The last Einstein quote that I’ve selected for this series (pardon the one week break) is this: A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. I have been busy being clever. Very clever in fact. And I used to think clever was good, until I read this quote on @AlbertE_Quotes on Twitter. …
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Now intellectually I know that Albert Einstein is dead and he is not really following me on Twitter. But it is a great sign that my blog is effective that the person that posts Einstein quotes regularly is paying attention to my Einstein Life Hacks series. In fact, he/she has provided me some new material, …
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) first visited Princeton in 1921 — the year before he received the Nobel Prize. Einstein was said to have had this sign hanging in his office at Princeton. The sentiment is really this. You need to focus on what counts. While it is important to measure things, there are many things, such …
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One of Einsteins life rules (aka life hacks) was: “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” My son Sergey left yesterday for Panama on a sports mission trip for his school, Cambridge Christian in Tampa. While he isn’t on the school’s basketball team, …
Now this is one Einstein quote that I absolutely LOVE. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” It should be intuitively obvious that value creation is at the core of any business strategy, but it is amazing how many companies can’t articulate their true value to the customer. If you …
If there was ever a life hack that I have down pat, it is this one. Fortunately, nearly every time I make a mistake, I “get it” the first time and do not repeat it. [Note the caveat of “nearly”. Nobody is perfect. Not even Einstein.] Where mistakes become problematic is when …
As a woman, I can definitely tell that this life hack was written by a man. OK, Einstein, but still a man. “Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.” I am a firm believer in the value of focus and …
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