Geniuses are made not born 2

Geniuses Are Made, Not Born!
Ahmed Soliman
Saturday, May 8, 2010

Warning!

This talk might
change your way of
thinking!

“genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent
perspiration”

-- Thomas Edison


To be Truer... -- Thomas Edison

1%
29%

Inspiration
Good Instruction and Encouragement
Perspiration

70%


Inspiration

Why it’s not
there?


Convergent Thinking


Resource 1 Experience

Resource 2 Resource 3


We ask questions like


What’s going on?
Why is this happening?
What’s the solution of ...?


Divergent Thinking


Possibility Possibility Possibility

Knowledge
Experience
Etc.

questions


Again, like


What happens if ....?
What else could we do?


That was cool
What else is wrong?


Knowledge islands

Build bridges

Thank you son.
Anything else?

We take too many
things for granted*

*learn to look into details

Become a philosopher

Inspiration comes
when ...

• Learn about convergent and divergent
thinking
• Ask why, how.
• Build a correlated knowledge base.
• become a philosopher.


Perspiration

Sisyphus*

*what’s the purpose of what you are doing?

SELECT `purpose` WHERE
`purpose` = ‘goal’;

Ok, I got it...
But long or short
term?


Can I have a long
term goal?


FACTS
Let me tell you some


10 top in-demand jobs
in 2010....


Did not exist in 2004!


What does that tell YOU?


You simply↓


Think agile

Think Iterative


Accept changes
between steps


Experiment different
approaches


Ever
Thought

about
Sprints?

Small is BIG
*start with something small that you can stick to


deﬁne artifacts*

*Visual results make you happy

SET
ALWAYS
TIME
LIMITS

Keep your engines
running

• It’s a MUST to have short-term goals.
• Think agile/iterative *sprints?
• Think small but persistent.
• Deﬁne your work by artifacts.
• Stick to time limits


1%
29%

Inspiration
Good Instruction and Encouragement
Perspiration

70%


Instruction/Encouragement

Invest in ⇒YOU⇐


Build network of
mentors*

*only successful mentors

Deﬁne artifacts


Deﬁne artifacts
Didn’t I say that before?!


work in a team
Or build one
Or join one

Ok --You got the point :)

Join CAT *

* or maybe any “good” team if any.

Thank You!
www.ahmedSoliman.com


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