We all know great achievers, and they show us the answer to the question- how to become successful. When you encounter a true person of a strong character you will never be the same. In sports, art, politics. The great ballet dancers- Anna Pavlova, Margot Fonteyn, opera singer- Maria Callas, sportswoman- Martina Navratilova, and Queen Elizabeth I. Their performance usually amuses us, often brings tears- when one sees the level of greatness human being can achieve. It always also brings birth to another questions like whether they were happyin their personal lives.

Maria Callas, who was a perfectionist- a woman who inspired generations of singers, had really dramatic personal life, died considerably young- at the age of 54, she is considered the best opera singer of all time.

Find your own answers to your questions when you look at their lives.

AYN RAND

regarder by many as one of the most interesting philosophers of all time and most controversial thinkers . A woman that posessed the Leadership Skills of the future. “The woman of the century” is what some people say about her.
Born in Russia, February the 2nd, 1905. A Russian-American Playwright, philospher and a novelist. Ayn Rand is author of many books including books on philosphy , two inrnational bestsellers “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged”- whic is one of the most widely read book of all time. She created a philosophy of Individualism and Objectivism, which influenced America in the second part of the XX century.

 

“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision.” – Ayn Rand “The Fountainhead”, written on the wall directly across from the entrance to The American Adventure rotunda at Walt Disney World’s Epcot.

MARIA CALLAS

(December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977).
The most versatile opera singer of the XX century. A perfectionist, her unique talent and extremely hard work combined together created unspeakable masterpieces, thus giving her a nickname- La Divina.

 

In her career she started by singing the most difficult operas which is the opposit to what singers usually do.

Forced by her mother to sing from the age of three. After a difficult childhood, in poverty and dysfunctional family, difficult relationships, she continued her singing education in Greece. She once said:
“De Hildalgo had the real great training, maybe even the last real training of the real bel canto. {As a young girl—thirteen years old—I was immediately thrown into her arms, meaning that I learned the secrets, the ways of this bel canto, which of course as you well know, is not just beautiful singing}. It is a very hard training; it is a sort of a straight-jacket that you’re supposed to put on, whether you like it or not. You have to learn to read, to write, to form your sentences, how far you can go, fall, hurt yourself, put yourself back on your feet continuously. ”
Her real career on stage lasted only a decade from her early thirties to the age of 42.

2006 : Opera News wrote of her: “Nearly thirty years after her death, she’s still the definition of the diva as artist—and still one of classical music’s best-selling vocalists.”

What does it take to achieve that supreme level of greatness, and what type of Brainstorming Tools might be used to make it happen?

 

 

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