How To Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day (Paperback)

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On rear cover: "By capturing the very essense of Da Vinci's life and genius - the seemingly perfect intregration of mind, body, spirit, and soul - Michael Gelb guides us in a discovery and understanding of the boundlessness of our own full human potential." Deepak Chopra, author of The Path to Love and Ageless Body, Timeless Mind

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Press (1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965064514
• ISBN-13: 978-0965064514
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #179,901 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lessons from the greatest Maven, October 14, 2006

By	Bijoy Goswami "author, The Human Fabric" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Michael Gelb has spent a lifetime studying Leonardo. This book distills the key principles that Leonardo lived by and shows how we too may take our own journey of self-discovery toward excellence.

In my book, The Human Fabric, Leonardo is cited as an example of an incredible Maven (and importantly, not a Relater or Evangelist). Discovering our core energy/talent is indeed the starting point. Once we discover it, we must relentlessly deepen it. Leonardo is the finest example we have of the deepening process for Mavens.

In his book, Gelb describes Leonardo's seven principles. It's notable that three of the principles: Sfumato, Arte/Scienza and Connessione, all deal with bringing together opposites and seeing connections between things that don't initially seem to be related. We see this quality replicated in other great Mavens like Einstein, who was able to bring light, matter and energy together in his famous equation. Relaters and Evangelists do the same, but with people and causes, respectively, rather than knowledge.

Apply just one of Leonardo's seven principles and you will be astonished by the result!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You're not Thinking Critically, you're Not THINKING!, November 13, 2006

By	Deremiah, *CPE/Customer Passionate Executive ... (Saint Charles, IL USA) - See all my reviews

So what is Gelb trying to tell us about thinking anyway? And does critically thinking creatively really matter when there are so many other alternative ways to get answers in todays non-critically thinking culture? When we've got the internet, books, consultants, and some of the worlds greatest thinkers that have ever lived ---all living at the same time--- how can we benefit from digging up a dead man by the name of Leonardo da Vinci anyway? Well there is an appropriate ancient proverb found in the Hebrew text that says "though he be dead yet he still speaketh". So is Gelb's book really necessary and does it add to the wealth of knowledge that you already know about Leonardo?

Truthfully why do we need to think like Leonardo anyway? Will it improve our understanding for the next great mind blowing adventure we take? You'll find all your answers and so much more in Michael J. Gelb's, National Bestseller. He writes a wonderful introspective book on how Leonardo da Vinci was able to master his amazing perspectives and at the same time summon up all of the Curosita' you could ever imagine. What a da Vincian approach to da Vinci's multi-sided perspectives. I've learned more about vision than I've ever been aware of. So if you want to explore why Leonardo thought the way he did you need to get Gelb's book. Well it's time to think and what better way to think clearly than to think critically. I've been sharing some amazing values with a class of very bright Glenwood school students and I'm expecting greater things to happen this new year just because it can!

Your Servant,


Deremiah