meme,
I don't believe I've heard of him before. Those are interesting maxims by Einstein. I'll keep reading.
While Einstein is right that imagination is generally more important than smarts, my own opinion is that Work Ethic/Ambition is more important than either.
I break intelligence into three components. 1) Raw smarts. The ability to figure things out. 2) Memory. There's no getting around it. 3) Ambition. Nothing gets done without it.
I never gave much thought to imagination as a fourth component. I suppose I'd lump it in with raw smarts, though.
I had a friend in High school who wasn't really very smart but got straight A's. The guy worked his butt off. When he wasn't studying, he was building homes. He might have been valedictorian, but for the B's he got in P.E. and graduating a year early.
Would he have made Mensa? Never. How about his SAT scores? Just so-so. That's what I mean about his not really having smarts. But he went to a good university and got his electrical engineering degree. Then he went on to McGeorge Law School (the one Justice Kennedy was teaching at when he was promoted to the Supreme court) and is now a Sacramento lawyer with his own practice.
My friend is a very successful guy today who I know to only be "average" in the smarts department. But with an exceptional work ethic, and a good memory, he more than made up for it.
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