How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
by Michael J. Gelb

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Book Review: HOW TO THINK LIKE A GENIUS
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Summary of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

• Problem solving
  
• Creative thinking
  
• Self-expression
  
• Enjoying the world around you
  
• Goal setting and life balance
  
• Harmonizing body and mind
  

• Curiosita: An insatiably curious approach to life.
• Dimonstratzione: A commitment to test knowledge through experience.
• Sensazione: The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to clarify experience.
• Sfumato: A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty.
• Arte/Scienza: The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination ("whole-brain thinking").
• Corporalita: The cultivation of ambidexterity, fitness, and poise.
• Connessione: A recognition and appreciation for the connectedness of all things and phenomena; "systems thinking."

Gelb discusses each of these principles in relation to what da Vinci accomplished, thereby giving this book a built-in history lesson. The illustrations from the master's work and time add a nice warmth to the work. As the president of NPR said after working with Gelb, this is a program recommended for "anyone who wants to experience a personal and professional Renaissance."

Creativity Books

• Subjects > Health, Mind & Body > Self-Help > Creativity
• Motivational
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