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How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

By: Michael J. Gelb
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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.

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.

Can't get enough of Leonardo's legacy? Check out our store devoted to all things Da Vinci.©1999 Michael J. Gelb (P)1999 Random House, Inc., Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Publishing, A Division of Random House, Inc. Creativity Personal Development Personal Success Inspiring

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“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

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Te best way of listening to this audiobook is with pen and paper at hand because it gives you such valuable information about opening your mind that you will want to write it down!

It really helps you open your mind

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What did you love best about How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci?

The ideas presented had many insightful points

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Refrain from repeating the concepts in Italian. Once the point was made, just use the English version of the phrase

What insight do you think you’ll apply from How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci?

The use of mind mapping ideas is the concept I'm most likely to pursue first.

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With the reader's overbearing insistence on pronouncing the Italian words over and over again, it was like listening to a pompous language student practicing with a distracting, arrogance. I found myself wanting to ask him to shut up already with the pronunciation. I wouldn't recommend this aggregation to anyone. The printed version would be my choice.

Distracting affectation

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This book was very insightful. Before listening to this I only had the basic knowledge of da Vinci from school and a little bit of research on the web and now I feel I have a much firmer grasp on why he is such a powerful figure in our history. I would recommend this book for anyone =)

- Tim

A Must Listen for the New Intellect

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Excellent book - It is filled with tips and techniques to help think like da Vinci.

Excellent book - many tremendous tips

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Would you consider the audio edition of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci to be better than the print version?

It's an amazing book, any way you can get this information… you should.

What was one of the most memorable moments of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci?

The life story of Da Vinci...

Which character – as performed by Michael J. Gelb – was your favorite?

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If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Genius EVERYDAY!

Any additional comments?

I have already recommended this book both paperback and audio to many of my friends and family.

LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!

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I own this book in the paper back form. It is one of a couple hundred that I have done a surface reading of but have been trying to fully work through for a few years. I was hoping that this audio version would close that gap. It didn’t.

Great Book…too abridged

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I found of Mind mapping exercises quite interesting. as I said in the title one could read this over a few times. seems it would be a good book to take a personal retreat through and go through the exercises.

Worth reading again.

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this look was not at all what I expected it didn't capture my attention like I hoped it would and was very difficult to follow maybe due to the monotone voice narrating the book.

Not at all what I expected!

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Other than a few interesting facts about da Vinci's youth this book is filled with nothing but uninspired axioms than any five year-old could string together. If, that is, the five year-old spoke italian. At one point the author says make your own insignia. Is branding really what Leonardo was thinking? This book is the opposite of insightful.

not worth the money...

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Is this all that made Leonardo da Vinci different, a curiosity about life, a desire to learn more, asking great questions and keeping a note book full of reflections? The great questions included in one of the books exercises were to ask these questions: who, what, when, where and why. This book has some interesting facts about Leonardo but it doesn't really teach the reader how to think like him. It appears the author focused on his writing style and missed the mark connecting the title to the actual content of the work.

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