How to Learn like a Genius: The Da Vinci Method
Lessons from history’s greatest polymath
The artist of the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, born in 1452, Leonardo Da Vinci truly embodied the term ‘Renaissance Man’. He’s also perhaps history’s greatest Polymath — a person possessing mastery in many different fields of knowledge.
It’s incredible to think how much the man accomplished in his life. He made substantial contributions to engineering, anatomy, science, art and other disciplines.
Largely self-taught, he wrote thousands upon thousands of pages filled with ideas for innovations like the bicycle, aviation machines, underwater breathing apparatus, along with insights in human anatomy, nature, art and physiology. His ideas were far ahead of his time and were given credit for their brilliance long after his death.
How did one man accomplish so much, and being self-taught at that?
His method for learning wasn’t quite as complex as some may think — he seemed to unintentionally practice some simple but powerful concepts for attaining and, more importantly, creating knowledge.
Start with an Insatiable Curiosity
Leonardo didn’t actively pursue knowledge for knowledge’s sake, but possessed one key thing which gave…
