How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci

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How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci
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Your brain is better than you think

• Mindset Your intelligence can grow and change.
• There are different kinds of intelligences.
• We learn by imitation and role models who guide
  and inspire us

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The Greatest Geniuses of Historyand the winner
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• Albert Einstein
• Phidias (architect of Athens)
• Alexander the Great
• Thomas Jefferson
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Michaelangelo
• 4. Johann Wolfang von Goethe
• The Great Pyramid Builders
• William Shakespeare
• 1. Leonardo Da Vinci

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Make your life a work of art with the Seven Da
Vincian Principles

• Curiosita An insatiably curious approach to
  life and an unrelenting quest for continuous
  learning.
•  Dimonstrazione A commitment to test knowledge
  through mistakes.
•  Sensazione The continual refinement of the
  senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven
  experience.
• Sfumato -- (Literally going up in smoke) A
  willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and
  uncertainty.
• Arte/Scienza The development of the balance
  between science and art, logic, and
  imaginationwhole-brain thinking.
• Corporalita The cultivation of grace,
  ambidexterity, fitness, and poise.
• Connessione A recognition and appreciation for
  the interconnectedness of all things and
  phenomena. ..systems thinking.

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Curiosita

• The desire to know is natural to good men.
• Pure quest for truth and beauty.
• His passion was his inquisitiveness.
• Investigative style Look at things from at
  least three different perspectives would give a
  deeper understanding of what he studied.
• Step away from what you are studying, relax and
  come back to it.
• Look at something from a distance and from
  unusual/extreme perspectives.
• Ask great questions that engage our thought.

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Developing your Curiosita

• Record thoughts, questions, observations
• Reflect
• Always learn something new
• Seek different perspectives
• Be a voracious reader
• Learn from little children
• Become skilled at identifying and solving
  problems.
• Be open-minded and curious.
• Look up and record new words or phrases
• Learn about other cultures
• Learn another language
• Ask others for feedback, insight, and suggestions
• Fall in lovewith learning!

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Your Curiosita Notebook

• Keep it with you at all times
• Jot down ideas, impressions, drawings, jokes,
  dreams, doodles, words, stories, poetry, songs,
  film ideas, notes
• Make many observations on the same thing over
  time
• Collect articles, information, pictures
• Exploratory, free-flowing, nonjudgmental, not
  organized.

How will you use your curiosita?