The Da Vinci Method

by Garret LoPorto

Book Overview

LoPorto promotes a revolutionary approach to achieving wild success when one has "the Da Vinci trait." Readers discover the secret genius that drives risk-takers, rebels, entrepreneurs, artists, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977486001
• ISBN13: 9780977486007
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Media for Your Mind, Inc.
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Wish I had another star to add to my review

I picked this up to see if I could draw a bead on some aspects of my bipolar disorder. When I bought it, I already had learned steps to control my illness and it had mostly vanished. I had been devastatingly sick for 8 years and increasingly well for about 2 when I found this book. I was not satisfied that I'd looked under every rock for info to heal myself fully. This book turned out to be a HUGE missing piece! First, let me say, it's NOT a book about bipolar or mental illness but it applies to many of us in these categories by default. Not all of us but some. I was one. I am someone who believes my handling or mishandling of life and my mind is what partially led to my profound illness taking root. I thought this before I found Garrett's book. But he comfirmed it for me on a whole new level I'd never considered. He also confirmed other bits of science and psychology I'd found elsewhere and adopted as my own. This sort of third party unrelated cross backing of ideas excited me! He confirmed much of what I intuited or had heard or read elsewhere about why some of us melt down mentally. Some of his material is sort of deep and mystical in feel and you have to have a certain amount of understanding within you about yourself to really climb onboard. Other facts he brings up are solid science but really farout stuff, nonetheless. But I love when a scientist vouches for my trippier thoughts or clarifies with hard data what I only feel to be true. It's this simple. If you're dissatisfied with life but know you're made of a different thread than most around you, then buy this book. Like me, you possibly just need better guidance to crack through to a level you're right on the edge of but don't know it. My family members read this book and confirmed that Garrett had absolutely pegged people like me. It's as if he personally interviewed me to write this book. There was almost no page that did not apply to me. If you're the risk taking, adventurous sort; if you find what most feel is comfortable to be annoying as hell; if you have set higher standards for yourself but can't seem to find how to fulfill them, then buy this book!

Best book on ADD/HD yet!

The DaVinci will find this book a mirror of his/her being. Loporto has nailed and reaffirmed my own life experience. I have just read the book and haven't had time to determine how much difference it will make in my life, but I find I already have a different attitude toward myself and my purpose in life. A very important aspect of The DaVinci Method is that it will be helpful to those who have a relationship with a DaVinci. I doubt that anyone who is not a DaVinci can grasp the totality of what they read here, but it should go a long way toward helping them to understand and give support. Most all of the ADHD books I own are really about suppressing the DaVinci gene (impossible!) so the individual will better fit into society and relationships--a recipe for further neurotic behavior. This book is about how non-neurotic DaVinci's have changed society for the better. This information has given me the knowledge, motivation and courage to move ahead with my life. I intend to read it again and again. I expect it to become the new ADD'er's "bible."

Great Advice for Entrepreneurs

I've been a successful entrepreneur for 30 years. What I like about the DaVinci Method is that it teaches you how to tap in to your instincts and enthusiasm and helps you build your own inner sense of knowing what the best move is. What great entrepreneurs do is invent new & better ways of doing things. They don't just follow rules, a lot of times they have to transcend the rules. The DaVinci Method helps you reawaken that natural gift of knowing how to break the old rules and invent new ways of succeeding. This book also helps you find the track to keep your enthusiasm alive. You're not going to get to your goal if you're driven solely by mental ambition; you need that enthusiasm that comes from the heart to sustain you through thick and thin. The DaVinci Method will show you how. Most other entrepreneur and business books give you lists of action steps or formulas to blindly follow, but what they don't do is show you how to build in your own inner sense of knowing, in any given moment, what the best move is. If you can feel your enthusiasm you know you are lined up to hit that ball out of the park.

Wow!

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I have a husband and 5 year old son that are both DaVincis. I couldn't stop laughing at how well the author knew them both. DaVincis, according to the author are: - High Energy - Impulsive - Highly Creative - Distractible - Sensation Seeking - Adventurous Risk takers - Mavericks This book is full of practical and useful tools for helping both father and son achieve their full potential and live happy, fulfilling lives. I didn't realize the angst and frustration that abiding by the rules and the status quo of society could cause people with DaVinci type personalities. I knew my husband was a rebel, but I thought it was immaturity. I didn't realize this is part of his gift! I learned that DaVincis who are able to express themselves freely can become amazingly successful. I always knew my husband could be brilliant, but I never understood his unusual ways until I read this book. This book is very healing. It is full of processes that "neurotic" DaVincis can use to heal their wounds from growing up in an industrialized society intolerant of their creative temperament. Apparently our school systems can do a lot of damage to young DaVincis and The DaVinci Method helps adult DaVincis heal those wounds that often lead to frustration, addiction and self-sabotage. My husband is benefiting already. Meanwhile, The DaVinci Method is also helping me help my son avoid these negative "shaming" experiences as he grows up. Now I have the tools to help him respect and love his unique gift - the same tools that the mothers of Thomas Edison and Richard Branson apparently used to raise their own amazingly successful DaVinci kids. If you fit the profile of a DaVinci definitely read this book, it seems like a real life-changer. And if you love a DaVinci, like I do, read this book so you can finally understand them. Five stars all the way. I only wish this book had came out years ago.

Find Out Why You Often Hear "I Do Not Understand You"

Are you impulsive, like new situations, change things just to see what happens, give 100% on a project then need to crash and do nothing, bored with routine? Do you feel out of place and are always trying to fit in? Do you have difficulty finishing the projects you have started? Are you sure there is something more to life but you are not sure what? If this describes you then read this book. Garrett Loporto's wonderful book describes what he calls the Davinci type personality. According to Garrett most successful entrepreneurs, inventors, rock stars are Davinci types who harness the power of their personalities. If you are wondering why you have not yet made your millions this book is a good place to start looking for the answer. Being a Davinci type can have its downside. Because of your Davinci personality your behaviour probably meant you did not fit in easily when you were young and adults shamed you until you learnt to suppress your natural instincts. If I had $5 for every time my father said "I do not understand you" I would have been independently wealthy before I finished school. Loporto points out that suppressing your instincts can lead to: - Procrastination - Distractibility - Irritability - Addiction - Listlessness & Depression - Feeling like a Fraud - Fear of Success If any of this resonates with you then read this book. I have just started to read it for the second time and I feel sure I will read it a few more times after that.