Discover Your Genius - by Michael J Gelb (Paperback)

About the Book

Everyone is born with the potential for genius, according to Gelb. In "Discover Your Genius, " Gelb draws upon a wellspring of imagination from the minds of ten of history's greatest geniuses including Plato, Filippo Brunelleschi, Christopher Columbus, Nicholas Copernicus, Queen Elizabeth I, William Shakespeare, and others.

Book Synopsis

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"

From the Back Cover

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"

Review Quotes

"Gelb is undoubtedly an engaging guide with an appealing approach to self-help." - Publishers Weekly

"Discover Your Genius is a rich repast, and one certain to expand the reader's mind and mettle." - Jean Houston, author of A Mythic Life

"Gelb shows his own genius in making the past relevant." - USA Today

"I truly admire the insightful way in which [Gelb] has probed and exposed the essence of the 'genius' . . . Just as each of these great thinkers 'took a leap' from the ordinary and the known, [Gelb] too has 'leaped' beyond the dry scholarship of the academic world to open up a new view of these illustrious geniuses. . . . Engaging, inspiring, and informative." - --Jennings Wagoner, Ph.D., University of Virginia, Curry School of Education

"Insightful . . . Engaging, inspiring, and informative." - --Jennings Wagoner, Ph.D., University of Virginia, Curry School of Education

"[Gelb has] the graceful ability to synthesis masses of material into accessible prose without sacrificing historical context." - --Carole Fungaroli Sargent, Ph.D., Georgetown University, Department of English