Hawking'sFiveEasyStepsforMakingYourselfaGeniusAsweallknow，StephenHawkingwritesthebookABriefHistoryofTimethatexplainstheoriginoftheuniverse.Thebookspent147weeksontheNewYorkTimesBestSellerListandhas

　　Hawking'sFiveEasyStepsforMakingYourselfaGenius

　　Asweallknow，StephenHawkingwritesthebookABriefHistoryofTimethatexplainstheoriginoftheuniverse.Thebookspent147weeksontheNewYorkTimesBestSellerListandhassold10millioncopies.Heis，mostagree，verysmart.

　　InhisrecentlypublishedautobiographyMyBriefHistory，Hawkingoffersfivelifelessonsonhowtobecomeagenius.

　　1)Don’tmissopportunitiesbybeingtoocool

　　“Weshowedanairofcompleteboredomandthefeelingthatnothingwasworthmakinganeffortfor.Oneresultofmyillnesshasbeentochangeallthat.Whenyouarefacedwiththepossibilityofanearlydeathitmakesyourealizethatlifeisworthlivingandthattherearelotsofthingsyouwanttodo.”Seizethemoment，asOxfordtypeswouldsay.

　　2)Keepitsimple

　　WhenwritingABriefHistoryofTime，hetriedtomakescienceunderstandablefortherestofus.“Iwassurethatnearlyeveryoneisinterestedinhowtheuniverseoperates，butmostpeoplecannotfollowmathematicalequations(数学公式).”Hehastroublewiththem，too.“Thisispartlybecauseitisdifficultformetowritethemdown，butmainlybecauseIdon'thaveaninbornfeelingforequations.Myaiminthebookwastodescribethesementalimagesinwords.Itissuchaneasybookthateverybodycanunderstandit.”Themoral：Youdon'thavetobeageniustoknoweverything.

　　3）Havefun

　　Hawkinghasalonghistoryofbeingajoker，andhehasplacedlotsofbetswithotherscientistsonthenatureofblackholes.OnewaswithCal-TechscientistJohnPreskill.AfterpayingoffhisbetbygivingPreskillabaseballencyclopedia，Hawkingwrote，“butmaybeIshouldhavejustgivenhimtheashes.”Solightenup!Geniuseslikebadjokestoo.

　　4)Alwayslookforasilverlining(evenifyouareseriouslyill)

　　Hawking'sdiseasehasslowlyrobbedhimoftheabilitytowalk，movehisarms，evenspeak.But，Hawkingsays，“insomewaysIguessmydisabilityhasbeenanassist：Ihaven'thadtolectureorteachstudentsandIhaven'thadtositinmeetings.SoIhavebeenabletodevotemyselfcompletelytoresearch.”Inotherwords，Hawkingwasgivenlemons，andhemadeChampagne.

　　5)Don’tworktoohardatschool

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