How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
Author: Michael J. Gelb
List Price: $15.95
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ISBN: 0440508274
Publisher: Dell (08 February, 2000)
Sales Rank: 9,013
Average Customer Rating: 3.9 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
A truly fantastic, thought-provoking work
Gelb has created a fantastic, thought-provoking, even life-changing work. I would highly recommend reading this book and then following that up with some additional research about the life of Leonardo da Vinci.I read this book some time ago. It had a profound and lasting impact on the way I live my life. Better yet, Gelb provided me with some very powerful tools so that I could come to better understand the most important person in my life... me. I have found the concepts and the tools presented in this book to be powerful and "top of mind" even a year after having read the book for the first time.
Gelb has a wonderful accomplishment in "How to Think". Join him and discover yourself.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Fabulous excercises for self-improvement
Some of the best ideas are the simplest, the most obvious to understand and basic common sense. I used to have a professor in high school who defined common sense as the sense that is commonly absent. At any rate, this book has does a fantastic job of introducing you to 7 principles (based on Leonardo Da Vinci and his life - a true genius in the history of the world). As other reviewers point out if you're interested in learning more about just Vinci, there are plenty of other (perhaps better) sources to learn from. However, if you're interested in applying some of the master's techniques to your day-to-day personal and professional life (starting right now), then this your book! I strongly recommend you buy it and start using it right away to tap your own genius!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Before you buy this book...
...ask yourself a few simple questions. Why did da Vinci accomplish what he did without any self-help books? Why Mr. Gelb, who claims to have deciphered da Vinci's alleged "principles of genius," hasn't created a work of art that will last millennia? Why hasn't he made an invention decades ahead of its time? Is this all he can do with the arsenal of mental powers he claims to have discovered? Write a $11.17 self-help book? A bit of a letdown, perhaps? Answer these questions and you'll know if you need this book. Similar Products
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