Title: Much bombast and fervent admiration
Product review: Gelb presents some good ideas but his pompous tone and addiction to Leonardo's superiority over the rest of us undermine the structure of this book. I listened to it as a cassette series and caught myself shaking my head at Gelb's professorial inflections.Gelb's constant harping about how wonderful Leonardo was, down to his advice about going to the bathroom regularly, made me want to remind him that Leonardo was human and doubtless had flaws. Do I want to think like Leonardo, after hearing about how inventive and smart he was in so many fields? Not after hearing Gelb's devotion. A bit of humility goes a long way in opening up one's mind.The best advice in the entire book is to write in a journal.
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