Think Like Leonardo: Unlocking Your Creative Potential with Michael Gelb

What if one of the most important skills you could develop in your life was simply learning how to think better? My guest today, Michael Gelb, has spent much of his life studying human potential—and few people have studied it through a more fascinating lens. Michael is the bestselling author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, and he believes Leonardo represents one of history’s greatest examples of what human possibility can look like. But what fascinated me in this conversation is that Michael doesn’t talk about genius as something reserved for a rare few. He says the art of thinking is a skill that can be learned. We talk about what Michael discovered by immersing himself in Leonardo’s life, how we can develop more of our different intelligences, why creativity and logic need each other, how great teachers—and even bad teachers—shape us, and why real success is ultimately about expressing your talents in a way that makes a positive difference in the lives of other people. And underneath all of it is a question that sits at the very heart of this podcast: How much more of your potential could you discover if you learned to think differently? This is my conversation with Michael Gelb.