Leonardo Da Vinci was a real representative of the Renaissance: comprehensively developed, educated, erudite. And he never stopped cultivating. His profession cannot be described in one word. Writer and sculptor, scientist and philosopher, mathematician and engineer, artist and botanist, musician and inventor - these are all Leonardo da Vinci. He was a true genius. And with geniuses they take an example. How to live and think like Leonardo Da Vinci? The writer Michael J. Gelb devoted a book to the development of genius in himself, referring to the experience of the great Italian. Here are a few secrets of this gifted person.
You will need
- - pen or pencil,
- - notebook or notebook.
Instruction manual
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All great minds are alike in that they are constantly overcome by curiosity. So, Leonardo has always been in search of truth and beauty. From the questions of ordinary people, the questions of geniuses differ in a different quality. To skillfully solve life problems, ask the right questions. Be open to the new, expand your universe, explore it.
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Keep a diary. Write in it the thoughts and ideas that come to mind. Try to write a few statements a day that begin with the words "I wonder why
", " Curious how
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Select a topic to watch. Set aside a special day and watch everything that relates to it. For example, you have chosen the topic "Communication". Throughout the day, observe the events that are related to the communication situation. Record your impressions in a diary.
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Perform the flow of consciousness exercise. Ask any question and start writing everything that comes to mind about this. Do not edit. Just keep writing.
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Learn from your own experience, learn wisdom from mistakes, and be persistent.
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Think about what you believe in. Is this verified by your experience? Look at your beliefs from different perspectives. Challenge them first. Then look at them from afar, as if you belonged to a different culture. Finally, ask your friends what they think about it.
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Analyze advertisements that have affected you. Browse through ads in your favorite magazine and identify the tactics and strategies that are used in it. Now find an ad that has had a big impact on you. Why did this happen?
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Find examples of failures to learn from. Make a list of people whose mistakes you would like to avoid. Learn from them not to step on another's rake.
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Improve the senses, especially vision. Learn to see and notice.
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Write down in detail any experience. For example, write about how you watched the sunset.
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Learn to describe smells.
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Learn to draw.
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Listen to the different sounds that surround you. Try to listen to quiet sounds, such as your breathing, and then to loud, for example, the noise of motors.
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Live in the present. Practice mindfulness.
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The gift of a genius is the ability to accept the paradoxical, inexplicable and mysterious.
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Do not be afraid of ambiguity. Ignorance does not mean no meaning.
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Ask yourself how the two opposites are related. For example, what is common between your sadness and your joy?
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Use the Socrates method. It is to ask questions, not give answers. Socrates was famous for asking questions that he could not answer. To be Socrates means to be humble. No one can know anything for sure.
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Engage both logic and imagination. A great way is a knowledge map. Start drawing it with a central thought, expressed in one word, and write it in the middle of the sheet. Draw the rays emanating from this word and at the end of each of them write related words and thoughts. You will get an interesting pattern resembling a spider, on which all words and ideas are somehow connected.
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Develop physically. Develop an individual program that includes exercises on flexibility, muscle strengthening and aerobics.
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Develop awareness of your own body. Practice yoga. Dance, learn anatomy. Juggle. Try everything that strengthens the connection between the mind and body.
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Learn to master both hands equally well. To do this, train a less developed hand, performing simple tasks: brush her teeth, hold a spoon. Try writing to her later.
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Feel the interconnectedness of everything with everything in this world. Leonardo’s creative abilities were expressed in the fact that he found connections between seemingly unrelated things. What is common between the bear and the World Wide Web, geology and Mona Lisa?
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Talk mentally. Imagine your opponent and start a dialogue with him. This will help you look at some situations from a different perspective. Or imagine some characters discussing your problems.
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Think about the origin of certain phenomena. Take the item in your hand and think about what it consists of and how it was created.
Helpful advice
Read books. Da Vinci did not have a TV.
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