One of the biggest strength of the human race is the ability to endure, we're talkin here about perseverance against the harshest of environments.But there are some men who being born a genius still have to endure, especially when we usually think that being naturally gifted they hardly have to do anything.
I was reading A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nassar the story of John Nash the now famous Nobel prize winning economist and whom one would connect Game Theory. While it was indeed a very moving depiction of the character by Russell Crowe in the movie the book I had only had a glimpse of it.The book therefor was a welcome read into the mind of a genius , a person above the ordinary but one who loses it all because of an illness of the mind,schizophrenia!
Schizophrenia is one of the most interesting diseases. The person has all kinds of delusions , from the fear of persecution by one's own people to an attack by aliens and even the most out of the box thoughts.When somebody said a thin line separates genius and madness they probably meant this disease.John was one of the most brilliant mathematician and economist .He believed in his superiority ,also thought some superior beings gave him those wonderful ideas. He feared the disease which would separate him from the normal people would also separate him from the beings who gave him those sudden inspirational ideas.Somewhere he had to struggle between choosing to be a normal person and being the superior but diseased individual. A lot of his lifetime is spent between the university and the remission hospital.Many of the guys commit suicide because of the severe loneliness and isolation.
Somewhere this genius struggled to be a normal person for his family after a 20 year period and had to struggle to even get his nobel prize a thing which a lot of people felt he was long overdue for , but a lot of ppl also said that he was mad and didnt deserve it.
This man now at the age of 70 is now again tryin to get into research again after being normal again and is hopeful of making his next publication.He's also struggling to cope and help his son cope with the same illness .Schizophrenia is usually heridatary and his son's story almost is similar, a promising mathematician and now schizophrenic!!!.Imagine how much would John Nash have to endure and yet he is making that effort for the publication Now thats perseverance against all odds.
Something which has really inspired me in my short stay at Doha, its been a month now and i hadnt picked up any business after a lot of calls, was only handling client issues and was frustrated. I came home early and read this book and somewhere the desire to pursue and struggle in my work with patience is my new decision.
Sothis post is a toast to John Nash, to ppl suffering from this genetic disease , which still doesnt have a proper remedy and to all those succesful people who have achieved success with perseverance. I have had two failures bcoz of lack of effort but now would love to be on the other side with my new found mantra of success - perseverance!!!
I was reading A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nassar the story of John Nash the now famous Nobel prize winning economist and whom one would connect Game Theory. While it was indeed a very moving depiction of the character by Russell Crowe in the movie the book I had only had a glimpse of it.The book therefor was a welcome read into the mind of a genius , a person above the ordinary but one who loses it all because of an illness of the mind,schizophrenia!
Schizophrenia is one of the most interesting diseases. The person has all kinds of delusions , from the fear of persecution by one's own people to an attack by aliens and even the most out of the box thoughts.When somebody said a thin line separates genius and madness they probably meant this disease.John was one of the most brilliant mathematician and economist .He believed in his superiority ,also thought some superior beings gave him those wonderful ideas. He feared the disease which would separate him from the normal people would also separate him from the beings who gave him those sudden inspirational ideas.Somewhere he had to struggle between choosing to be a normal person and being the superior but diseased individual. A lot of his lifetime is spent between the university and the remission hospital.Many of the guys commit suicide because of the severe loneliness and isolation.
Somewhere this genius struggled to be a normal person for his family after a 20 year period and had to struggle to even get his nobel prize a thing which a lot of people felt he was long overdue for , but a lot of ppl also said that he was mad and didnt deserve it.
This man now at the age of 70 is now again tryin to get into research again after being normal again and is hopeful of making his next publication.He's also struggling to cope and help his son cope with the same illness .Schizophrenia is usually heridatary and his son's story almost is similar, a promising mathematician and now schizophrenic!!!.Imagine how much would John Nash have to endure and yet he is making that effort for the publication Now thats perseverance against all odds.
Something which has really inspired me in my short stay at Doha, its been a month now and i hadnt picked up any business after a lot of calls, was only handling client issues and was frustrated. I came home early and read this book and somewhere the desire to pursue and struggle in my work with patience is my new decision.
Sothis post is a toast to John Nash, to ppl suffering from this genetic disease , which still doesnt have a proper remedy and to all those succesful people who have achieved success with perseverance. I have had two failures bcoz of lack of effort but now would love to be on the other side with my new found mantra of success - perseverance!!!
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hey all the best and cheers to ur new found perseverance....btw happy pongal :)
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