3/11 Is Genius Born or Can It Be Learned?

Have you ever wondered why someone is successful and others are not? Or have you ever wondered can you be a Steve Jobs one day in the future if you work hard (not dead of course, I mean the achievements he did and personal influences to the world)? I believe success does not come without reasons and it definitely takes time to make it happen. However, what are these factors to success?

Links for reading materials:

http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/27/genius-innovation-oreilly-technology-breakthroughs_genius.html

http://www.businesswings.co.uk/articles/Genius-Born-Or-Made

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-12140064

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1879593,00.html

Questions:

1. Have you ever met someone who is really talented (in music, painting, sports, etc.)? What distinctive characteristics did they have?

2. Do you have friends who were not exceptionally excellent at school but are successful when they grow up? Or the other way round? Share your stories with us.

3. In your opinion, do you think genius is born or can it be learned?

4. What kind of education do you think is best fitted with geniuses? (Invent one if it does exist in the real life)

5. If your life can be restarted, do you want to be a genius? Why?