Ron White's Ezine
December 9, 2005
Issue 09

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Welcome!

You'll notice a definite theme in my Ezine for this week -- Risk-Taking!! It probably gives you chills of excitement and shudders of anxiety both at the same time. Dale Carnegie says, "The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore." "The sure-thing boat", a funny way of putting it, but actually really very accurate. So many times we want to achieve success, but all the while thinking we should be able to remain in our comfort zone! So going back to the "sure-thing boat" analogy, that boat is your comfort zone -- securely docked at the harbor, anchor down, not going anywhere.

Here's a clue: If your comfort zone doesn't match up with your definition of success, you better get out and get moving! Sometimes the hardest step is the first step; that invisible barrier of fear that paralyzes so many of us. But here's my promise to you -- each step you take away from your comfort zone will be one step closer to your dreams and goals, and isn't that ABSOLUTELY worth it? So at the end of your life, you'll turn back around, view the path you've taken and be able to say with great satisfaction, "Wow, I've come a long way and accomplished many things!"

Get out of your comfort zone - Get going!

Go for more this week!
Ron White

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In This Issue.....

1. Einstein's Ability to Risk and Willingness to be Wrong by Ron White
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Guest Article - You are a Natural Born Risk-Taker! by Lisa Jimenez, M.Ed.
4. Three Very Special Offers, including Ron's Newest Release!
5. Customer Feedback
6. More Information

1. Einstein's Ability to Risk and Willingness to be Wrong by Ron White (Excerpted from How to Develop the Mind of Einstein 6-CD/Workbook Program)

The early life of Einstein gives us some clues to the great man that he would become. He was never one to dominate conversation to prove his intellect. Even as a child he didn't talk much. It has been said that he didn't talk until 3 -- there are conflicting accounts on this. However, what is not conflicting is that it took him a little longer to talk than the average child. But, we must remember that Albert Einstein was far from average.

Einstein's parents hardly coddled their first born. They gave him tremendous freedom to roam and grow. This no doubt had a positive outcome on his development. When he was just four years old, he was allowed to roam the neighborhood alone. Believe it or not his parents even encouraged him to cross the street on his own at this young age. They watched behind the first few times to ensure that he looked both ways, but soon he was on his own doing this.

Now, keep in mind when he was crossing the street he wasn't dodging Fords, Chevrolets, Mercedes or cars with a lot of horse power -- he was dodging only horsepower. In other words, he was dodging horse drawn carriages. But, it was still very dangerous for this young child. In our world today, I would not encourage my four year old to roam the neighborhood alone or even allow him near the street. With that being said, the principles of self-reliance and risk that Einstein's parents implemented in his life are ones that we can perhaps model on a smaller scale. Einstein certainly modeled this behavior with his own son on a smaller scale.

In his late twenties, Einstein moved to Zurich with his first wife, Mileva, and their son. Friedrich Adler was living near Einstein and they became great friends. They would often get together to share ideas. Often times their sons would get rowdy and it would be hard for them to talk. Many parents would barge in and tell their sons to be quiet, that they are having a meeting. Not Adler and Einstein, these great thinkers would climb into the attic to carry on their conversation. They allowed their boys to grow and explore even if it was noisy.

His freedom as a child and the freedom he gave his son was, in part, due to his attitude on failure. He was not afraid to fail. After all, he tackled some of the most perplexing questions of our universe. Many would have shied away from tackling these questions simply because the rate of failure seemed extraordinarily high. However, it is evident that Einstein was not afraid to be wrong or to fail.

When Einstein was 50 years old, reporters were hounding Einstein for an interview during which he was working on a unified field theory. Putting the "unified field theory" into layman’s terms, this meant he was working on a theory that would put the entire universe into a mathematical equation, and he had the attention of the world. Reporters parked outside his home in hopes of an interview. Many kept all night vigils waiting for the story. As a rule, Einstein did not chase the spotlight and dodged the requests often. It was the same in this instance as well. He did, however, allow an interview with one reporter from the New York Times. You see the New York Times was edited by Carr Van Anda, and Van Anda had found an error in a previous Einstein's equation. Image that! The editor of the New York Times finding an error in the math of Einstein! Don’t you think that Einstein must have been irate that the editor would point this out? He must have been insulted. Actually, on the contrary, Einstein was impressed and that is the reason he allowed an interview to this reporter from the New York Times. You see Einstein was not afraid to be wrong, and when corrected he was not insulted.

At Princeton, Albert Einstein was more like a kindly uncle. When he arrived in 1935, and was asked what he would require for his study, he replied, "A desk, some pads and a pencil, and a large wastebasket - to hold all of my mistakes."

Albert Einstein spent his last two decades trying to reconcile quantum physics with relativity. His holy grail -- a so-called "Unified Field Theory" -- eluded him. He once casually mentioned to a colleague that he was on the verge of his "greatest discovery ever," before admitting that "it didn't pan out" just two weeks later.

One day in his twilight years, he received a letter from a 15-year-old girl asking for help with a homework assignment. She soon received a curious reply: a page full of unintelligible diagrams, along with an attempt at consolation: "Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics," Einstein told her, "I can assure you that mine are much greater!"

The man who was the greatest success at mathematics also failed a lot at them. But that didn't stop him from moving forward.

Not only was he willing to risk at math, he also risked when he gambled. While attending a physics symposium in Las Vegas one year, Albert Einstein, to the astonishment of many of his sober-minded colleagues, spent a fair amount of time at the craps and roulette tables.

"Einstein is gambling as if there were no tomorrow," an eminent physicist remarked one day. "What troubles me," another replied, "is that he may know something!"

Too often in life, we attempt to spend all our energy demonstrating how we are right instead of accepting constructive criticism and getting better. This is not true of Einstein. Not only was he not afraid of being wrong, he was not afraid of being corrected. Inquire of yourself, ask yourself honestly: How do you respond when you are corrected? Do you lash out or are you grateful?

If you want to develop the mind of Einstein. You must not be afraid to fail and allow yourself the opportunity to fail. Herman Melville put it this way, "He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great."

Thomas Edison when he was constructing the light bulb built 1,000 prototypes that did not work before he successfully built the one that we still use today and will forever. A reporter asked Edison how it felt to fail 1,000 times. Edison replied, "You misunderstand. I did not fail 1,000 times. I successfully found 1,000 ways that the light bulb would not work." Edison, like Einstein, did not view failure the way so many do. They viewed it as acceptable and a way to learn and grow.

The fear of failure could have paralyzed Einstein and Edison, yet it did not. What about you? Are you so paralyzed with fear that you have settled for mediocrity? Don't allow that to happen. Embrace risk and failure. Learn that it is okay to be wrong, and run headlong into the rewards of risk as Einstein did.

Ron White

This article is excerpted from Ron White's, How to Develop the Mind of Einstein 6-CD/Workbook series. One of the featured products in Ron's 3 Great Gift-Giving Ideas product offer. For more information, scroll down to #4 below or visit http://memory.yoursuccessstore.com or call 877-929-0439.

2. Quotes of The Week

RISK-TAKING

"There are 100 men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune." -- J. Paul Getty

"Don't 'take care', take a risk!" -- Denis Waitley

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out." -- Arthur Koestler

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain

"When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose the bolder." -- William Joseph Slim

"Someone once asked me what I want on my epitaph when I pass away. Just the words – 'I tried.' That's what this game of life is all about. Trying. There's the tryers, the criers and the liars." -- Mickey Rooney

"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." -- William Shakespeare

"The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises – it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbook -- it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security." -- John F. Kennedy

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." -- David Lloyd George

"If you want to catch beasts you don't see everyday,
You have to go places quite out-of-the-way.
You have to go places no others can get to.
You have to get cold, and you have to get wet, too." -- Dr. Seuss

 

3. Guest Article - You are a Natural Born Risk-Taker! by Lisa Jimenez, M.Ed.

Think of the little child who sees a set of stairs for the very first time. What goes through that little one’s mind when they look up at that amazing sight? If you know children, then you know they would think, "Wow! I've got to get to the top!" They wouldn't say, "I've got to get to the top! But, wait. It might be too risky. What would my mom say? I might get in trouble. What would my friends say back at the sandbox? They might judge me. What would happen if I fell? I might get hurt. No. It's too risky. I'll just stay right down here where it’s safe."

Yeah, right. Like that would ever be said by an 18 month old!

A young child would see the staircase. Look up to the top. Say, "I've got to get to the top!" And he would begin!

Well, my friend, you know this little child. This little one is YOU! You were once 18 months old. You once had all the bold, daring, imaginative zest for life! Ask your parents what you were like when you were young. It is in your very nature to risk. So, what happened? And how do you get this abandoned excitement back?

Well, I believe LIFE happened. And somewhere along the way you lost your natural, risk taking ability. However, the truth is, if at one time you had it, then you can get it back! Call on your inborn risk-taking ability and take the first step of your staircase of success!

You are a Natural Born Risk-Taker!

Have a great day!
Lisa Jimenez M.Ed.

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Dear Ron, to read something like this at the crack of dawn truly makes your day! Thank you so much for infusing much more positive strokes, and even though I am a believer and set very high standards for myself, there are times when you slip a couple of steps down the ladder... it has happened, but I keep reading so much of motivational and inspirational stuff that I love my life - yes, there is always room for improvement but the bottom line for me is that, I should feel confident that I have put my best foot forward. The only one person I compete with is MYSELF. Thanks Ron & God bless you.
-- Marolla

Dear Ron, this is the first ever ezine of yours that I happened to read. It was thoroughly stimulating, each word of it coming straight from the heart penetrated straight into the heart. I now look forward eagerly to your next ezine. You are indeed doing a great job. I am from Pakistan. It was heartening to see a 'Hadith' under the quotes. You have an open mind and can collect and present gems of wisdom from everywhere without prejudice. A great humanistic quality. Keep up the immensely beneficial work serving mankind. With Profound Regards.
-- Batool Azra


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