What Can You Learn from Successful People

I like to study very successful people to learn from them. One thing I look for is how they add simplicity to their lives. One person I have studied is Albert Einstein. Here is what he taught me about a simple life:

Laugh often

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.

Einstein had a very good way to make people laugh. To him, it was a serious business, indeed. He made people think while making them smile with almost all of his work.

My lesson learned is to not take myself so seriously. And laugh often.

Keep pushing

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

Einstein was often frustrated with the state of his times and felt that the world would require a substantially new manner of thinking to survive. But that did not mean he was without hope. He knew the rules of the game as much as the next guy and an important rule was always to keep pushing.

My lesson learned is to keep going despite indifference, and even when I feel discouraged with my work.

A simple life