As a boy, Dr. Brian Keating he got his first telescope and was lucky enough to have parents that pushed him to achieve his own dreams; because of that he’s tried to be that same type of parent – helping to nudge his children in the direction of their curiosity.
For Keating, that led him to becoming a cosmologist at UC San Diego, and led him to discovering new information about how this universe started; there was no one on his level.
He was a shoe in for the Nobel Prize, or so he thought. His findings were wrong and the worst happened: He was no longer eligible for the Nobel Prize, his ground breaking idea was a narrow miss.
“Scientists are naturally storytellers. We were telling an ancient story that extends not only through today, but hopefully predictably goes to the future as well.”
Dr. Brian Keating
Losing the Nobel Prize was a hard reality. It changed his perspective, but made him want to be better. It changed how he looked at failure, now it is opportunity.
When it comes down to it, he learned he had to tell a better story; Scientists are really the greatest storytellers that we have telling stories of wonder and mystery.
For Brian Keating, losing the Nobel Prize, made him be better at his core skill: storytelling – Sharing his passion for the world around us. This experience led to Brian authoring his bestselling book “Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science’s Highest Honor.”
Besides, now Brian has a new appreciation how to work with highly intelligent people and stay curious.
Dr. Brian Keating sits down with me, Jeremy Ryan Slate, on the latest episode of the Create Your Own Life Show.
