Describe the author's interpretation of Genius and how it differs from conventional definitions of Genius. What are the shared strategies of geniuses? How does your Genius Hour project encourage you to use some of these strategies?
He is saying how the conventional genius is different that today's perspective of a genius. We all think of Einstein, Mozart, and Darin etc. when we think of them. That is true, they are all geniuses. But, they didn't gain their success the way we think they did. You do not need a high IQ to be considered a "genius". And that is where we all go wrong. We think of the wrong characteristics in a genius.
Geniuses constantly use trial and error. When something goes wrong for me, I typically think of giving up because I think it just won't work. All the big name geniuses we know of today failed more times than they did succeed. Trial and Error is what they did. They also think of more than one way to answer a question. Yes, one answer might be the most common answer to a problem, but there is always more than one. Geniuses are constantly breaking down problems and finding as many answers as they possibly can. Also, writing down thoughts and previous work will help. Einstein wrote down almost everything he thought of tried so he could go back and look at his work to find out what will work the best.
Geniuses constantly use trial and error. When something goes wrong for me, I typically think of giving up because I think it just won't work. All the big name geniuses we know of today failed more times than they did succeed. Trial and Error is what they did. They also think of more than one way to answer a question. Yes, one answer might be the most common answer to a problem, but there is always more than one. Geniuses are constantly breaking down problems and finding as many answers as they possibly can. Also, writing down thoughts and previous work will help. Einstein wrote down almost everything he thought of tried so he could go back and look at his work to find out what will work the best.