She was called Hollywood’s most exotic actress. But Hedy Lamarr was more than a pretty face. She was also an inventor who helped create today’s wireless world of technology. Lamarr’s success can be summed up in a single word: unconventional. She despised boredom and believed that being “interesting” was her ticket to finding opportunity in […]
I was 5 years old learning to ride my bike. We lived in an apartment complex with very little space in which to practice so I would venture out onto the street among cars and pedestrians. I can still hear my mother screaming: “Be careful!” While I was convinced she was looking out for my […]
He cut, burned and kicked 500 of his paintings because he felt they weren’t good enough. Later in life, he threatened to destroy every one of his famous paintings. French painter Claude Monet, founder of the impressionist painting style, was a perfectionist, insecure and prone to depression. But Monet also loved life and his work, […]
He was mentally ill; tried to live off just coffee, smoke and alcohol; almost never slept; and was regarded as a total failure since only one of his paintings sold when he was alive. But Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh refused to back down, going on to create hundreds of paintings, each worth millions today. […]
Nobody in history was more persistent than Thomas Edison. The story is legendary that he tried 10,000 times before succeeding in creating his light bulb. If it were not for Edison’s persistence, we might all be sitting in the dark right now. But how did Edison do it? How can we practice his incredible brand […]
Cory Galbraith 