Author Archives: Michael Gelb

2 One-Armed Paragons and the World’s Greatest Neuroscientist

by Michael J Gelb  © 2012 All Rights Reserved   Since 1979 I’ve been traveling the world on a mission: to inspire people about their potential to change, grow and learn throughout life.   We are all gifted with the same cortical endowment as Leonardo da Vinci and my goal is to help people learn the practical [...]

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Upcoming Public Programs in 2013 & A Recent Article

UPCOMING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Think Like Leonardo at Esalen March 29-31, 2013 I’m thrilled to return to Esalen for another weekend program on thinking like the Maestro.  Register for the seminar. Esalen has featured this seminar in their Winter/Spring catalogue.  You can read the Seminar Spotlight interview here.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARTICLE 2 One-Armed Paragons and the World’s Greatest Neuroscientist [...]

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COO: Chief Opera Officer

Opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts. –Franco Zeffirelli   I recently returned from that planet… I flew from Basel, Switzerland to New Orleans in order to hear my wife, Deborah Domanski, in the role of Rosina in the Barber of Seville with the New Orleans [...]

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Creativity & Innovation World Tour 2012

On Tuesday September 4, 2012, I depart for Pittsburgh to lead a program entitled How to Think Like da Vinci and Innovate Like Edison for the Institute for Entrpreneurial Excellence.   Then it’s off to Hawley, PA and the magnificent Lodge at Woodloch where I will speak on Brain Power. After visiting my parents in New Jersey, I will spend 3 [...]

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New Words for a New Paradigm

Most of us were raised with faulty ideas about our mental capacity — such as the notion that IQ is fixed at age seven, that brain cells degrade yearly after age thirty, and that memory and learning ability inevitably decline with age. These notions, based on the scientific understanding that was prevalent in the 1950s, [...]

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Tai Chi: Improving with Age

Since the release of Brain Power: Improve Your Mind as You Age many people have asked me about the most beneficial activities for healthy longevity. I recommend the Alexander Technique. (Please join us at Sweet Briar College in Virginia on July 10-15 for a wonderful Alexander Residential Seminar.) I also recommend practicing Tai Chi (and Chi [...]

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Kiss Your Senior Moments Good-bye! interview with Michael J Gelb by Bettina Gordon

Kiss Your Senior Moments Good-bye! Bettina Gordon | © photo by Nathalie Schueller There is a fascinating topic that keeps crossing my editor’s desk: neuroplasticity, which is the popular term for your brain’s ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. The scientific evidence on brain research now points to the surprising [...]

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ONLINE SEMINAR: Brain Power – Improve Your Mind as You Age

Sponsored by en*theos academy Starts SATURDAY April 28, 2012! Time: 4 Saturdays at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ETDates: April 28 + May 5, 12, 19 Can’t make the calls? No problem! Download an MP3 of the class the next day. Tuition: $125 (If cash is tight, we offer a “Pick Your Price” model [...]

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Learning to Think Like Leo

Laura Rafaty | Posted: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:00 am     Michael Gelb thinks you’re a genius. Or thinks you can be if you follow his program, which teaches the creatively challenged thinkers of today how to emulate “the greatest genius of all time.” And that very model of a modern innovative thinker is not Steve Jobs [...]

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Vinography: How to Think & Drink Like Leonardo da Vinci

03.01.2012 by Vinography: A Wine Blog – Alder YarrowWhat Wine Drinkers Can Learn from Leonardo Da Vinci As some of you know, I was in Napa last week at the Symposium for Professional Wine Writers. The keynote speaker was Michael Gelb, the best selling author and speaker, whose most popular book How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, served [...]

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