Michael Gelb is the author of a book called “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci” and in it he expands on the ‘seven steps to genius every day‘ …
Now, I haven’t read the book yet but I’ve seen the seven steps listed and they’ve fascinated me enough to want to share them with you all. These principles need, so says Gelb, to be followed for success. Whether it be a new language, training to be a chef or just wanting to improve yourself in your current job.
Anyway, the seven steps are:
- 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.”
I don’t know about you but these steps fascinate me and I will be getting a copy of the book when time allows. I understand that the book have some of da Vinci’s illustrations as well and the book references its principles to da Vinci’s accomplishments.
