Never stood when you could sit. Did Churchill drink a huge amount of alcohol or is it a myth? The solution is very simple - work more while standing

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, when asked how he managed to live so long, answered: “I never stood when I could sit, and I never sat when I could lie down.” He had a great sense of humor. But many took his joke as the truth. And, not being prime ministers, they sit and lie instead of walking.

In fact, everything is exactly the opposite. The American scientist L. Morehouse, who developed a special exercise program for managers, advised just the opposite: “Never lie if you can sit. Never sit if you can stand. Never stand still if you can move."

Hypodynamia is the cause of a significant number of various diseases. American doctors ten years ago even came up with a term: Sedentary Death Syndrome.

But today I want to talk about lack of movement in the context of weight loss.

The trick is that if we sit, say at work, for more than 5-6 hours a day, then no physical activity outside of it will compensate us for the harm caused by this sitting. Alas and ah. It's all about our body chemistry.

A moment of science.

Our bodies have the enzyme lipoprotein lipase (LPL). The heart, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue are richest in LPL, and it plays a different role everywhere. Where exactly will the fat go? It depends on the activity of LPL in a particular tissue.

The activity of the enzyme is directly proportional to the ability of tissues to capture fats from the blood and break them down. The breakdown of fats occurs mainly within the capillaries of adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle. Fats from the blood enter the cells and are used in different ways: in the cells of adipose tissue - for the synthesis of fats and their storage, and in the myocardium and skeletal muscles they are oxidized, forming the energy necessary for the work of these tissues.

During meals, the regulators inhibit LPL activity in muscle and heart and activate it in adipose tissue. The more often we eat, the more LPL works for us in the process of fat accumulation. With short-term food abstinence, everything happens the other way around and fats (triglycerides) are sent to the muscles.

Relatively recently, it was found that this enzyme is sharply activated with any prolonged restrictions (more than two or three days) in calorie intake (for example, when following diets for weight loss), which happens in the period after the next semi-starvation diet, it does not matter, accompanied by complete starvation or no. This is the main reason that the pounds lost by the hunger strike come back quickly and with friends.

Plus, elevated insulin levels activate LPL activity in adipose tissue, while at the same time increasing fat synthesis in the liver.

Therefore, in order In order for LPL to be activated not in adipose tissue, but in muscles and the heart, we need to constantly move. And it's better if we sit less at the same time. Because sitting radically reduces the activity of lipoprotein lipase in the muscles. They lose over 75% of their ability to bind and break down fats. This occurs due to 90 - 95% loss of LPL activity. Curiously, most LPL activity is associated with the large muscles of the legs. But even 4 hours of walking after prolonged sitting does not activate LPL in the muscles.

The solution is very simple - work more while standing!

In addition, from a physiological point of view, it is assumed that the lack of local muscle contractions due to a sedentary lifestyle leads to a weakening of skeletal muscle lipoprotein lipase and glucose uptake. At the same time, in the standing position, an isometric contraction of the anti-gravity muscles occurs.

When muscles contract less, the enzyme lipoprotein lipase (LPL) decreases, which burns fat and reduces fat accumulation. People should not only strive to increase physical activity - walk more, play sports, but also try to reduce the time spent sitting. Just by breaking up a long sitting with some movement, we speed up the metabolism and regulate the physiological processes in the body. It is extremely important not to allow prolonged sitting in one place, but be sure to take breaks, which can be a change in positions from a sitting to an upright position or from a standing position to light walking. The researchers also found a link between more breaks in sedentary work and changes in waist circumference, body mass index, triglyceride levels and blood glucose levels.

Conclusions.

Frequent meals and long starvation diets provoke weight gain.
Reduced sitting is more effective than regular exercise. Work standing.
Clean long intervals between meals help fat burning.

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At home, he is called "the greatest Briton in history." Throughout the world, he was known as a cunning and perspicacious politician who shot at his opponents with witticisms. It seems that in the mornings, along with a shirt and a jacket, he put on impudence and stubbornness.

website collected for you the wise and sharp sayings of one of the most influential people of the 20th century. Please be careful not to cut yourself.

self-irony

It is easier to rule a nation than to raise four children.
In my youth, I made it a rule not to drink a drop of alcohol before dinner. Now that I am no longer young, I keep the rule not to drink a drop of alcohol before breakfast.
I have always followed the rule: don't run if you can stand; don't stand if you can sit; don't sit if you can lie.
All I wanted was agreement with my wishes after a constructive discussion.

About politics

Democracy is the worst form of government. Except for everyone else.
A politician must be able to predict what will happen tomorrow, in a week, in a month and in a year. And then explain why it didn't happen.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal distribution of poverty.
In my country, the representatives of power take pride in being servants of the state; to be its master would be considered a disgrace.
A diplomat is a person who thinks twice before saying nothing.
I never criticize the government of my country while abroad, but I more than make up for it when I return.
History is written by the winners.

Winston Churchill was once asked how, with such an intense political career, he managed to reach such an advanced age. He replied, "I never stood when I could sit, and I never sat when I could lie down."

Winston Churchill was born in the midst of a ball given by the Duke of Marlborough. Lady Churchill, who was seven months pregnant, suddenly went into labor. She was taken to one of the nearby rooms, which, on the occasion of the ball, was turned into a ladies' dressing room. Here, among the piles of women's outerwear, one of the most influential people of the 20th century was born.

It is said that children born "seven months old" are distinguished by outstanding abilities. However, Churchill's childhood disproved these stereotypes. Winston struggled with the sciences: especially mathematics, which he hated for the rest of his life.
From the very beginning, Winston showed a complete reluctance to learn in the way all children learn. He had an excellent memory, but he learned easily and quickly only what interested him. Everything that he did not like, he categorically did not want to teach.

Subsequently, Winston himself admitted that he was an extremely bad student. Having disliked numbers from the very first days of his studies, he never came to terms with mathematics. Winston could not stand the classical languages and over many years of study he learned only the alphabet from Latin and Greek, and even then not very firmly. But he loved English language and knew him well. Churchill's father wanted to see him as a lawyer. But his son's problems in school cooled his parental ambitions. He began to orient Winston towards a less intellectual military career. True, the future politician was in for a fall here too: he managed to fail the exams twice in military school. Only for the third time, after a serious patronage of influential family relatives, he was enrolled in a cavalry school.

In 1895 Churchill began his military career as a lieutenant in a hussar regiment. He took part in the suppression of the Sikh uprising in Northwest India, fought in Sudan. At the same time, he began to write military reports and published in London newspapers. During the Boer War of 1899-1902 he was a war correspondent for The Morning Post in South Africa and was briefly imprisoned in Pretoria Prison for his activities. Many British newspapers wrote about this, and Winston got the first experience of popularity.

His ambitions grew, and in 1900 he put forward his candidacy from the conservative party to parliament and won the election. It was the first serious rise in his life. True, the indefatigable Winston could not get along among the conservatives: sometimes his statements ran counter to the policy of the party. In the end, in 1904, he left the camp of the conservatives and went over to the liberals.
It is from the Liberal Party that Churchill is elected in the next parliamentary elections and receives his first serious position - Deputy. Minister for the Colonies. In a very short period of time, Churchill showed himself to be an energetic junior minister, very efficient and enterprising. One of King Edward VII's associates wrote to Churchill on August 15, 1906: “His Majesty is pleased to note that you are becoming a reliable minister and, moreover, a serious political figure, which can only be achieved if you put the interests of the state above party interests. considerations."

In May 1907, official recognition of Churchill's merits followed. He was made Privy Councilor, which did not often happen to figures aged 32 who held the post of deputy. minister. Now, speaking in Parliament, his colleagues had to address him as "the honorable gentleman."
In 1911, Churchill became First Lord of the Admiralty, leading the British Navy in the First World War. His main achievement was the creation of the Royal Air Force of Britain. In January 1919, Winston Churchill was appointed Minister of War and Minister of Aviation; in 1921 he was Secretary of State for the Colonies.
But the main rise of Winston Churchill began on May 10, 1940, when he first took the post of Prime Minister (he remained in office until July 1945). The years when Churchill headed the British government and represented his country in the anti-Hitler coalition were his greatest achievement how statesman, they came highest point political career Winston Churchill.

He combined the post of prime minister with the post of minister of defense, which he took to direct all military operations. But after the triumph in the Second World War, an insulting fall awaited him: his conservative party, to which he returned back in the 1920s, crushingly loses the elections at the end of May 1945. In July of the same year, an outstanding politician leaves the premier's chair.
In 1951, after the next parliamentary elections, Churchill again regained the post of prime minister. However, age was already making itself felt: he no longer had such a sharp political instinct as before. In the Conservative Party, dissatisfaction with the ineffective administration of Winston Churchill began to grow, and in April 1955 he decided to leave politics forever.
And after 9 years, he passed away. Britain arranged a grand farewell ceremony for Churchill, which lasted several days and ended with the burial of the remains of the politician in the family cemetery of the old parish church in Bladon, where his father and mother were buried at one time.

I have always followed the rule: don't run if you can stand; don't stand if you can sit; don't sit if you can lie.
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A politician must be able to predict what will happen tomorrow, in a week, in a month and in a year. And then explain why it didn't happen.
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A smart person does not make all the mistakes himself - he gives a chance to others.
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I thought I would die of old age. But when Russia, which fed all of Europe with bread, began to buy grain, I realized that I would die of laughter.
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There is no longer-term investment for a nation than to feed young children with milk, food and education.
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965)

I recently listened to an audiobook about it. amazing person. Still impressed. Its long and bright life worthy of study. Too bad there aren't many people like this anymore...
Statesman, historian, memoirist, who led the country for five years (1940-1945) and thanks to this took one of the central places in new history Great Britain. Churchill is considered one of the most significant British political figures of the twentieth century. He was also awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Literature, although it was no secret to anyone that he would have preferred the Peace Prize.
Winston Churchill lived an extremely eventful and long life (November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965). 90 years old is the age of a long-liver, but the traditional portraits of Churchill are widely known: the unchanged cigar, double chin, flabby figure. In addition, he is addicted to Armenian cognac, the habit of working at night and the desire to move as little as possible. In short, this is a typical portrait of a person who leads a lifestyle that is not compatible with our ideas about longevity and reliable health. And yet there was something that contributed to a life of 90 years. What?

Interesting to understand. But it is very difficult, since Churchill, one of the most revered people in Great Britain, is so unique that it is almost impossible to single out some features of his integral and complex nature that could be analyzed from the standpoint of juvenology or gerontology.
So, Winston Churchill's father was the third son of the seventh Duke of Marlborough. In addition to royal family in England there were no more than twenty families of royal blood, and among them the Marlboroughs were considered tenth in seniority.

In the photo: Churchill's mother Jenny Jerome (1854 - 1921), who was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time, with her sons: the elder Winston and the younger Jack

it was her upbringing that shaped Sir Winston as both a politician and a writer.
The newborn, although he was born at the age of seven months, was very energetic. Winston grew up, essentially not knowing his parents (they devoted themselves to social life), and became more and more attached to his nanny - Miss Everest, whom he loved passionately. Subsequently, already being a major statesman, Churchill kept a portrait of his nanny in his office.

Churchill grew up strong, but not very beautiful child The boy had severe speech impediments: he stuttered and lisped. At the same time, he was a terrible talker and spoke without ceasing, since he learned to pronounce words. Winnie (as he was called even in old age) was distinguished by excessive self-confidence and stubbornness. These qualities intensified as the boy grew up.
From an early age, Churchill showed a complete reluctance to learn the way all children learn. He had an excellent memory, but learned very easily and quickly only what interested him.

Everything that Winston did not like, he categorically did not want to teach. Subsequently, he himself admitted that he was an extremely bad student. Having disliked numbers from the very first days of his studies, he never came to terms with mathematics. He could not stand the classical languages and over many years of study learned only the alphabet from Greek and Latin, and even then not very firmly.

At the age of seven he was given to a closed, fashionable preparatory school in Ascot. Winston, who had already shown his extraordinary stubbornness, showed a complete unwillingness to reckon with the rigid rules of discipline, which were implanted with great zeal by the educators. In those days, the most obstinate were flogged once a week and, of course, Winston was not slow to get his portion of the rod. For him it was a big shock. For many years he retained a hatred for the school and the teacher who whipped him.

His health at school was not strong and, on the advice of doctors, he was transferred several times from one educational institution into another. In schools, he was one of the worst students, he was considered stupid and incapable, but biographers agree that this is due only to his boundless stubbornness.

Winston's failures at school deeply upset his parents, because with such studies it was difficult to dream of a serious career.

Winston himself decided to be a military man and began to prepare for exams at the famous English military school Sandhurst, where he entered only the third time, in August 1893. Before that, he fell from a tree, received a severe concussion, did not regain consciousness for three days, and only after three months began to get out of bed. It took a year to restore health.

So, Winston's knowledge was only enough to enter the cavalry school, where he finally felt good. Here his mind was not particularly troubled by hateful subjects. True, he read many books on military affairs. Great pleasure was given to him by classes on the parade ground for riding. He retained his love for horses for the rest of his life.

However, from the first days of his stay at the school, it became clear that routine military service with a slow and consistent passage through all stages of a military career was not for him. His nature did not accept slow progress. Churchill was an extremely ambitious man, he was eager to achieve influence and power as soon as possible. Unceremoniously pushing rivals with his elbows, not hiding the fact that he considers them below him, he made many enemies for himself.

Winston dreamed of military action, but nothing like that was on the horizon. In 1895, finally began Civil War in Cuba, and friends of his parents organized something like a business trip for him and a friend - he was instructed to find out the quality of new Spanish bullets. On his way to Cuba, he took a job as a war correspondent for the Daily Graph. Money has always played an important role for him. He began to make a fortune even before he seriously became involved in politics. In Cuba, Churchill became addicted to Havana cigars and adopted from the Spaniards the habit of resting in bed during the day, which he adhered to throughout his life. In addition, he had the happy gift of falling asleep immediately as soon as his head touched the pillow, and used this habit daily. Therefore, having rested during the day, he could work until late. In a playful manner, Churchill promoted the idea of napping among his colleagues, but, as his memoirs show, he found few followers. Perhaps it should be noted that US President John F. Kennedy tried to imitate him, for whom Churchill was simply a gigantic figure worthy of all admiration. Kennedy also adopted this habit of Churchill - spending about an hour in the afternoon in bed - and strictly followed it.

In the spring of 1896, his regiment was sent to India. There he had an accident - he dislocated his right shoulder. Subsequently, the injury often reminded of itself, and Churchill could use right hand very limited. Free from service and sports hours, he devoted mainly to reading. He suddenly realized that because of the absurdity of his character, he received a very poor education, and for the implementation of ambitious plans, at least some minimum of knowledge is needed.

His mother gladly sends him parcel after parcel from England with the works of Plato and Schopenhauer, Malthus and Darwin. He later recalled that he read books on history and philosophy for 4-5 hours a day. Diligence, great capacity for work, the ability to concentrate attention and will on a decision selected task- all this allowed him to catch up intellectually with people who had a university education.

Churchill was especially interested in history, and among historians he fell under the influence of Gibbon, whose pompous, grandiloquent and majestic style had a strong influence on the formation of his style of writing. Note that literary style Churchill is considered a reference in modern England.

Even the most benevolent biographers of Churchill agree that ambition was the main stimulus of his activity.

For his sake, he gave up many pleasures.

Throughout his life, Churchill adhered to the belief that history is made by outstanding personalities, heroes. From this premise he proceeded both in politics and when working on his numerous books. He believed that fate destined him for an outstanding role. Almost since 1900, when he was elected to Parliament from the Conservative Party, he did not leave the political arena of England.

Churchill was an excellent orator, especially in adulthood. He always spoke better than he wrote. His speeches were strong not so much in depth of thought and logic as in emotional impact on listeners. True, it cost him a lot of effort. First of all, it was necessary to overcome speech defects, he could not get rid of one of them until the end of his life - he did not pronounce the letter "s".

In the English Parliament, reading speeches from a piece of paper was considered bad form, so Churchill had to memorize several versions of speeches. He always wrote his speeches himself. Moreover, he did it with great pleasure, showing the greatest zeal and diligence.

Showing little interest in either women or secular entertainment, he devoted himself entirely to work, constantly reading or writing something. Contemporaries recall that he worked even at a party, using every free minute.

On August 15, 1908, a message appeared about his engagement to 23-year-old Clementine Hozier from a well-known aristocratic family. She was beautiful, educated, knew several languages, had a subtle mind and sense of humor, and had a keen interest in politics. There can be no doubt that it was a love match on both sides. Churchill's biographers note that he was often lucky in life, but most of all he was lucky with his marriage. Churchill once admitted: "I got married in September 1908 and lived happily ever after." He owes this to a large extent to the intelligence and tact of Clementine. Churchill's character was extremely difficult, and she had a hard time, although she never showed it. Clementine did not try to rein in her husband, correct his shortcomings or improve his character, as a less intelligent woman would have done in her place. She did not grumble, did not find fault with Winston. She accepted him as he was, and managed to make herself necessary for him both in the hour of failure and in the time of great success. They didn't spend much time together: he was too busy for that. Clementine never imposed her opinion on him, but very often in the rooms his loud voice sounded: “Clemmy!”. This meant that he wanted to ask his wife about something, to consult with her.

Housekeeping lay entirely on her shoulders, and she did it in such a way that Churchill was pleased and nothing irritated him. One day, Clementine Churchill gave a group of girls advice on how they should treat their husbands. “Never,” she said, “do not force your husband to agree with you. You will achieve more if you calmly stick to your beliefs. And even that has to be done tactfully.” This is the absolute rule of a happy and long life. family life.

clementine was faithful assistant her husband. She has always actively participated in the conduct of election campaigns and, if necessary, successfully spoke to the voters. She got a difficult role in life, but, of course, she played it with dignity and charm, She died at the age of 92 years. The couple lived happily together for 56 years.
More details on Churchill's family life

The Churchill couple had four children - three girls and a son, and they usually spent the weekend with the whole family outside the city, in Chartwell. Winston always liked to play with children - there was a lot of boyishness in him.
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In addition, Churchill showed interest in the economy - he himself folded a long wall and a cottage, made a heated pool, bred fish in a pond, pigs. He loved to ride. Was engaged in painting.

Later, when Churchill was elected prime minister (1940) and his great contribution to the victory over Germany made him a national hero, the routine of his life changed somewhat.

He usually left London on a Friday afternoon for the Prime Minister's official country residence at Checker, where he first took a bath. Biographers say that he was very fond of swimming. Having bathed, Churchill put on something like a jumpsuit with numerous zippers, specially invented by him. He went out in this suit for dinner, completely disregarding how the guests were dressed.

After dinner, he retired to his room for a few minutes and soon appeared before the guests in a bright oriental dressing gown, in which he usually watched a movie. Churchill was very fond of cinema. After the end of the session, he went upstairs to his room, called the secretaries and went about his business often until three or four in the morning. It is characteristic that, despite the enormous workload, Churchill at that time felt more vigorous and healthy than ever, had an excellent appetite, and at 67 looked younger and more active than before the war. He always strictly adhered to his daily routine. Even during the war, there was a categorical order from Churchill not to wake him before 8 o'clock. An exception was allowed only in the event of a German landing in England. He usually woke up at about 8 o'clock and, lying in bed, read newspapers, telegrams and other urgent materials.

Throughout his political life, Winston Churchill was always in a hurry. When asked why he was in such a hurry, why he was impatient to achieve results in everything immediately, he replied that he did not hope to live longer than his father in the world, but he needed to do more. It turned out, however, that Winston lived exactly twice as long as his father. Once Churchill was asked how he managed to reach such an advanced age with such an intense, busy life and events. He replied: "I never stood when it was possible to sit, and I never sat when it was possible to lie down." Discarding the humorous aphorism of this statement, it can be noted that we are talking about relaxation, the benefits of which are unanimously proclaimed by all Eastern centenarians. Perhaps this statement should be taken more seriously?

Churchill wrote that fear and hatred are among the worst qualities human nature. He himself was, no doubt, a very brave man - both in front-line conditions and in numerous political battles. "War," said Churchill, "is a game to be played with a smile on your face."

After politics, his favorite pastime was literary work. In 1923-1931 he wrote a six-volume major study, The World Crisis. In 1933, he began writing another six-volume work, The Life of Marlborough, dedicated to his ancestor, the first John Churchill, who laid the foundation for the family of the Dukes of Marlborough. Very few authors in the twentieth century have made more money from their books than Churchill. The result of his literary activity was Nobel Prize(1953) - primarily for "History of the Second World War" in six volumes.

Churchill worked quickly and productively. He knew how to concentrate his unique abilities and vast memory on one thing, which he was doing at a given moment, forgetting about everything else.

He was last elected prime minister in 1951 and remained in that post until 1955 (he was 81 years old). In June 1953, at the age of 79, after a stroke, he was paralyzed on the left side of his body. But, possessing a huge supply of vitality, Churchill managed to recover from the blow, the vital functions of the left side of the body were restored, and in October he already spoke to the public.

So, which of this amazing biography can we attribute to the undoubted factors of longevity? Let us pay attention to the fact that initially Winston Churchill did not seem to have the prerequisites for such a long life: his father died at 46, there were no centenarians among his relatives. In addition, he was born seven months old, did not differ in perfect health, he was not bypassed, like almost any person, with injuries. Therefore, the reasons for longevity must be sought in his personal qualities, in his approach to life.

In gerontology, there is a direction in which longevity is explained by the mental qualities of a person. As for Churchill, we can talk about the maximum realization of the potentialities laid down from birth. The powerful energy he received from nature burned in him with an even, strong flame.

In fact, all his life his nature demanded the release of this stormy energy, and he gave it an outlet - he always did only what he wanted and what he had a calling for - history and politics. No life temptations (alcohol, women, entertainment) interested him. He considered it a waste of time.

He never delved into himself. When asked how he manages to avoid reflection, he replied: "I have no time to take care of myself - I work."

Ambition did not allow him to worry about small shortcomings. All his life, for example, he overcame speech defects, but did not suffer at all about this. But, as a rule, from any of his shortcomings, even fictional ones, a person creates a niche for himself, where he, as it were, fences himself off from such an incomprehensible, and therefore terrible, outside world.

One of the indisputable conditions for longevity is a happy marriage. Churchill was surprisingly lucky with his wife, who preferred this very selfish and unbridled character and did everything with love - as he would have liked. Her life with him seemed extremely interesting.

Winston Churchill got married at almost 34 years old. Gerontologists have recognized that the late marriage of men can be attributed to longevity factors. Abkhaz centenarians, for example, married at the age of 35 on average. “The longer you abstain from sexual activity, the longer you are a man,” they say. Confirmation of their correctness can be observed in America, where the peak of the sexual revolution passed 20-25 years ago and where millions of men aged 40-50 now suffer from impotence.

It should be noted Churchill's ability to relax. In the circle of his beloved family, he did his favorite things - painting, brickwork, looked after pigs. But its most amazing feature is intensive mental work with maximum relaxation. As already mentioned, the centuries-old traditions of oriental health systems are aimed precisely at teaching relaxation, because it is believed that only in this state does the energy in us circulate correctly. Vital energy. Perhaps Churchill found his own way of constant relaxation, adapted to modern European conditions. Equally important was his ability to instantly fall asleep and the importance he attached to sleep. There is usually a lot of controversy about afternoon naps. But any physiologist knows from the experiments of I.P. Pavlov that the digestion of food is the most complex process for the body, requiring special physiological conditions. It is known that any external stress - physical exercise or mental work - violates it. Therefore, nature provides such a simple way of protection - rest after eating. “Dinner is golden at bedtime,” says the proverb. By the way, all Abkhaz centenarians sleep after dinner.

Now we understand more why extraordinary person how Winston Churchill, who did not aspire to what is now commonly called a "healthy lifestyle", became a long-liver. Favorable circumstances, character, luck, intuition made it possible for him to do what people rarely manage to do - to most fully realize what nature has given, destined by fate.

Winston Churchill: "I never stood when I could sit"

Subsequently, Winston himself admitted that he was an extremely bad student. Having disliked numbers from the very first days of his studies, he never came to terms with mathematics. Winston could not stand the classical languages and over many years of study he learned only the alphabet from Latin and Greek, and even then not very firmly. But he loved English and knew it well. Churchill's father wanted to see him as a lawyer. But his son's problems in school cooled his parental ambitions. He began to orient Winston towards a less intellectual military career. True, the future politician was in for a fall here too: he managed to fail the military school exams twice. Only for the third time, after a serious patronage of influential family relatives, he was enrolled in a cavalry school.

In 1895 Churchill began his military career as a lieutenant in a hussar regiment. He took part in the suppression of the Sikh uprising in Northwest India, fought in Sudan. At the same time, he began to write military reports and published in London newspapers. During the Boer War of 1899-1902 he was a war correspondent for the Morning Post in South Africa and was briefly imprisoned in Pretoria prison for his work. Many British newspapers wrote about this, and Winston got the first experience of popularity.

In May 1907, official recognition of Churchill's merits followed. He was made a privy councilor, which was not often the case for figures aged 32 who held the post of deputy. minister. Now, speaking in Parliament, his colleagues had to address him as "the honorable gentleman."
In 1911, Churchill became First Lord of the Admiralty, leading the British Navy in the First World War. His main achievement was the creation of the Royal Air Force of Britain. In January 1919, Winston Churchill was appointed Minister of War and Minister of Aviation; in 1921, Secretary of State for the Colonies.
But the main rise of Winston Churchill began on May 10, 1940, when he first took the post of Prime Minister (he remained in office until July 1945). The years when Churchill headed the British government and represented his country in the anti-Hitler coalition were his greatest achievement as a statesman, they were the high point of Winston Churchill's political career.