A billionaire nape or how to learn genius

On the shelves of bookstores there are thousands of books about “how to become a billionaire”, “conquer Hollywood” and generally achieve unprecedented heights in his career. Some of them were written by people outstanding – those who themselves achieved, it seemed, impossible. How much their experience can be useful to us?

Once at a reception at the American embassy, I ended up in the third row, in a small hall of receptions, in an armchair immediately behind the famous billionaire George Soros. I will not hide, for almost an hour I secretly admired his powerful nape. What a head! What a modeling of impressive shapes … how pathetic the back of his translator looked like, a wash of the toilet soap.

So, admiring the head of the billionaire, I understood that I saw with my own eyes the intellectual supermashine, which could easily put the British bank on the shoulder blades and lower the English pounds (the well -known Operation of Soros of September 16, 1992, on that day, Soros earned more than a billion dollars).

Admiring such power, I thought about whether it was possible to master the financial experience of a billionaire. Is it possible to learn from a genius? Once in a bookstore I came across a book by Soros “Alchemy Finance”*, I opened it and did not understand anything. It is clear that I am a philologist by education, but the book was addressed, as it were, to the proofans, to those who want to master the rules of financial victories.

It is enough to take possession of Soros, his “theory of reflexivity of stock markets” – and the point is in the hat, you can earn millions.

Of course, I simplify, but I set out the essence and spirit of its textbook for success quite adequately.

Meanwhile, the main credo of his theory is to teach the gift of financial foresight, but … but imagine for a moment that a cheese comes to school and, standing at the school board, draws a chalk of the antelope hunting scheme. So, my dear rabbits, we begin the pursuit of a speed of 100 kilometers per hour;If the victim leaves, increase the speed to 150, catch up, jump onto the back of the head, have a bite of the throat … ready!How can this scheme of a brilliant sprinter help hares shaking with horror?

In short, you already understood where I am getting. Yes, true, a genius cannot teach his genius.

Two weeks ago, at the Moscow Festival of European Cinema, I watched the documentary film directed by Tom Donahyu Casting, about the phenomenal casting director of Hollywood Marion Dieroti. She, she brought the galaxy of great actors to the cinema, is only exclusively her intuition owes good luck, glory, success, money, finally John Travoltford, Richard Redford, Clint Eastwood, Mel Klose, Jeff Bridges, Robert de Niro … Everything is allWho I called, took part in the filming of the film, and everyone said the same thing: I was an unknown young fool, no one knew me, my youth was unsuccessful, I was then in a full ass, I considered myself complete mediocrity,I was a non -insignificant, but! But one day I got to the casting, and the great Marion Douggeri saw me, and my life changed forever.Meanwhile, in those distant years, she also just began her career career and was a particularly unknown young, lovely girl, whom no one really knew in Hollywood, and the role of the selection of actors, the very meaning of the casting was almost not valued, and only the seriesMaryon’s sniper hits made her goddess of American cinema.

I looked at all eyes at the screen and waited for her to reveal her secret, how she recognizes the star in an unknown young Olukh?

… and she did not hide her tricks at all.

Here are her chips (I set it out in my own words).

-I went to the outskirts of New York to a small theater, it was empty in the hall, there was complete nonsense on the stage, a basket stood there, a blonde girl was sitting in the basket, but she sat so quietly!Meryl Streep turned out to be this quiet!

– This guy was so ugly, so ugly, but my hair moved on my head

and stood on end. This was with me only twice in my life. I literally clung to him.

Al Pacino turned out to be this guy!

– He was completely different from the one I was looking for for the second year, the film was idle, the studio carried losses, I needed a high courageous blond with blue eyes, and it was a dwarf, he was embarrassed by his hands, was afraid to look into his eyes, was terribly clamped, badly dressed, but I had no doubt, it is he! I barely restrained my tears ..

This dwarf was the great Dustin Hoffman.

so what? Who can help these ingenious insights Marion Daherti? In order to repeat her success, you must at least be a copy of it and have the same subtle sensitivity, your hair should be able to stand on end with secret delight, and if your hair never takes off on your head if you are not able to burst into tearsWith all happiness: “It is he!”, Know: You are professional in order to be a priest of casting and command Hollywood.

The same can be said about those who dream of becoming the second Soros. If you cannot elementarily look into the future at least to the depths of some lousy two days (it was for so many days that George Soros looked into the future before the fall of the English pound), you will never become a billionaire.In short, friends, genius can not teach us anything.