7 Leonardo Da Vinci Exercises To Awaken Your Genius - Michael J. Gelb

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🗓️ 28 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Through exercises and provocative lessons, anyone can harness the power and awesome wonder of their genius, mastering life-changing skills such as problem-solving, creative thinking, self-expression, and life balance. Our guest today, Michael J. Gelb, is a pioneer in creative thinking, innovative leadership, executive coaching, and author of 17 books. On this live call, Vishen Lakhiani and Michael J. Gelb discuss how to develop full potential by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci. Michael is a senior fellow at The Center for Humanistic Management and a member of the Leading People and Organizations Advisory Board at the Fordham University Gabelli School of Business. Michael was also awarded a Batten Fellowship in Innovation from the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business and co-directed the acclaimed Leading Innovation Seminar there for more than 10 years. Michael was honored as “Brain of the Year” (1999) by the Brain Trust Charity – other recipients include Steven Hawking, Garry Kasparov, and Edward De Bono. Michael is the author of 17 books, including How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci, Discover Your Genius, Innovate Like Edison, and The Art of Connection: 7 Relationship-Building Skills Every Leader Needs Now. Listen out for: - How one thinks like Leonardo Da Vinci. - 7 Principles To Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci. - The third chapter of Michaels’s book. - The secret to sharpening your sense of sight. - The magic question for liberating appreciation. - Live bonus Q&A session. Bonus: - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The default setting of our world now especially is not designed to elevate your appreciation of
0:07.6	beauty in all its forms. It's designed to just sell you a lot of stuff to which you will become
0:14.3	addicted and that you don't really need and that doesn't serve the most noble purpose for your life.
0:30.5	The planet has discussed the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for my,
0:35.4	body, spirit and work. So Michael Gelt is a bestselling author. His books include
0:42.2	Mastering the Art of Public Speaking. Innovate like Edison, the Healing Organization,
0:47.5	the Art of Connection, Creativity on Demand. But today we're going to be talking about one of
0:52.0	his best books. How to think like Leonardo da Vinci. Now why are we choosing that book? But
0:57.3	firstly, it sold 700,000 copies. It has been translated into 25 languages and I really want to see
1:05.1	this book hit a million copies sold. So with your help, let's make that happen. You can learn
1:10.4	about Michael on MichaelGelt.com. He is a remarkable thinker of creativity, innovation,
1:17.6	leadership and team building. But today we're going to focus on ideas from the book how to think
1:24.5	like Leonardo da Vinci. Firstly, Michael and I are friends and guests who introduced us. It was Jim
1:30.0	Quake. We met at a gathering, me and Jim organized in New York about 18 months ago, I think,
1:36.0	way before the pandemic. Back when gatherings were okay. I remember your book how to think like
1:40.4	Leonardo da Vinci because I was watching the movie The Italian Job and there's a scene in that movie,
1:45.5	The Italian Job where the protagonists are walking, are planning this big heist and they are
1:52.0	reading your book. That's it, those actors. Inspiration on how to pull off this huge op-heist
2:01.9	so anyway, good job there, encouraging criminals. But you write the book how to think likely
2:10.1	and how to da Vinci. Well, Leonardo da Vinci was my childhood hero along with Superman and I remember
2:18.4	when I discovered that Superman was only a comic book character, but Leonardo da Vinci was real.
2:25.0	And the more I learned about him, the more he seemed to embody all of our human potentiality,
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