How to Be a Genius: Leonardo da Vinci's 5 Rules

We all know about Leonardo da Vinci's accomplishments - the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, dozens of inventions... but what traits enabled him to do so much?

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01:08 - How to present yourself
03:12 - Become a T-shaped person
04:19 - Know when you're wrong
05:21 - Collaborate with others and give credit
07:12 - Avoid perfectionism

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[BridGemini]

Da Vinci knew himself deeply. The more you do the more you learn about the world/things, but most importantly, you learn about yourself.

[annroviris]

Is worth noticing thar Leonardo da Vinci started creating meaningful work in his 40s. Meaning that is never late to get creative and creating :). Thanks for this awesome video. I loved it!

[mysterym]

Bold of you to assume I'm not already genius

[titlespree]

*Wisdom is the laughter of experience. - Leonardo Da Vinci*

[robertogerardi]

1. Present yourself based on what you want to become - highlight current interests that you are able to deliver - 01:13:00
2. Become a T-shape person - Use knowledge from different topics to allow creativity to emerge - 03:14:00
3. Know when you are wrong - Adjust your believes to fit new information, use facts to find a new theory to live by - 04:23:00
4. Collaborate with other people - Inspiration and improvement comes by working with others, not alone - 05:23:00
5. Be wary of perfectionism - finish with what you are doing to move forward, rather than leaving it unfinished - 07:14:00

[FarisMonshi]

7:17 I know you meant to be “wary” of perfectionism, but my god am I “weary” of it too.

[AuthenticSelfGrowth]

Leonardo was a true pioneer. Ahead of his time and my favourite ninja turtle 😁👌🏼

[ossen]

*Da Vinci is one of the most versatile human beings ever lived.*
Having him as a mentor, throughout his documented work, is a sure way of at least getting a dust of his genius persona.

[rdand]

I always hit "Like" before the video starts, as it's loading, because I already know Thomas will never disappoint us.

[basedbattledroid]

You're saying that I too can be...






... A Ninja Turtle?

[FunnyBuns]

How to be a "Genius" (or at least really smart): Have interests, be curious and observant, and then ardently pursue those curiosities, especially the ones that interest you the most, and learn, learn, learn. New answers present more questions to look into for more answers; so you can dive deeper into any curiosity, really.
If an interest is lost in a topic, or if it feels like you've hit rock bottom with the curiosity you were previously interested in, that's normal as we change everyday. However, you might find new interesting curiosities, especially if you broaden your range and ways of living and learning. You could travel, read books, watch educational videos, become a protege, return to school and along the way, cultivate your imagination or train your mind to come up with new questions and answer those questions which seemed impossible to fathom, before. There is always something new to learn about the universe, whether it be internal or external. *The most important thing, I believe, is getting to know yourself, your desires, your interests, your curiosities and really, becoming a friend of yourself so that you can know yourself to the extent that you have an idea of what direction you want to focus your mental energy towards. Doing so, I think, can potentially eliminate any procrastination with what you may believe to be your passion because that's what really separates the "Geniuses" from the ordinary folk (The self knowledge, the passion, the focus, and the work).*
It takes time as no one is born a genius and no one can know everything... Even so, everyone can become a master at something and I think that the people we call "Geniuses" were masters of curiosity and, possibly, imagination as well. *They used methods unique to themselves* to acquire vast databases of knowledge and in doing so consistently, their imaginations were empowered to go where no ordinary individual's mind could go. Ordinary people called them "Geniuses", but they're just as ordinary as anyone else lol.
Over time, having gained knowledge and/or wisdom, cultivate your imagination and you might realize you know a lot more than you did before! Go master your passion and then find other interesting things to learn or something else to master. I agree with Einstein when he said imagination is more important than knowledge but you need knowledge to empower the imagination. Become a master of the thing you love to do because you only have one life and the time is ticking, my friend; you don't want to end up old and live in the past, ruminating over the things you could've done that would've let you be happy in your lifetime. Or, just live in ignorance and be happy, haha😄 *For the curious, ignorance is not bliss*

[Andrea]

I really like that you're doing a summary of the lessons at the end of the video, it's so useful. I used to go back a second time and write them down in my notes but now I can make a quick screenshot :) Thank you, always.

[leonardorocha]

"my boy Leo DV" hahaha Nice video! Thanks :)

[evrypixelcounts]

My goal is to be a polymath. To bad the modern world doesn't support that lifestyle. I'm going to try though.

[fraktallyfractals]

The moment I read "Leonardo Da Vinci" I was hooked. Thank you so much for making this video. We should all be more like Da Vinci, more curious, more determined. 🥰

[markfennell]

I have a collection of writings from Leonardo Da Vinci. His own words, translated to English. Here are a few things that I want to add, based on those writings.

1. He did want to become famous. Early in life around his 20s, he wrote that he did want to become famous. To be remembered for creating something impressive. He also said he thought he would achieve that by developing flying machines.

2. He studied nature from early age. Most of his young life, as a child and teenager, were spent walking in nature. He would look closely at everything. The flowers. The birds. The clouds. The rivers. He spent lots of time observing, studying nature in action. Those many hours, days, years resulted in a vast amount of direct knowledge. We can also see those details in many of his drawings. These direct studies also led to ideas about natural processes and mechanics of motion.

3. He knew how to flatter his patrons. He wrote about this. Basically, you find out what they want, and tell them how you can deliver it too them. He also wrote about how to tell when the potential patron seems to be bored, and quickly move to another idea before you lose total interest.

4. Italy at the time was many small kingdoms. Run by kings and merchants of various types. He knew that they wanted fame and power. Thus, the two best selling points were battle machines, to defeat your opponent, and paintings which would glorify the family. And that's what they bought.

5. He classified himself as a "painter" first. Also, for him drawings were far more important than words. He wrote this several times. With a detailed drawing or painting, you could convey far more than any pages of text. I agree, and when I write my science books, I create numerous drawings for this same reason.

There are many other interesting things from this collection of notes. Those are just a few.

[TheBuksha]

I really liked how you summarized the lessons. Nice job !!

[albertw]

I also read that book by Isaacson. What surprised me was, he would work on paintings for years. And as he learned new painting techniques, would go and work on his older works.

[mysterym]

0:00 I never related so much to anything.

[arjunpanwar]

Don't think ir try to be like someone. Try to enhance and achieve the best version of yourself. And to achieve this we must learn form these great personalities