5 phrases from Albert Einstein about personal growth

We all know Albert Einstein, the best-known scientist of the 20th century.. His great contribution was the theory of relativity, however, despite being a scientist, he also left us phrases that we can take advantage of for our personal growth. Therefore, today we have compiled some phrases from Albert Einstein that can serve as inspiration and reflection.

Later he would end up being a renowned scientist, but Albert Einstein is said – whether for truth or to add to the legend – that as a child he was not considered by his teachers to be a particularly intelligent student. He had difficulty expressing himself, relating to others and took a long time to speak (he did not do so until he was 3 years old). In adolescence, his problems worsened.

The truth is that Albert Einstein failed to fit into the secondary education that he had to go through. They say that a professor, Dr. Joseph Degenhart, told him that he would never achieve anything in life. However, despite this, Einstein managed to stay motivated and shape the theory of relativity. The same one that many tried to discredit.

These are some of Albert Einstein’s phrases, his own conclusions that helped him in his personal growth.

Two ways of seeing life

This is one of Albert Einstein’s phrases that can make us rethink our attitude towards life. Do we consider ourselves victims of everything that happens to us? Do we believe that we have no ability to influence what happens to us? Sometimes, what we perceive as negative distresses us so much that we are unable to identify the opportunities it contains.

Today’s society contaminates our gaze with a filter. That of scarcity, instead of abundance. For this reason, we believe that we need to acquire or buy goods or services that provide us with what we have been made to think we lack. For many it is as if nothing was ever, not even for a moment, enough. In this way they feel poor, lacking. A feeling that in one way or another, we have all harbored at some point.

Adopting a new perspective, accepting those that other people have about life. Instead of denying them, rejecting them, let’s try to see situations from multiple perspectives… until we become aware that our gaze can make the difference between an opportunity won or lost.

Living on autopilot

This second of Albert Einstein’s phrases refers to something that many of us do in the absence of awareness: living on autopilot. Our beliefs, the vast majority learned/inherited, our habits and our mental and behavioral patterns are what direct our lives.. Thus we remain blind.

It’s hard to get out of that automatic mode. However, there are many activities, such as meditation or mindfulness, that invite us to be more present, to get away from that mechanical way of living that makes us behave like robots. It is enriching to be able to connect with our interior.

The danger of doing nothing

What’s the point of always tripping over the same stone? We tend to expect things to change without modifying our habits, our attitudes, without maturing… It is as if we gave the responsibility for what does not happen to a higher force. Maybe it’s good or bad luck, maybe it’s the fault of others.

Many times people settle into complaints and victimhood, saying things like “I don’t like my job, but I can’t get another one” or “I know my partner is going to change, I’ll get it.” This, as Albert Einstein rightly says, is crazy!

To start seeing different results we have to make changes in ourselves. Move, get out of our comfort zone, act, but not stay still. It is difficult for us to obtain different results by repeating the same pattern over and over again.

Failure is stopping trying

This fourth of Albert Einstein’s phrases allows us to reflect on what we have taken for granted for so long. Failures are not reasons to throw in the towel, because you can learn a lot from them. Failures are learning experiences and seeing them as such allows us to move forward.

There are many who think that failure is that signal that marks the moment of giving up, of thinking that “that is not our thing.”. If Albert Einstein had believed this, today we would not have his legacy or that of many other people who have made great contributions to progress. Yes, true failure only occurs when we don’t try or when we despise the journey and only focus on the goal.

The power to change thinking

Although it is difficult to believe it, the reality we see, the way we perceive it, is greatly influenced by our previous experiences and through those filters – such as optimism or pessimism – that we have been incorporating, with experience, into our vision.. Therefore, it is of little use to complain about how circumstances treat us, since we are the ones who have to change our thinking and our way of seeing them.

Knowing this, Albert Einstein allows us to reflect on all those attitudes that make us feel at the mercy of circumstances as if we had no control. When, in reality, all change comes from within us. We have great power that we do not take advantage of.

If you are in a process of personal growth, going through a crisis or if you feel that it is very difficult for you to move forward, these phrases from Albert Einstein can help you take the step. Reflecting on each of them will help you open your mind, question everything you have learned and put into practice in the form of automatism. and will allow you to experience life in a much more enriching way.

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