one component of this cocktail (any) and you'll be a good expert in your field. Remove the two and you will be nothing. Once all three components are made from human genius.

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