But today , we ’ ve all benefited from that outbreak .
Isn ’ t it amazing that during a great interruption , Newton transformed it into a great introduction to an entirely new world of math and science ? It was when he left a magnificent institution of higher education that he learned more than he could have in class . It was when life was on hold that he made his best progress . Our world was morphed by his time alone during a pandemic .
Taken from The Eight Paradoxes of Great Leadership by Tim Elmore . Copyright © 2021 by Tim Elmore . Used by permission of HarperCollins Leadership . www . harpercollinsleadership . com .
What an irony .
What a paradox .
The concept is so simple , it eludes us . It was because Isaac Newton couldn ’ t stay busy with his routine work that he made some of his most important discoveries . His break became a breakthrough . As I said , his interruption became an introduction to new discoveries . He chose to make his problem a possibility ; to make his obstacles opportunities . When he chose to invest his time , not waste it , the stumbling block to his education . . . became a stepping-stone for growth .
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