Creativity is more important than knowledge

"Creativity is more important than knowledge"

This is a quote from Albert Einstein. I believe this to be true. In life many people feel they are not worthy of success or feel they can not succeed because they don't have specific knowledge about something.

This is not true at all. If you are lacking knowledge but have creativity you can become successful.

Many of the most successful people throughout history did not necessarily do well in traditional school. They may have lacked traditional knowledge but they had an extraordinary amount of creativity.

There are many reasons why so many super-intelligent people, and even geniuses, do not get good grades in school. First, research has now found that there are many forms of intelligence other than just rote learning ability. And, in fact, rote learning ability is a lower-level of intelligence function.

Creativity, the highest form of intelligence, is not recognized, measured or fostered by the conventional school system. Research is now suggesting that perhaps the majority of super-creative people are slower at rote learning than people of lesser intelligence.

History is filled with scientific geniuses who made pivotal advancements in the field of science, yet got poor grades in school.

I want you to know that even if you did not get good grades in school, even if people have told you that you were not going to accomplish something, even if you think your not smart. You can succeed. Just be creative.

-Mark Jenney

Moving onto new thing in business and in life - Mark Jenney

I have learned a lot over the past several years however the time has come for me to move on to new things in business and in life. I am spending more time these days on my philanthropic work. This is something that is really fulfilling.

I came from very meager beginnings so being able to help out those who are less fortunate is one of the best blessings that I have in my life. My goal now is to donate to a charitable cause every day of the year. My charitable contributions right now are at least one per week however I plan to increase my contributions to one per day.

This last year I was fortunate enough to be able to donate to many charitable causes. My goal for this year is to be able to double my donations to good charitable organizations.

I am spending more and more time these days researching different charitable causes. If anyone has suggestions on worthy causes I could either donate time or money to I would love to hear from you. I am actively looking for good causes to help out.

I am excited about where the next year or two will take me. I am in the process of starting up multiple new companies right now that are quit different from anything I have ever done before.

My major goal in business has changed. My first goal in business when I was poor and growing up on the wrong side of the tracks was to be able to provide for my family so we did not have to struggle financially any longer. Growing up at the poverty level when you are worried about having enough money for food is no fun and I wanted to make sure I didn't live like that forever and I wanted to better the lives of not just myself but my family. Now that I have been able to help provide for my family my goals have changed.

My goal now is to create a business that has ever lasting value and will be here in 100 years. I want to create a business that my great grand children will own and run. The businesses I have been involved with have been great and I have been able to help a lot of people. However they are more short term businesses that go from one promotion to the next. I am looking forward to creating a long lasting business model that is not relying on the next promotion to grow the company.

I am looking forward to the next several years as they should have many good surprises ahead.

- Mark Jenney

My favorite blog to read

If you're involved in anyway with technology, or business I want to highly suggest you checkout Tech Crunch - http://www.techcrunch.com . If you aren't currently reading tech crunch your missing out. This is a must read for any business owner that is involved with the Internet. I must say I have become addicted to reading Tech Crunch every day. I was never a fan of any blogs until several months when I came across TC. Ever since then I have not been able to let a day pass by without staying up to speed with what's going on with the TC blog.

On a side note I'm going to be traveling extensively over the next several weeks. This saturday I will be going on Mike Filsaime's yearly marketers cruise. Every year Mike has a cruise for a bunch of successful Internet Marketers. If you're interested in going next year check out his site: http://www.marketerscruise.com/

The following weeks are followed up with going to Las Vegas for the affiliate summit, then to Baja Mexico with a group of entrepreneurs. A lot more traveling coming soon.

My first blog post - By Mark Jenney

It's funny that this is my first blog post. I have been marketing on the Internet for years now but have never posted a personal blog. On this bog I plan to share insight on things that have helped me along the path to success in life.

I'm not limiting the term "SUCCESS" to just financial success. Although I have been able to achieve a level of financial success, the success I have achieved in my personal life with my health and love life has been more important than any amount of money.

Over the past few years I have gone through many wonderful learning experiences in all areas of my life. I went from struggling in business to having a prosperous business and being able to help many others along the way.

I went from being 40 pounds overweight, depressed with very few friends to being in almost perfect physical shape being happy all the time with more quality friends than I can count and having more of an impact on the world by contributing time and money to charities and helping other people achieve their goals.

I have learned a great deal along my path towards what I consider "SUCCESS" in life. I am happy to be able to share some of these things with you.