Take Leonardo da Vinci. Please. Yup, the guy who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
He was curious about everything. And very observant. And he wasn’t afraid to let his imagination run wild.
How do you suppose he got the idea for Vitruvian Man??
OK, I’m speculating there, but he succeeded because he thought outside the box.
He was curious, observant, and imaginative.
Here’s the good news, courtesy of Leonardo biographer Walter Isaacson: we can all cultivate those same traits. It requires effort, but we can choose to be curious, observant, and imaginative.
