What position is giraffe in after being born?
on its back
What is its first lesson?
Being kicked by it's mother.
What does it have to do after being kicked?
get up
What does the mother do after the baby stands up for the first time?
Then the mother giraffe kicks it off again
What's the purpose of that?
She wants it to remember how it can get up.
Why is this so important?
In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group
Who used this survival technique in his works?
Irving Stone
Which famous people did he write about?
Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin
What did he have to say about them?
They're beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere.
Did having this happen to them make them want to give up on life?
No