Barking Up the Wrong Treeは３分の２ぐらいまできました。
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一流の業績を挙げるためには、ほかのことを犠牲にして打ち込まなければならないこと、その例として、アメリカの野球選手のテッドウィリアムスやアインシュタインのエピソードを取り上げています。自分のことのみならず、家族にも犠牲を強いています。
アインシュタインが最初の妻に示した条件というのがふるってます。
CONDITIONS:
A. You will make sure
1. that my clothes and laundry are kept in good order;
2. that I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;
3. that my bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially that my desk is left for my use only.
B. You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as they are not completely necessary for social reasons. Specifically, you will forego
1. my sitting at home with you;
2. my going out or traveling with you.
1. that my clothes and laundry are kept in good order;
2. that I will receive my three meals regularly in my room;
3. that my bedroom and study are kept neat, and especially that my desk is left for my use only.
B. You will renounce all personal relations with me insofar as they are not completely necessary for social reasons. Specifically, you will forego
1. my sitting at home with you;
2. my going out or traveling with you.
C. You will obey the following points in your relations with me:
1. you will not expect any intimacy from me, nor will you reproach me in any way;
2. you will stop talking to me if I request it;
3. you will leave my bedroom or study immediately without protest if I request it.
1. you will not expect any intimacy from me, nor will you reproach me in any way;
2. you will stop talking to me if I request it;
3. you will leave my bedroom or study immediately without protest if I request it.
D. You will undertake not to belittle me in front of our children, either through words or behavior.
Barker, Eric. Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong (p.214). HarperOne. Kindle 版.
一時はいやいや同意した妻でしたが、当然ながら間もなく離婚に至っています。
離婚の際、当時あまりお金のなかったアインシュタインの示した慰謝料の条件は、「私が将来ノーベル賞をとったらその賞金を渡す」、というもので、妻がこれを受け入れたというのもアインシュタインならではのエピソードです。