|
How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day [ABRIDGED] (Audio CD)
by Michael J. Gelb
| Category:
Innovation, Creativity, Creative thinking |
| Market price: ¥ 158.00
MSL price:
¥ 148.00
[ Shop incentives ]
|
| Stock:
Pre-order item, lead time 3-7 weeks upon payment [ COD term does not apply to pre-order items ] |
|
|
MSL rating:
 Good for Gifts |
| If you want us to help you with the right titles you're looking for, or to make reading recommendations based on your needs, please contact our consultants. |
|
| |
AllReviews |
1 Total 1 pages 10 items |
|
|
Amazon.com (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
Here's a personal growth guidebook that's won the admiration and recommendation of Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate of England. He calls this "a brilliant, practical guide to awakening and training our vast, unused resources of intelligence and ability." Author Michael Gelb, founder of High Performance Learning and consultant for companies including AT&T and National Public Radio, says that we all can unlock the "da Vincian" genius inside us. Gelb says there are seven critical principles that need to be followed for success, whether you're learning a new language, studying to be a gourmet chef, or just hoping to be more effective on the job:
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.
|
|
|
Publishers Weekly (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
Founder and president of the High Performance Learning Center, Gelb, in seminars and workshops and now in this book, offers "the Seven Da Vincian Principles" for learning how to approach life like a genius. He uses Leonardo's native Italian language to label these principles: "curiosita" (curiosity and continuous learning), "dimostrazione" (learning from experience), "sensazione" (sensory awareness), "sfumato" (accepting and embracing uncertainty), "arte/scienza" (balancing art and science, or "whole-brain" thinking), "corporalita" (physical fitness and ambidexterity) and "connessione" (seeing the interconnectedness of everything). Gelb provides discussion of each principle in relation to Leonardo's work, questions for reader "self-assessment," exercises and even notes for parents to apply the principles to child-rearing and teaching. His view reflects the current trend in working with "multiple intelligences" and creativity, and is similar to the approach outlined in Todd Siler's Think Like a Genius (1997). The Renaissance mood Gelb successfully invokes, however, adds a unique richness to this deeper, more expansive work. Illustrations. Editor, Tom Spain; agent, Muriel Nellis.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
|
|
Library Journal (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
Gelb, president of the High Performance Learning Center in Great Falls, VA, urges readers to push forward toward their full intellectual potential by incorporating advice and examples from one of history's undisputed geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci. In this hands-on workbook, Gelb includes questionnaires that test the reader's senses and perspectives, a biographical sketch of Leonardo, plentiful line drawings, and exercises designed to stimulate and expand the reader's quest to learn more. Gelb adheres to Leonardo's belief that it is best to test knowledge through experience, that the senses can be tapped as a source of information and fulfillment, and that ambiguity is not a flaw. The seven DaVincian principles discussed can refine the use of intellect and teach the reader the unchanged art of thinking clearly and fulfilling one's potential. The result will appeal especially to curious adult readers and upper-level high school students preparing to excel in today's competitive world. For all self-help collections.?Catherine T. Charvat, John Marshall Lib., Alexandria, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
|
|
AudioFile (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
So you're looking for a way to be brilliant and creative every day? Gelb describes da Vinci's life and accomplishments and theories on approaching life, then suggests how to apply these principles to your busy life. Actually, this book discusses how to organize your life and offers extensive exercises for self-application. Gelb overemphasizes words-all those that are capitalized or have more than two syllables-then switches rhythm when all the words are short and simple. Repetition of key phrases and theories reinforces the "how-to" theme. M.B.K. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine |
|
|
Booklist (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
No matter how diligently we apply ourselves, the truth is few of us will achieve Leonard da Vinci's intellectual level. Yet it's also true that in many ways the brain is much like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger your brain becomes. What Gelb does here, then, is to instruct us on the many ways we can flex, and improve, our intellects. Following a brief biography of da Vinci, Gelb, founder of High Performance Learning, lays out seven broad steps for working our brains with a variety of exercises applicable to each step. Throughout, Gelb weaves in examples from da Vinci's life, especially drawing from the great man's notebooks. The cumulative effect is quite impressive: a celebration of da Vinci's many achievements, matched with a convincing analysis of how readers can improve their mental prowess. A unique addition to self-help holdings. Brian McCombie |
|
|
Deepak Chopra, author of The Path to Love and Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
By capturing the very essence of DaVinci's life and genius...Michael Gelb guides us in a discovery and understanding of the boundlessness of our own full human potential. |
|
|
Ted Hughes, New York Times bestselling author of Birthday Letters, USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
A brilliant, practical guide to awakening and training our vast, unused resources of intelligence and ability. |
|
|
Jennifer (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
I felt this book offered a great way to approach a change in the way we look at learning and experiencing. Most of the exercises have greatly impacted my understanding of my own skills and interests. I have read this book several times and have done the exercises more than once a few years apart. I found that approaching it in this way has allowed me to see how I have improved in many ways and have opened up to fresh and new ideas.
Some of the biographical information is short and I definitely encourage anyone to read about Leonardo from other more thorough sources. |
|
|
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
As I started this book I thought I'd read a lot of it before. Indeed, many of the ideas have little or nothing to do with Leonardo da Vinci, and have been presented elsewhere in one form or another in other. However, as a whole consciousness-raising or self-improvement system, Gelb's exercises combined with his fascinating Leonardo anecdotes are really empowering and liberating and relevant.
This book is not going to turn me into a genius, but it is a great way to get back in touch with the brainpower that gets lost in day-to-day work and school and life. It makes you want to follow all the exercises and live life more fully. Even if you don't, though, even one or two of Gelb's self-improvement strategies is worth the price of admission.
For me, I "remembered" that I like to write and communicate my ideas. So, thanks, Mr. Gelb, for helping me write this review.
|
|
|
Becky Spears (MSL quote), USA
<2008-03-20 00:00>
I have now read this book twice and given it to several associates. I am in the middle of the exercises, and am choosing changes that will improve my life. I suspect I wouldn't have made these changes at this time without going through this process, and only wish I had stumbled across this earlier. |
|
|
|
1 Total 1 pages 10 items |
|
|
|
|
|
|
