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[This is one of my favorite articles: wisdom for optimum daily living distilled by author Michael

J. Gelb, a creativity and innovation expert, from one of the most influential thinkers of history.

I met Gelb at a conference in Santa Fe, where he gave a presentation on da Vinci. In this fast-

moving Year of the Dragon, we must be in top form to stay ahead of the curve.]

History has many geniuses, people whose thinking, creativity and innovation have shaped lives

for centuries into the future. It may seem at first glance that geniuses are born into their calling

by some combination of heritage and fate. But geniuses can be made, according to a man who

has studied the works and life of one of humanity’s greatest minds, Leonardo da Vinci. Learn to

think like da Vinci and you, too, can harness new powers of brain and mind.

Michael J. Gelb has developed a seven-step plan for daily living that he says will enable anyone

to step into bigger creative shoes. Gelb, a consultant in innovative thinking, is the author of the

best-selling How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci.

“Leonardo da Vinci is the archetype of human potential, self-knowledge and all types of

intelligence,” Gelb said. “His thinking and teaching were similar to Taoism. One of his mottos

was, fix your course to a star, and follow it.”

Leonardo Da Vinci

Da Vinci (1452-1519) lived in Italy during the Renaissance, one of the most fertile creative

periods in history. Titans of art, science, philosophy and literature flourished. Da Vinci stood

above them all. He may be best-known for his art – masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa and

The Last Supper, recognized as two of the greatest paintings ever done – but he also excelled in

science, architecture and invention. He was far ahead of his time.

His ideas were so prolific it is hard to list them all. He conceived of the airplane, helicopter,

parachute, three-speed gear shift, extendable ladder, folding furniture, bicycle, crane, alarm

clock, hydraulic jack, snorkel and more. In addition, he conceived of numerous labor-saving

devices, and an astonishing array of advanced weaponry. He made significant contributions to

anatomy, botany, geology and physics.

How on earth did all this genius pour out of a single mind in a few decades of time? Read the rest of this entry »

The force of sound may be a logical explanation for the previously unexplained phenomena of crop circles.

February 2005

by Freddy Silva

During the twilight days of 1998, small articles tucked away in the nether regions of the British press quietly announced “Unknown Force Was Behind Corn Circles, Claims Hoaxer.” This dramatic U-turn by the surviving member of the infamous Doug and Dave duo—the English sexagenarians who since 1991 have misled the world with tales of their crop-flattening prowess with planks of wood—illustrates that the hand of man materialized in crop circle lore long after the real phenomenon manifested.

Although hoaxers claim to have orchestrated the phenomenon in 1978, unpublished evidence at the time showed approximately 200 sporadic reports of Read the rest of this entry »

Now science says prophecy is a fact! Not the kind where a mystic means is used, but a type which depends on statistical charts amassed over a period of many years.

Summer 1948

by V. N. Gebhardt

Business chart harmonizes the three main economic rhythms. If the forecast is correct, a period of unparalleled prosperity will begin about 1952.

Are our lives – yours and mine and the lives of every man and woman in the world-guided by mysterious economic rhythms over which as yet we have little or no control? Do economic forces follow fixed patterns which we can trace and predict but which we do not yet begin to understand

The answer looks more and more like YES.

As mathematicians, statisticians and other investigators begin to make economics a science instead of a guessing game, they see increasing Read the rest of this entry »