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9 x 10 = 91
The Daily Habit For Doers
“Slowly is the fastest way to get to where you want to be.”
- André De Shields
This story about Einstein is likely apocryphal… but it still has a great lesson.
Check it out…
One day Albert Einstein wrote on the board:
9 x 1 = 9
9 x 2 = 18
9 x 3 = 27
9 x 4 = 36
9 x 5 = 45
9 x 6 = 54
9 x 7 = 63
9 x 8 = 72
9 x 9 = 81
9 x 10 = 91
The chaos started suddenly in the hall because Einstein made a mistake. This was Einstein! How could this genius get such a simple equation wrong?
Correct answer 9 × 10 =. And all his students ridiculed him.
Einstein waited for everyone to be silent and had a powerful lesson that no one soon forgot:
"Despite the fact that I analyzed nine problems correctly, no one congratulated me. But when I made one mistake, everyone started laughing. This means that even if a person is successful, society will notice his slightest mistake. And they'll like that.
So don't let criticism destroy your dreams. The only person who never makes a mistake is someone who does nothing.”
- Mike & Alec
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