• Question: WHO IS YOUR IDOL?????????

    Asked by Mr.TwidleyArmsIsADitto to Julia, Krishnaa, Laura, Rebecca, Si on 14 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by 655heaf39.
    • Photo: Simon Willocks

      Simon Willocks answered on 14 Jun 2016:

      Hi Mr Twidley…

      I’d have to say Richard Branson… His outlook and creativity is outstanding … He encourages others to do well and shares the benefits with his workforce…

      He’s autobiography is a great read !!!

      Thanks

    • Photo: Krishnaa Mahbubani

      Krishnaa Mahbubani answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      Hello Mr TwidleyArms,

      I can’t say I have a single idol. There’s lots of people I look up to in different parts of my life. As a young teenager, the swimmer Aleksandr Popov was a very big idol of mine, he was afraid of water when his father made him go have swimming lessons and now he is still the only swimmer to win four individual freestyle Olympic gold medals. He taught me that just because something is scary or hard, doesn’t mean that you can’t succeed at it, if you put your mind to it and work very hard at it.

      Scientifically speaking, my idols have been Nikola Tesla and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, both outstanding scientists and engineers who’s entire aim was to find innovative solutions to long-standing engineering problems.
      Tesla – gave us AC power, amongst many inventions while Brunel revolutionised trainlines and navel engineering by setting the standard for a well-built railway,and building building steam-powered iron-hulled ships.

      To see a problem and find a better more effective way to a solution is very much the way I approach my research.

      Who are your idols?

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