Unleash your creative potential.Michael J. Gelb, bestselling author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, draws upon history's most revolutionary minds to help you unleash your own creativity. With fascinating biographies of all ten geniuses, personal self-assessments, and practical exercises, this book is the key to unlocking the genius inside you!
Plato -- Deepening your love of wisdom
Filippo Brunelleschi -- Expanding your perspective
Christopher Columbus -- Strengthening your vision, optimism, and courage
Nicolaus Copernicus -- Reorganizing your vision of the world
Queen Elizabeth I -- Wielding your power with balance and effectiveness
William Shakespeare -- Cultivating your emotional intelligence
Thomas Jefferson -- Celebrating your freedom in the pursuit of happiness
Charles Darwin -- Developing your powers of observation and cultivating an open mind
Mahatma Gandhi -- Applying the principles of spiritual genius to harmonize spirit, mind, and body
Albert Einstein -- Unleashing your imagination and "combinatory play"
Language
English
Pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Release
January 21, 2003
ISBN
0060937904
ISBN 13
9780060937904
Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds
Unleash your creative potential.Michael J. Gelb, bestselling author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, draws upon history's most revolutionary minds to help you unleash your own creativity. With fascinating biographies of all ten geniuses, personal self-assessments, and practical exercises, this book is the key to unlocking the genius inside you!
Plato -- Deepening your love of wisdom
Filippo Brunelleschi -- Expanding your perspective
Christopher Columbus -- Strengthening your vision, optimism, and courage
Nicolaus Copernicus -- Reorganizing your vision of the world
Queen Elizabeth I -- Wielding your power with balance and effectiveness
William Shakespeare -- Cultivating your emotional intelligence
Thomas Jefferson -- Celebrating your freedom in the pursuit of happiness
Charles Darwin -- Developing your powers of observation and cultivating an open mind
Mahatma Gandhi -- Applying the principles of spiritual genius to harmonize spirit, mind, and body
Albert Einstein -- Unleashing your imagination and "combinatory play"