How to think like Leonardo Da Vinci

Slide 2: How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Seven Book pic Steps to Genius Everyday AUTHOR: Michael Gelb PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing DATE OF PUBLICATION: 1998 NUMBER OF PAGES: 322 pages

Slide 3: THE BIG IDEA How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb • Besides art, Leonardo was an architect, mathematician, philosopher, and military planner. • The Seven da Vincian Principles. • Essential elements of genius can be developed.

Slide 4: The Seven da Vincian Principles How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb 1. Curiosita: an insatiably curious approach and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning. • Make a list of 100 questions that are important to you. • Review the list and choose the 10 most significant. • Find a topic and ask 10 questions about it. Do the same for your career, relationship and health. • Pick one question and contemplate. • The results can can originate by extending a question.

Slide 5: The Seven da Vincian Principles How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb 2. Dimostrazione: A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence, and a willingness to learn from mistakes. • Examine experience. • Pick a topic and write down at least three ideas, opinions, assumptions or beliefs on the topic. • Make a strongest argument against your belief. • Be aware of the various influences. • Learn from mistakes and anti-role models.

Slide 6: The Seven da Vincian Principles How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb 3. Sensazione: The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight as the means to enliven experience. • Sight, sound, touch, taste and smell are the keys to opening the doors of experience. • Practice exercises:  Visualizations  Layered listening  Expand your olfactory vocabulary  Reflect on the origins of the food you’re tasting  Wine tasting  Touch objects blindfolded  Transform a workplace

Slide 7: The Seven da Vincian Principles How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb 4. Sfumato: A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty. • Describe three situations from your life where ambiguity was a factor. • Describe the feeling of anxiety. • Confusion endurance. • Learn to consult the “unconscious database”. • Reminiscence effect.

Slide 8: The Seven da Vincian Principles How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb 5. Arte/Scienza: Whole brain thinking. The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination. • Mind mapping. • Mind map your next day off. • Memory mind map. • Use pictures, images, color-coding, highlighting to stimulate the creative association and enhance the memory.

Slide 9: The Seven da Vincian Principles How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb 6. Corporalita: The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness and poise. • Beware of anger and avoid grievous moods, rest your head and keep your mind cheerful, be covered well at night, exercise moderately, eat simple and chew well. • Mirror observations. • Make a drawing of your body. • Develop ambidexterity.

Slide 10: The Seven da Vincian Principles How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael Gelb 7. Connessione: A recognition of and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena. • Notice patterns in nature. • Use of imaginary dialogue. • Think of the origins of things in your life. • Micro/Macro contemplation. • Visualize. • Create a mind map of your life from the perspective of the seven da Vincian Principles.

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