How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Uncover your own hidden abilities, sharpen your senses, and liberate your unique intelligence by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci.

"By capturing the very essence and Da Vinci's life and genius--the seemingly perfect integration 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

Genius is made, not born. And human beings are gifted with an almost unlimited potential for learning and creativity.

Acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, who has helped thousands of people expand their minds to accomplish more than they ever thought possible, shows you how. Drawing on renowned artist Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, inventions, and legendary works of art, Gelb introduces Seven Da Vincian Principles--the essential elements of genius--from curiosità, the insatiably curious approach to life, to connessione, the appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things.

Step by step, through exercises and provocative lessons, you will harness the power--and awesome wonder--of your own genius, mastering such life-changing abilities as:

- problem solving
- creative thinking
- self-expression
- enjoying the world around you
- goal setting and life balance
- harmonizing body and mind

With Da Vinci as your inspiration, you will discover an exhilarating new way of thinking.

Author: Michael J. Gelb
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 02/08/2000
Pages: 338
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 7.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780440508274

About the Author
Michael J. Gelb is the world's leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. Gelb is the author of fourteen books on creativity and innovation, including Innovate Like Edison: The Five-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success, with Sarah Miller Caldicott, the great-grandniece of Thomas Edison.

In 1999, Michael Gelb won the Brain Trust Charity's Brain of the Year Award; other honorees have included Stephen Hawking, Garry Kasparov, and Gene Roddenberry. In 2003, he was awarded a Batten Fellowship by the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Gelb co-directs the acclaimed Leading Innovation Seminar at Darden with Professor James Clawson. From 2008 to 2012, Gelb also served as the Director of Creativity and Innovation Leadership for the Conscious Capitalism Institute.

A former professional juggler who has performed with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, Michael Gelb introduced the idea of teaching juggling as a means to promote accelerated learning and team building. A fifth-degree black belt in the Japanese martial art of aikido, Gelb is co-author, with International Grandmaster Raymond Keene, of Samurai Chess: Mastering Strategic Thinking Through the Martial Art of the Mind. Gelb is also a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and the author of the classic work Body Learning: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique.

In 2010 Michael Gelb released Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking: Uncork Your Creative Juices, a unique and original approach to team building. His most recent book is Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius.

Michael J. Gelb lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.