Michael Gelb
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Podcast Appearances
The second one, dimostrazione. Dimostrazione. It means demonstration. It's a word that Leonardo actually used in his notebooks. And he was saying, demonstrate things through your own experience. Don't just accept something because a person in authority says it or because it's written in a book. So it fits with, you can see how it naturally is organically from curiosita.
The second one, dimostrazione. Dimostrazione. It means demonstration. It's a word that Leonardo actually used in his notebooks. And he was saying, demonstrate things through your own experience. Don't just accept something because a person in authority says it or because it's written in a book. So it fits with, you can see how it naturally is organically from curiosita.
Then, okay, think it through really critically. So this is, this is, This is a yin-yang harmony we're already being asked to do. Be wildly open, really playful, childlike, innocent in your questioning. Then be really skeptical and really tough and really critical as you drive forward with the responses to those questions.
Then, okay, think it through really critically. So this is, this is, This is a yin-yang harmony we're already being asked to do. Be wildly open, really playful, childlike, innocent in your questioning. Then be really skeptical and really tough and really critical as you drive forward with the responses to those questions.
Then, okay, think it through really critically. So this is, this is, This is a yin-yang harmony we're already being asked to do. Be wildly open, really playful, childlike, innocent in your questioning. Then be really skeptical and really tough and really critical as you drive forward with the responses to those questions.
Usually you have people who are naive and open and play, or people who are just... Very critical, even cynical. Cynic is a broken-hearted idealist. I've had lots of cynics in my class over the years, as you can imagine, working with construction managers and engineers and finance people and even lawyers. So I try to get the cynics to become skeptics and the skeptics to become enthusiasts.
Usually you have people who are naive and open and play, or people who are just... Very critical, even cynical. Cynic is a broken-hearted idealist. I've had lots of cynics in my class over the years, as you can imagine, working with construction managers and engineers and finance people and even lawyers. So I try to get the cynics to become skeptics and the skeptics to become enthusiasts.
Usually you have people who are naive and open and play, or people who are just... Very critical, even cynical. Cynic is a broken-hearted idealist. I've had lots of cynics in my class over the years, as you can imagine, working with construction managers and engineers and finance people and even lawyers. So I try to get the cynics to become skeptics and the skeptics to become enthusiasts.
And then the super enthusiasts, I get them to be more skeptical.
And then the super enthusiasts, I get them to be more skeptical.
And then the super enthusiasts, I get them to be more skeptical.
You can't do them at the same time. It's a rhythmic pulsation. It's like breathing. You inhale. You exhale. It's day and night. But it's understanding the harmony of those modes. So you inhale, and you get the fullness of that in-breath. And then there's that exquisite moment. It's the solstice of your breath. It just becomes the exhale. Just we're coming up to December 21st. And I love that.
You can't do them at the same time. It's a rhythmic pulsation. It's like breathing. You inhale. You exhale. It's day and night. But it's understanding the harmony of those modes. So you inhale, and you get the fullness of that in-breath. And then there's that exquisite moment. It's the solstice of your breath. It just becomes the exhale. Just we're coming up to December 21st. And I love that.
You can't do them at the same time. It's a rhythmic pulsation. It's like breathing. You inhale. You exhale. It's day and night. But it's understanding the harmony of those modes. So you inhale, and you get the fullness of that in-breath. And then there's that exquisite moment. It's the solstice of your breath. It just becomes the exhale. Just we're coming up to December 21st. And I love that.
I just love that exquisite moment. It's the greatest potentiality of the hottest day of summer is right there.
I just love that exquisite moment. It's the greatest potentiality of the hottest day of summer is right there.
I just love that exquisite moment. It's the greatest potentiality of the hottest day of summer is right there.
It's the top of the roller coaster. And then when you're at the bottom, and that's called life. So recognizing that's why in the yin and yang symbol, there's that little bit of the light in the dark bit and a little bit of the dark in the light bit.
It's the top of the roller coaster. And then when you're at the bottom, and that's called life. So recognizing that's why in the yin and yang symbol, there's that little bit of the light in the dark bit and a little bit of the dark in the light bit.
It's the top of the roller coaster. And then when you're at the bottom, and that's called life. So recognizing that's why in the yin and yang symbol, there's that little bit of the light in the dark bit and a little bit of the dark in the light bit.