To my parents, Joan and Sandy Gelb, whose example brings to life these sacred words:
Happy are those who find wisdom
She is more precious than jewels,
And nothing you desire can compare with her
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
The Talmud says, In the world to come each of us will be called to account for all the good things God put on earth that we refused to enjoy. My wish for you is that you will use the wisdom of these great characters to keep that session as brief as possible.
MICHAEL J. GELB
CONTENTS
: On the Shoulders of Giants
Deepening Your Love of Wisdom
Expanding Your Perspective
Going Perpendicular:
Strengthening Your Optimism, Vision, and Courage
Revolutionizing Your Worldview
Wielding Your Power with Balance and Effectiveness
Cultivating Your Emotional Intelligence
Celebrating Your Freedom in the Pursuit of Happiness
Developing Your Power of Observation and Opening Your Mind
Applying the Principles of Spiritual
Genius to Harmonize Spirit, Mind, and Body
Unleashing Your Imagination and Combinatory Play
: I Link, Therefore I Am
: Work and Days: Timelines of Genius
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Genius Timelines
Works and Days: Timelines of Genius
428 B.C. : | Born: Athens, Greece. |
409-404: | In military service during the Peloponnesian War. |
407: | Begins friendship and study with Socrates. |
403: | Democracy returns to Athens; Plato considers politics. |
399: | Mentor Socrates sentenced to death. |
388-87: | First of three trips to southern Italy. |
379: | Creation of the Academy. |
367: | Second trip to southern Italy: At Dions request, tutors Dionysius II in the ways of the Philosopher King. |
362: | Third trip to southern Italy: Tutors Dionysius II. |
348: | Dies: Athens, Greece. |
529 A.D.: | Academy shut down by Christian Emperor Justinian. |
1377: | Born: Florence, Italy. |
1401: | Enters design competition for doors of Florence Baptistry. |
1407: | While studying architecture in Rome, poor health forces him to return to Florence. |
1409: | Manetto practical joke played upon Il Grasso. |
1418: | Church of San Lorenzo construction in Florence begins. |
1420: | Introduces use of perspective in designing two panels depicting Florence; begins construction of dome at Florence Cathedral. |
1429: | Church of San Lorenzo construction in Florence ends. |
1436: | Completes dome. |
1445: | Designs dykes for Florence. |
1446: | Dies: Florence, Italy. |
1451: | Born: Genoa, Italy. |
1475: | First major voyage to Ghios in the Aegean Sea. |
1477: | Sails to England, Ireland, and possibly Iceland. |
1479: | Weds Felipa Perestello e Moniz, a Portuguese noblewoman. |
1480: | Son, Diego, born. |
1481: | Conceives of idea of sailing westward to Asia. |
1484: | Refused backing from King John II of Portugal for voyage to Asia. |
1492: | Given contract by Spains Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to explore new route to Asia. |
1492: | Reaches land at Watling Island, Bahamas. |
1493: | Returns to Spain after renaming Ayti (Haiti) as Hispaniola. |
1493: | Granted a coat of arms; second voyage; proclaims himself governor of Hispaniola. |
1496: | Returns to Spain. |
1498: | Sails again to Hispaniola, names Trinidad along the way. |
1500: | Charged with misconduct in the Indies; recalled to Granada and relieved of governorship by the crown. |
1502: | Given permission by crown to make fourth expedition to Indies. |
1503: | pends year with crew on Jamaica when ship is beached there. |
1504: | Returns to Spain and learns of Queen Isabellas death. |
1506: | Dies: May 20 at Vallodid, Spain, and buried in a monastery near Seville. |
1536: | Reburied in Hispaniola. |
1902: | Reburied in Seville cathedral. |
1473: | Born: February 19, Torun, Poland. |
1491-1494: | Studies at University of Cracow. |
1496-1501: | Studies at Bologna, Italy. |
1497: | Appointed to lifetime post as cathedral canon at Frauenburg, Ermeland (Poland). |
1501: | Studies medicine and astronomy in Padua, Italy. |
1503: | Becomes doctor of canonical law in Ferrara, Italy. |
1513: | Writes first account of his heliocentric theory. |
1522: | Writes booklet on the problem of economic inflation. |
1530: | Completes his heliocentric masterwork, The Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres. |
1536: | Cardinal Schonberg writes from Rome to urge him to publish The Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres. |
1543: | May 24: Publication of The Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres; May 24: Dies: Frombork, Poland. |
1533: | Born: September 7, Greenwich, England. |
1536: | Mother, Anne Boleyn, executed by Elizabeths father, Henry VIII. |
1544: | Reinstated in line of succession. (Henry had had his marriage to Anne annulled, and Elizabeth was stripped of her title.) |
1549: | Confined to Hatfield, outside London, and tutored by Roger Ascham. |
1553: | Sister, Mary I, crowned Queen of England. |
1558: | Mary I dies; Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England. |
1559: | Enacts Acts of Supremacy and Conformity. |
1563: | Enacts Statute of Apprentices. |
1568: | Imprisons her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. |
1570: | Excommunicated by Pope Pius V, who supports Mary and who considers Elizabeth illegitimate. Pius also absolves Elizabeths subjects from allegiance to her and to her laws. |
1585: | Sides with the Netherlands in its revolt against Spain. |
1587: | Executes Mary, Queen of Scots. |
1588: | Attack on England by King Philips Spanish armada fails. |
1603: | Dies: March 24, London. |
Editors note: Many of these dates are in dispute among scholars.
April 26, 1564: | Gulielmus filius Johannes Shakspere baptized, Holy Trinity Parish Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. |
November 27, 1582: | Marriage of William Shakespeare and Anne Whateley (Hathaway). |
May 26, 1583: | Susanna Shakespeare baptized. |
February 2, 1585: | Twins Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare baptized. |
1590-1592: | Writes parts 1, 2, and 3 of Henry VI |
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