Dr. Benjamin Carson has been Director of the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins since 1984. He is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Oncology and Pediatrics. He is also the Co-Director of the Johns Hopkins Craniofacial Center. His practice includes traumatic brain injuries, brain and spinal cord tumors, achondroplasia, craniosynostosis, epilepsy, and trigeminal neuralgia. This work includes active research programs. Dr. Carson has written over 70 neurosurgical publications. He has been awardedd 18 honorary degrees and 60 national citations of merit. He is the author of two best selling books, "Gifted Hands" and "Think Big". (Read more on Dr. Carson on my African American History Page.)
Dr. Ben Carson says,"T-H-I-N-K B-I-G." TALENT Our Creator has endowed all of us not just with the ability to sing, dance or throw a ball, but with intellectual talent. Start getting in touch with that part of you that is intellectual and develop that, and think of careers that will allow you to use that HONEST If you lead a clean and honest life, you don't put skeletons in the closet. If you put skeletons in the closet, they definitely will come back just when you don't want to see them and ruin your life. INSIGHT It comes from people who have already gone where you're trying to go. Learn from their triumphs and their mistakes. NICE If you're nice to people, then once they get over the suspicion of why you're being nice, they will be nice to you. KNOWLEGE It makes you into a more valuable person. The more knowledge you have, the more people need you. It's an interesting phenomenon, but when people need you, they pay you, so you'll be okay in life. BOOKS They are the mechanism for obtaining knowledge, as opposed to television. IN-DEPTH LEARNING Learn for the sake of knowledge and understanding, rather than for the sake of impressing people or taking a test. GOD Never get too big for Him.