My 3 Favorite Men of History...Franklin, Twain and Einstein. Who are yours?

Morning Folks!!

This was supposed to be my Friday post but with all the happenings, I had to delay it. 

If you had a choice and could hook up with 3 men of history who would you choose? For me the answer is crystal clear. While I can name a dozen more, the 3 I would choose would be Ben Franklin, Mark Twain and Albert Einstein. Those 3 are already my guiding light. I look to them for answers all the time. Ben Franklin probably the most.  

Why these 3? I think for obvious reasons.  But together they make a very well rounded group of advisors. The inventor, the plain spoken and the genius. Add more? Sure. Let’s put Thomas Edison in there. Henry Ford. Andrew Carnegie and Hemingway to keep things fun and interesting.  

Of today? Let’s start with Tony Robins. Who was the one that started me on this journey  back in 1993.  Donald Trump who may be a lot of things, but he gets it right nearly every time.  Steve Forbes who understands the economy possibly better than anyone.  

So a tip of the hat to all these men of history and those to be!  Who are your people of history? Some may be the same. Many will be different. As soon as I post this I will think of many more that belong here. But there are the first that come to mind and these are the ones I look to the most for answers to complex questions.  

Have a GREAT Day!
Rick Schwartz

Comments

[Howard]

I like your choices. However the 3 people that I actually met and found to be the sharpest, most brilliant and yet personable and had a great influence on my life were Hubert Humphrey, Governor Milton Shapp and Congressman John Anderson. (all of whom, incidentally, ran for president of the U.S.)

[Steve Fox]

Mine our “Halvarez”, Madeoff, and George Bush.

They beat out the runner ups, Jesus, Leonardo da Vinci, and George Washington.

[Shane]

These are mine, among many

Ray Kroc, Martin Luther King, and Jack Lalanne.

Kroc, proved that you're never too old to reach financial success

King, obvious

Lalanne, shows that physical and mental health are the keys to a wonderful, long lived life

[Johnny]

John Muir, Todd Beamer, FDR, Nelson Mandela, Churchill.

[andy kelly]

It didnt take me long to think of my 3.

Einstein
John Lennon
Van Gogh

How about a top 10 ?

[David J Castello]

Augustus Caesar
Benjamin Franklin
Ralph Waldo Trine

[Perchboy]

Abraham Lincoln
C.S. Lewis
John the Baptist

[AlanR]

Abe Lincoln for his strength and perseverance through the toughest situation anyone could have ever got into.

Ben Franklin for his wit and inventiveness.

Thomas Jefferson for his unique ability to articulate change in a way that paved the way to the founding of a new nation.

[Anunt]

Frank Schilling
Kevin Ham
Yun Ye

[Anthony]

Here is one of mine.

Nikola Tesla - a friend of Mark Twain who built on Benjamin Franklin's ideas, was admired by Einstein, and helped lead us to the internet :)

[undergraduate]

Prophet Moses,
Prophet Jesus,
Prophet Muhammad.

[Danny Pryor]

Einstein, Shakespeare, Da Vinci

[Altaf]

Dr. M Younus, Barack Hussein Obama, & Rick S and Dr. Manmohan Sing, Ghandi.
They inspired me, but Prophet Mohammed's (Al Amin-means Truth) polite & honest advices got everything covered.