Michael J. Gelb

Da Vinci Decoded (eBook, ePUB)

Discovering the Spiritual Secrets of Leonardo's Seven Principles

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Cultivate your spiritual potential using wisdom from renowned artist and engineer Leonardo da Vinci, from the nationally bestselling author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci Wonder. Appreciation. Awareness. Wholeness. In the Western world of the fifteenth century, these personal qualities were all boldly embodied in one extraordinary man. From art to botany, anatomy to mechanics, Leonardo da Vinci was a profoundly original thinker fully in tune with the world of man and nature, and with the divine spirit that bridges the two. In this bold guide to awakening the soul, Michael Gelb draws on Leonardo's writings, inventions, and works of art to show how you, too, can practice the seven essential principles by which Leonardo lived and worked, including: • Curiosità: Seek the Truth • Dimostrazione: Take Responsibility • Sensazione: Sharpen Awareness • Sfumato: Engage the Shadow • Arte/Scienza: Cultivate Balance • Corporalità: Nurture Integration • Connessione: Practice Love Filled with practical exercises that will help you put each of the seven principles into use, a series of reflective questions designed for self-assessment, and inspirational sayings drawn from the world's great wisdom traditions, Da Vinci Decoded offers a wide range of tools to use in your spiritual quest. Now you can let Leonardo and Michael Gelb be your personal guides to creating your own personal spiritual renaissance today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780440335207
• Artikelnr.: 38189411

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Gelb is the world's leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership. Gelb is the author of fourteen books on creativity and innovation, including Innovate Like Edison: The Five-Step System for Breakthrough Business Success, with Sarah Miller Caldicott, the great-grandniece of Thomas Edison. In 1999, Michael Gelb won the Brain Trust Charity's Brain of the Year Award; other honorees have included Stephen Hawking, Garry Kasparov, and Gene Roddenberry. In 2003, he was awarded a Batten Fellowship by the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. Gelb co-directs the acclaimed Leading Innovation Seminar at Darden with Professor James Clawson. From 2008 to 2012, Gelb also served as the Director of Creativity and Innovation Leadership for the Conscious Capitalism Institute. A former professional juggler who has performed with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, Michael Gelb introduced the idea of teaching juggling as a means to promote accelerated learning and team building. A fifth-degree black belt in the Japanese martial art of aikido, Gelb is co-author, with International Grandmaster Raymond Keene, of Samurai Chess: Mastering Strategic Thinking Through the Martial Art of the Mind. Gelb is also a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and the author of the classic work Body Learning: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique. In 2010 Michael Gelb released Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking: Uncork Your Creative Juices, a unique and original approach to team building. His most recent book is Creativity on Demand: How to Ignite and Sustain the Fire of Genius. Michael J. Gelb lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.