I know that many of the folks who follow AgileLiving.net and The Bottom-line Bookclub are Renaissance Souls at heart – people who love doing many things and feel constricted in work scenarios that are specialized and one-dimensional. Agile Living is about dissolving the social and internal restrictions so that you can experience, create and be more. And it’s about seeking variety, novelty and change so that you can be more agile, resourceful and resilient, so Renaissance Souls already have a lot of what it takes to live an agile life.

But there’s a perception that probably comes from the Factory Age, that if you want to be successful, you must choose your profession early, and you must specialize and follow a path of linear success, and there’s the common saying, “A jack of all trades and master of none” that gets bandied around when you start talking about wanting to do all of the things you love doing.

Well, Leonardo Da Vinci is the original Renaissance Soul and he was a jack of all trades and master of many. I chose this book because Michael has modeled Da Vinci for us and given us 7 principals – 7 ways of being and thinking – that Da Vinci used to create the rich, diverse and successful life that he lived. And I think these success principles apply now just as much as they did in the Renaissance period when Da Vinci roamed the earth.

In the Bottom-line on Think Like Da Vinci, you’ll learn:

• Why it’s so important to be able to think and create the way that Da Vinci did – especially in this era.
• The 4 common myths about intelligence, and how this has been holding you back from living your full potential.
• 8 types of intelligence that you can use to identify your unique intelligences and be more successful in your work.
• 7 ways of thinking and being that enabled Da Vinci to be the successful “Jack of all trades and master of many” that he was.
• 3 to 5 specific things you can do to develop each of the 7 Da Vincian ways of thinking and being.

When you buy the Bottom-line on Think Like Da Vinci, you’ll get:

• A 45min audio Bottom-line lecture, highlighting and explaining the best ideas and change tools from Michael Gelb’s book, Think Like Da Vinci.
• A pdf manual including a transcript of the Bottom-line lecture so you can get a quick, easily accessible visual overview of the Bottom-line.
• A pdf Coaching Workbook with powerful coaching exercises to guide you (and your clients if you’re a coach) to apply these high-leverage ideas and get the results you want.
• A 45min audio recording of my interview with the author, Michael Gelb.

Get the Bottom-line on Think Like Da Vinci

There are two ways you can get the Bottom-line on Michael Gelb’s “Think Like Da Vinci:”

1. Buy this Bottom-line individually for $24

2. Join the club’s Archive Membership for $99 and get:

• Access to the full archives of 13 Bottom-lines so you can download this Bottom-line and any of the previous Bottom-lines you want, whenever you want.

Michael Gelb

Michael is the author of 12 books on creativity and innovation including Think Like Da Vinci, which was a Washington Post, Amazon.com and New York Times international best seller and has been translated into over 25 languages.

But not only is he an accomplished writer, to give you a sense of his diversity, his accolades also include being a former professional juggler who’s performed with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. He’s also a fourth degree black belt in the martial art of Aikido, he’s a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, he has a Master of Arts in Psycho-Physical Re-education, and was certified as the first “Master Trainer” by the Buzan Foundation – that’s as in Tony Buzan of mind-mapping fame, who I know a lot of you will be familiar with.

In 1999, Michael won the Brain Trust Charity’s “Brain of the Year” award. And if that sounds like a very prestigious award, well you’re right, because some of the other honorees included Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, and Garry Kasparov.

So, with this rich background, and with over 30 years of experience as a professional speaker, teacher and organizational consultant, Michael is a true expert in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership.

Michael’s latest book is Wine Drinking For Inspired Thinking.

You can find out more about Michael’s work at michaelgelb.com and on Twitter he’s @MichaelJGelb

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