The 7 principles of thinking like Leonardo Di Vinci
“This is really the beginning of you working effectively as a coach and embodying
the principles of effective coaching. It’s a deep curiosity of your own growth and
evolution. It is about being curious regarding your own self-awareness, and your
own mindfulness. It is recognizing your own challenges and being curious about
how you can learn and grow and overcome obstacles.
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Demonstrazione – Learning from experience
“This is all about cultivating your own independent, original thought. It’s literally the
discipline of looking at things from different perspectives, different angles. Really
questioning what your beliefs and assumptions are.
This is especially true the more leadership position you’re in. Leaders by nature
tend to consciously embrace the overwhelming amount of approval thrown at them.
You start believing your own publicity. We all want confirmation about just how
smart and clever we are. Demonstrazione is really a matter of self-discipline. All
great leaders tend to be disciplined in challenging, questioning and considering
different perspectives.”
Research
Through his research, Gelb has identified seven principles of How to
Think like Leonardo Di Vinci. These practical, everyday exercises are
something that all professional coaches can use to bring wisdom and
personal growth to themselves and their practice.
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Considered history’s greatest genius, Leonardo Di Vinci’s innovative
thinking and creativity continue to inspire us. From inventing the
parachute before anyone could fly, to plans for submarines, flying
machines, and the collapsible ladders we use today, his ability to think
creatively would be an invaluable resource to a coach or anyone in a
leadership position.
Coaches really have to be a role model in this aspect. This is really about having
the important ability of asking questions – It’s probably the most important coaching
skill. Asking questions with the greatest point of leverage. What is the core issue
for someone at that current time? Can you inspire their curiosita so they can rally to
come up with some creative insight to help meet that core challenge. “What is the
key point of leverage? What is the core issue? Then you should ask, ask how do we
get there? How do we get to the essence of finding what it is we need to discover.”
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