The life of a creative person is an exciting struggle between the individual and the external circumstances that interfere with it. It has its own laws and rules, ups and downs. The authors discovered them by studying the destinies of hundreds of outstanding people, and invite the reader to play an exciting chess game on the board called life. No prior special information is needed to read the book. It will make a high school student and a student think about the problem of choosing a Worthy Goal to which to devote their lives, a novice researcher will get into his hands a powerful tool for its implementation, a mature scientist will relive the vicissitudes of his struggle and will regret that this book did not come to him for many years ago. So, this book is for those who would like to devote their lives to creativity, regardless of what area of human activity it belongs to. The life of a creative person is an exciting struggle between the individual and the external circumstances that interfere with it. It has its own laws and rules, ups and downs. The authors discovered them by studying the destinies of hundreds of outstanding people, and invite the reader to play an exciting chess game on the board called life. No prior special information is needed to read the book. It will make a high school student and a student think about the problem of choosing a Worthy Goal to which to devote their lives, a novice researcher will get into his hands a powerful tool for its implementation, a mature scientist will relive the vicissitudes of his struggle and will regret that this book did not come to him for many years ago. So, this book is for those who would like to devote their lives to creativity, regardless of what area of human activity it belongs to.