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Some simple wisdom always trumps Bollocks and BS — Live, learn, & love…

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I believe there is nothing in this world that tops wisdom — because wisdom not only requires experience but a deep commitment to do the right things.

As Albert Einstein used to say: “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”

Einstein was always a brave non-conformist, a thinker without borders, and a Free Mind, and that is why he was always in trouble with the authorities and the powers to be.

He dared to defy convention, and upend the world of Physics and Quantum mechanics and in essence all of our understanding of the Cosmos and the Universe.

Was there causation, correlation, or circumstance, that Einstein’s anti-conformist spin, resulted in his non-conventional thinking, that ushered in a New Era of Physics and the Atomic Age?

Why you think my grandfather Winston Churchill sent agents to spirit him out of Germany and thus saved Einstein’s life, when the Nazis wanted to assassinate him in open day light just for the accident of his birth Mother’s DNA ?

Why do you think the supposedly friendly, academically wise and worldly German Physicists who supposedly believed that “Ad Hominem” attacks have no place in a University of Higher Teaching, yet as Good Germans and as Good Nazis, had his books burned, his teachings removed, his house trashed, his library burned and even had his violin broken and burned?

Why do you think the German newspaper of record Bill Zeitung had a front page article asking, “When is Einstein going to hang from the gallows?”

Why after his escape in 1933 the German NAZI Fuhrer Adolf Hitler placed a $20,000 Reich Marks bounty, on Albert Einstein’s head ?

Why do you think my grandfather Winston Churchill, who at the time was far from any levers of power, he still arranged through the Admiralty where he was beloved, a slew of Naval Intelligence secret agents to use all their powers inside Germany to quietly meet & extricate, safely transport, settle & hide, and most importantly, to ferociously guard Einstein in a secret outpost of an ancient grand estate in Norfolk?

And to top it all up, Einstein’s minders in full subterfuge — were beautiful women, all dressed up as hunters, with powerful shotguns and the training necessary to fend off any attempt by the Nazi agents to kill Albert E. while they were all trying to blend in the peaceful countryside living simply in a thatched old hunting grounds croft, away from Lord Rutherford’s Grand old Palace, now a simple pile of ruins…

But all the subterfuge was rather necessary, because this is where they were able to cooperate and download the Great Minds’ ideas, about stealing the Belgian Congo’s uranium from the Belgians, and this is where the beginning on the vaunted “Tube Alloys” project, the vital secret British atomic work begun.

Indeed this “Tube Alloys” was the precursor to the Manhattan project and the creation of the Atom bomb, and it was Einstein both in England and in America, who motivated the two stanchions of Democracy’s leadership, to act boldly in the pursuit of Atomic weapons that will surely would bring about the ultimate Victory for the side that had managed the incredible power unleashed from very little mass of atoms colliding in an E=MC2 way of Physics.

Surely, that’s why…

I bet the fvckin NAZIs still regret destroying Einstein’s home, library, wardrobe, burning his books and destroying his most treasured procession, his violin.

Indeed, karma is a bad bitch to mess with…

This is what the Great Physicist had to say about these days:

‘I Shall Never Forget the Kindness’

This is how England Helped Albert Einstein Escape Nazi Germany

Portrait of Albert Einstein Delivering Speech
Professor Albert Einstein, who has taken up residence in England as a refugee from Nazi threats, was among the prominent speakers who addressed a great gathering at the Royal Albert Hall in London, recently, to aid the Jewish Refugee Fund. Commander Locker Lampson, M.P., Lord Rutherford and Sir Austen Chamberlain were among the principal speakers of the meeting. Photo shows Professor Einstein during the delivery of his speech. October 1933.Bettmann/Getty Images

In September 1933 — a few months after exiling himself forever from his German home in Berlin where he had lived since 1914 — Albert Einstein found himself unexpectedly dwelling alone in a thatched wooden holiday hut located in a wild rural area of Norfolk in eastern England, close to the sea near the coastal town of Cromer. He was far from being on holiday, however. The hut was a secret refuge to avoid a rumored attempt at assassination by agents acting for the Nazi regime in Germany; Einstein was guarded with guns by a small group of local English people, led by a Conservative member of parliament who was also a decorated veteran of the First World War.

During March–April, shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power, Einstein had publicly criticized the repressive policies of
the new National Socialist government; resigned from the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin; applied for release from his Prussian (German) citizenship; and found a temporary home
 for himself and his wife on the coast of nearby Belgium. In response, he had been relentlessly attacked in the German press,
 and his scientific works had been publicly burned in Berlin. The government had confiscated his and his wife’s bank accounts. Their summer villa near Berlin had reportedly been searched for arms — on the grounds that Einstein was treasonously spreading Communist-influenced “atrocity propaganda” against Germany from abroad. One especially prominent anti-Semitic German publication about Jews, approved by the government’s propaganda chief Josef Goebbels, showed a photograph of Einstein with the sinister caption in capital letters: “BIS JETZT UNGEHAENGT,”
 that is, “not yet hanged.”

Soon Einstein was widely thought to be public enemy number one of the Nazis. He was given round-the-clock police protection by the Belgian royal family. However, he tried to evade the policemen’s watchful eyes and did not take rumors of an attack on him too seriously, despite his awareness of the disturbing history of political assassination in post-war Germany, which had claimed several lives including, most notoriously, that of Germany’s foreign minister, Walther Rathenau, a friend of Einstein and a prominent Jew, who was murdered in Berlin in broad daylight in 1922. (Rathenau’s photo was captioned “executed.”) As a long-standing devotee of sailing, Einstein was indifferent to danger or death, to the extent that he refused to carry life-jackets or life-belts on board his sailing-boat — even though he had never learned to swim.

Then, on Aug. 30, 1933, Nazi extremists shot an associate of Einstein in Czechoslovakia, the controversial German-Jewish philosopher Theodor Lessing, whose photo had also been captioned
 ”not yet hanged” — for which the assassins were immediately honored in Germany. Within days, press reports appeared suggesting that Einstein was next in line, and mentioning a hefty financial reward placed on his head. Even so, Einstein shrugged his shoulders. He told a Paris-based correspondent: “I really had no idea my head was worth all that.” As for the threat, “I have no doubt it is really true, but in any case I await the issue with serenity.” To his hugely anxious wife, Elsa, he argued: “When a bandit is going to commit a crime he keeps it secret” — according to a local press statement she made in early September, reported in the New York Times. Nonetheless, shortly after this, Elsa Einstein successfully insisted that her husband immediately go “on the run” from possible Nazi retribution.

He discreetly departed from Belgium, took a boat across the English Channel and headed for London. But instead of going from London to his familiar berth in a historic Oxford college, he was soon settled in the depths of the English countryside.

Albert Einstein with His Secretary and Oliver Lampson
Professor Albert Einstein, famous scientist who sought refuge in England from Nazi persecution, is working out new intricate mathematical problems at the holiday camp of Commander Oliver L. Lampson, near Cromer. When it was reported that there was a price placed on the scientist’s head, Lampson placed a guard of men armed with rifles around the camp. Here, in 1933, is Professor Einstein reading outside the little log cabin in which he is living and working. With him is his secretary, Miss B. Howard, and Commander Lampson. Behind them can be seen one of the armed guards. Bettmann/Getty Images

There, in the holiday hut on Roughton Heath near Cromer, Einstein lived and toiled peacefully at mathematics — the unified field theory, based on his general theory of relativity, which would occupy him until his dying day — while occasionally stepping out for local walks or to play his violin. He had no library, of course, but this mattered relatively little to Einstein, who had long relied chiefly on his own thoughts and calculations; all he really missed was his faithful calculating assistant, who had stayed behind in Belgium. For about three weeks, Einstein was largely undisturbed by outsiders, except for a visit from the sculptor Jacob Epstein, who modeled a remarkable bronze bust of the hermit Einstein, today on permanent display at London’s Tate Gallery.

From this undisclosed location, Einstein informed a British newspaper reporter in mid-September: “I shall become a naturalized Englishman as soon as it is possible for my papers to go through.” However, “I cannot tell you yet whether I shall make England my home.”

In early October, he emerged from hiding, in order to speak at a meeting in London intended to raise funds for desperate academic refugees from Germany. “Without our long fought-for western European freedom of mind” stated Einstein, in front of a gripped audience overflowing the massive Royal Albert Hall: “there would have been no Shakespeare, no Goethe, no Newton, no Faraday, no Pasteur and no Lister.”

Afterwards, on the steps of the Royal Albert Hall, he told another newspaper reporter:

“I could not believe that it was possible that such spontaneous affection could be extended to one who is a wanderer on the face of the earth. The kindness of your people has touched my heart so deeply, that I cannot find words to express in English what I feel. I shall leave England for America at the end of the week, but no matter how long I live I shall never forget the kindness which I have received from the people of England.”

Einstein’s flight from Nazi terror is easily understandable. But despite his long and enriching relationship with Britain, dating back to his teenage encounters with British physics in Switzerland, after he left the country for America in 1933, he was never to return to Europe.

Adapted from Einstein on the Run: How Britain Saved the World’s Greatest Scientist by Andrew Robinson, available from Yale University Press.

Yet today, we have all seen the benefit of Einstein’s work as we all live inside the Atomic Era, and also as we prepare ourselves for the post Atomic era to come…

We live in an era of long peace because of that, and yet we pay little attention to the realities of this Man’s life and allow ourselves to deceive our senses that tell us clearly, loudly and unambiguously: You can’t live in peace with the serpents that were spawn from the eggs of the Nazi serpents, so many years ago and we have to fight them every single day, with force of will and genius of intellect — if we are to survive as a Free People.

The fight is far from over and we cannot allow ourselves the luxury of working on our equations on our own corner of the world — but we need to militate and fight force with force.

Because, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.”
These words, often attributed to Winston Churchill, encapsulate a powerful truth about the journey of overcoming failures, disasters & obstacles. These words remind us that setbacks are not the end of the road, but merely detours, diversions, and often secret passage ways on the path to success.

So, when life throws challenges your way, remember: it’s not about how many times you fall, but how many times you rise again. Each stumble is an opportunity to learn, grow, and come back even stronger.
Keep pushing forward, keep striving for greatness, for it is in the persistence of effort that dreams are realized and destinies fulfilled.

Einstein was not just the man of the 20th century, as recognized in 2001, but he was the most thoughtful Physicist who dod not care, about any of the niceties of Victorian Physics and of their dovetailing nicely with Newtonian physics — but came into the china-shop like the proverbial Bull riding Europa.

And he broke more than teapots, dainty cups, and porcelain dolls…

He broke all the rules, and had the mathematical equations to prove it. He did that because he knew he was right, that light was a bender…

And through his precarious, rather tumultuous, and fairly uncertain life, he also proved that because he bend, and even broke all the Rules of Physics, he finally found his own unique path to success.

And the most expensive payback that any criminal ever got, was the Atomic bomb that terminally defeated the Axis allies, the Nazis, the Fascists and the Japanese imperialists who saw the receiving end of Einstein’s broken violin in the form of Atomic bombs illuminating the cause of the Atomic Age that Albert Einstein ushered into our living reality.

So perhaps, the lesson he bequeathed us here, is that in a world filled with normative hate, fascist rules, imperial expectations, and NAZI boundaries — it is often the rule-breakers who make the biggest impact, achieve the greatest success, and even save our lives in the balance.

So, go be an outlier…

Be bold.

Be boundless.

Break something along the way and mend everything you find broken.

Go ahead — bend the light and the universe to your will. It’s the only way to achieve anything of great import.

Here’s why being bold enough to break the rules can be the key to unlocking your full potential:

On all instances of invention, innovation and creativity: Established rules, norms, and legacy systems — are meant to be challenged.

By breaking free from conventional thinking and embracing innovation and creativity, we open ourselves up to new inventions, possibilities and opportunities.

At the end of the day, it’s always the rule-breakers who push the boundaries of what’s possible, and pave the way for progress, innovation, and growth.

Risk-Taking, Experimentation, and Resilience, bring the measure of success that rarely comes without taking risks. By breaking the rules, we demonstrate our willingness to take calculated risks and venture into uncharted territory.

Even if we stumble along the way, it’s our resilience and determination that ultimately lead us to success.

Authenticity and Individuality: Rules can sometimes stifle individuality and authenticity. By breaking free from the constraints of societal norms, we embrace our true selves and unleash our full potential.

It’s the rule-breakers who stand out from the crowd and leave a lasting impact on the world.

Flexibility, Adaptability and Agility, are the call signs of Successful Evolution, in a rapidly changing world. Don’t take my word for it. Ask the Stoics, and old Socrates, or more recently the evolutionary biology naturalist, Charles Darwin, who first said that the ability to maintain our flexibility, to adapt and to pivot, is essential for our survival, let alone for our success as a person and even as a specie in whole.

In our lives, through it remains important to know that by breaking the rules, we demonstrate our agility, flexibility, and adaptability, in navigating uncertain times, difficult terrain, and resource diminished circumstances.

Indeed, it is the basic benevolent, intuitive, and intelligent rule-breakers, who after suffering ridicule, dismissal, and scorn, even assassination attempts — come back, spring back up, and thrive through resilience in dynamic environments, because their necessity to survive, guides them to seize all openings, opportunities, and operational sequences of life, as segways to their moment in the sun.

That is what they do first thing as they arise from bed each morning.

New path making is part trailblazing, part leadership, and part breaking free from conventions about the rules of the game, but it isn’t just about defying norms. It is about seeking fresh solutions, inventing tomorrow’s standards, and setting new examples of leadership.

After all, It’s always the rule-breakers who blaze trails, challenge the status quo, and inspire others to follow in their footsteps.

And because they are the catalysts for change and progress — they discomfit all of the well placed functionaries of the Victorian Era who seek to simply maintain the existing Status Quo and are thus unwilling to see past their noses.

So, if you want to truly succeed in life, don’t be afraid to break the rules. Embrace your inner rebel, trust your instincts, and dare to defy expectations.

Because it’s only by challenging the rules that we can rewrite the script of our own success.

This is all of what I learned from personal experience … and must also tell you to not forget to live a little…

So, be yourself, and develop into the role model you want to be. Do not ever try to be another person. In fact, never compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

Don’t take anything at face value. Lots of bullshit artists out there. Learn how to identify them. Equally important: Always challenge the conventional and don’t let anyone mold your mind. Have debates, be an independent thinker, don’t be a snowflake.

Fight not for your abundance but for the abundance of others and you will see how your life will turn around. Trust your instincts, know what you want, and believe in your ability to achieve it.

No matter how much money you make, stay humble. Power does not roar. Real powerful people do not shout out loud and show off. With real powerful people, you sense their power without them uttering a word.

Don’t ever showcase your gifts, your ills, or your wealth, or even talk about money, politics, or faith to anyone, and most important is to never brag about yourself & your successes or bemoan yourself and your failures.

Complaining is a curse. Do not do that at any cost. First of all because nobody cares to hear it, and second, because it doesn’t help you at all.

Best to leave the bragging to others, and know that no matter what they say — when people talk about you, you have already won.

Connect with the right people. At the end of day, you become the average of the ten closest people you spend time with.

Most important, thing is to not burn bridges with anyone. You will only live to regret it.

Think bigger than life, cause the worst thing at the end of your life, is regretting what you should have done.

Frame every so-called failure, disaster, vanquishing, beating with, or without bloodshed, as education crowned with this question:

“Will this matter in the length of time?”

Be relentless in your pursuit of excellence; never ever give up. Most importantly, quit bitching, stitching, and moaning. Overnight success is a ten to twenty years journey from beginning to end.

And that is a good instance of careful, successful, & long term project management experience. Approach it as such…

Enjoy the journey, it is not an end game. At the end of the day never forget that your wealth is your knowledge, and your whole net worth is your Human Capital surrounding you. In short, your network of people. Make that count. Award and reward them for being there…

Life isn’t fair, get used to it. And if you feel that it is way too short not to enjoy it — live it up. In fact, some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life, tend to come wrapped in a crown of thorns. Believe it. Make peace with your past, so it won’t screw up the present, and fvck up your future…

Most important is to not take yourself so seriously.

Trust me — no one else does.

Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have, not what you need. Life is a gift. It’s never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.

Love, and give love a chance…

The best is yet to come.

Time heals everything. Except lies and death…

Give time, time.

Yours,

Dr Churchill

PS:

I don’t believe you have achieved real success hoping that your kids will outdo you.

Kicking the can down the road for the next generation is neither wisdom, nor intelligence, and certainly it is not a sign of any actual parenting, teaching, or even leadership.

If you really want to have your kids surpass you in this world — strongly believe every generation has to outdo the other.

Competitin always brings the best out of all of us.

Hence challenging your kids is real key when raising them.

Your kids maybe your future but they are not your legacy to this world.

And with the Nuclear clock being stuck at 90 seconds before midnight — your kids and mine, might not even exist long in this world.

Please — never forget that.


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