EINSTEIN'S FORMULA for SUCCESS

"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." -- Albert Einstein

The other day I printed out a paper called Einstein's Formula for

Success by Ron White for my 11 year old son. Einstein has always been kind of a hero for him. People pick different heroes. My son picked Einstein.

And as a result, I have been able to teach him a number of valuable lessons about life by relating (Einstein Humor here!) his life and theories to everyday situations.

This morning I found the above quote about not trying to be a success...by Albert Einstein.

Interesting enough, it is a scientific and philosophical premise that just because one CAN do a thing, it does not mean one SHOULD do a thing.

And, of course, as many of you know...much of Albert's work regarding atomic energy he spent much of the rest of his life trying to keep others from using for war and destruction.

Yes, we could build an atomic bomb, but we should not do so, he would say. We did. And this saddened Einstein tremendously. He was a No Nukes guy, in the end.

But anyways...Einstein has this formula for Success.

He had a formula for most everything...except where to find a comb, apparently.

And the formula goes like this:

Einstein said, "If A equals success, then the formula is: A=X+Y+Z.

X is work.

Y is play.

Z is keep your mouth shut."

I know. I Know. It's algebra. But it's not quantum physics or anything. We'll get through it...here...take my hand....

A is success.

And to get success, ultimately, Einstein said that you needed the sum total of three elements.

First, you start with an atom of ionized plutonium....

NO

That's a different formula.

First, you measure each of the three elements...work, play, keep your mouth shut....and you combine them in such a way to produce A (success).

Easy enough.

99 parts WORK (X) + 1 part PLAY (Y) + 0 parts SILENCE (Z) = A (Success).

See...we've done it!

Except...is that Success to you?

Working 99 percent of the time...?

Never shutting up????

So although Einstein gave us this formula, he didn't tell us what particular MIX was right for each of us.

For a monk in India it might be 10 parts WORK, 5 parts PLAY and 85 parts SILENCE.