「まあいっか」で動いてみる勇気
昨日、アインシュタインの動画を作ってみました。AIにも一部をお願いしたのですが、完成したものを見てみると、いくつか間違いがありました。普段なら細かく修正したくなるところですが、今回は「まあいっか」と思い、そのまま出すことにしました。完璧にしようとすればするほど、時間ばかりかかって前に進めなくなる。だから、まずは動くことを優先してみたのです。
世の中には「完璧じゃないと出せない」と思い込んで動けなくなる人がいます。でも、実際のところ、完璧なんて誰にも作れない。動画づくりでも、文章でも、教える仕事でも、やってみないと分からないことばかりです。AIもまだ完璧じゃない。でも、それでいい。間違いを直せば、それが学びになるし、次に活かせばいい。私は少し「いい加減」なところがありますが、そのおかげで前に進むスピードは遅くありません。
最近の政治の動きを見ていても、思うところがあります。高市早苗首相が誕生し、新しいリーダーシップを示そうとしています。彼女の姿勢には、完璧を求めすぎず、現実を見据えて前進しようとする力強さを感じます。批判を恐れず、まずはやってみる。その姿勢に共感する人も多いのではないでしょうか。私もまた、小さな実践の積み重ねで変化を起こしたいと思います。
完璧じゃなくていい。間違えてもいい。とにかく一歩動くこと。行動の中にしか次の答えはありません。動画も記事も、そして日々の挑戦も、その繰り返しの中で少しずつ形になっていく。今日もまた、「まあいっか」の精神で、次の一歩を踏み出してみようと思います。
Title: Albert Einstein: The Man Whose Curiosity Changed the World
[Opening]
“Failure.”
“Dropout.”
“The man who couldn’t get a job.”
That’s how people once described a young man…
who would later change the world.
He was the greatest genius of the 20th century — Albert Einstein.
But his life was far from easy.
Today, we’ll explore five life lessons from Einstein’s incredible journey.
By the end, your view of life might just change.
Chapter 1: The Late Bloomer
Albert Einstein was born in 1879, in Ulm, Germany.
But as a child, he was considered “a problem kid.”
He didn’t start speaking until the age of four.
His parents worried — “Is something wrong with our child?”
At school, things didn’t get better.
He questioned everything.
He hated memorization.
And one teacher even told him:
“You’ll never amount to anything.”
Yet, young Einstein had one special gift — curiosity.
At age five, his father gave him a small compass.
He wondered, “Why does the needle always point north?”
That single question sparked his lifelong journey as a scientist.
Lesson 1: Being a late bloomer is not a problem.
Einstein once said:
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
You don’t have to succeed early.
What matters is to never lose your curiosity.
Chapter 2: A Life Full of Rejection
At sixteen, Einstein took the entrance exam for Zurich Polytechnic.
He failed.
He eventually got in, but college wasn’t easy either.
He skipped classes,
read only the books he loved,
and annoyed his professors.
When he graduated, no one would hire him.
For two years, he was unemployed.
Finally, at twenty-six, he found a job —
as a patent clerk in Switzerland.
While his classmates became professors,
Einstein spent his days checking other people’s inventions.
Everyone thought he was a failure.
But Einstein saw it differently.
“This job is not bad,” he said.
“I can think about my own ideas while I work.”
After work, he would rush home and study physics on his own.
No recognition. No applause.
But he kept going.
Lesson 2: Don’t blame your environment.
Einstein said:
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
You don’t need perfect conditions to begin.
Start where you are, with what you have.
Chapter 3: The Miracle Year
1905 — Einstein was 26.
That year, he published four groundbreaking papers:
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The photoelectric effect (which later earned him the Nobel Prize)
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Brownian motion
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The special theory of relativity
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and E = mc² — the equivalence of mass and energy.
He changed physics forever —
while still working at the patent office.
His ideas shocked the world.
“Time is not constant.”
“Light behaves like particles.”
“Mass can become energy.”
People said, “Impossible.”
But he was right.
When asked how he did it, Einstein replied:
“I’m not smarter than others. I just stay with problems longer.”
He often used “thought experiments.”
“What if I could ride on a beam of light?”
“What would gravity feel like in a falling elevator?”
By imagining, he uncovered truths no one had seen before.
Lesson 3: Think deeply, and keep thinking.
“To solve a problem, you must change the thinking that created it.”
Don’t stop at surface answers — seek the essence.
Chapter 4: Fame and Sorrow
In 1921, Einstein won the Nobel Prize.
He became a global icon overnight.
But fame brought pain, too.
In 1933, as the Nazis rose to power,
Einstein, a Jew, fled to the United States.
He would never return home again.
Then came World War II.
Fearing Nazi Germany might build an atomic bomb,
Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt,
urging the U.S. to start its own research.
That decision led to the creation of the atomic bomb.
In 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed.
Einstein was devastated.
He said,
“If I had known the Germans would not succeed,
I would have done nothing.”
For the rest of his life,
he spoke out for peace and human rights.
Lesson 4: Knowledge comes with responsibility.
“Science should serve humanity,” he said,
“but if misused, it becomes a weapon of destruction.”
When we gain power or knowledge,
we must also ask — how will we use it?
Chapter 5: His Final Message
April 18, 1955.
Albert Einstein passed away at the age of 76.
Even on his deathbed, he was still writing equations.
Here are some of his most timeless words:
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Knowledge shows what is.
Imagination shows what could be.
“Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
“I’m not a genius —
I just stay with problems longer.”
“Learn from yesterday,
live for today,
hope for tomorrow.
The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
His life proved that ordinary people can do extraordinary things —
through curiosity, perseverance, and deep thought.
Lesson 5: Never stop being curious.
“Curiosity has its own reason for existing,” he said.
Don’t take the world for granted —
always ask why.
[Conclusion]
Let’s review the five lessons from Einstein’s life:
1️⃣ Being a late bloomer is not a problem.
2️⃣ Don’t use your environment as an excuse.
3️⃣ Keep thinking deeply.
4️⃣ Use your knowledge responsibly.
5️⃣ Stay curious.
Einstein once said:
“There are only two ways to live your life —
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
Which will you choose?
Today is a miracle.
The fact that you’re watching this video is a miracle.
And within you lies incredible potential.
It’s never too late to begin.
Just like Einstein —
you, too, can change the world.
“The important thing is to never stop questioning.”
— Albert Einstein