Title: Where's the beef?
Product review: The book's premise is interesting. What is it that made da Vinci unique and great? Can I observe his life and learn? Gelb's seven characteristics were insightful. The introduction of each characteristic was interesting. Sadly, there was no development, no depth. I'm sure Gelb's speeches and workshops are entertaining and inspiring, but when reduced to print, it's superficial, self-improvement, feel-good guru mush. It's pseudo science in a bottle - a cure for 21st century man with too much leisure and money and not enough purpose.There is page after page of exercises to help me become more like Leonardo. But sorry, but this left brained guy just can't bring himself to close his eyes and make ever larger circles (first with each finger, then the hand, then the whole arm...) all the while visualizing a rainbow of colors coming up through his body and out his fingertips.
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