1. Curiosita Notebook Why would anyone want to spend that kind of money on 18 sheets of notes? What does that say about the value of thinking? Recording thoughts, questions, insights, ideas? Did you know that Bill Gates purchased 18 sheets of Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks for 30.8 million dollars in November 1994?

2. Why did Da Vinci carry a notebook around everywhere ? As Leonardo did, you can record your questions, observations, insights, jokes, dreams and musings (mirror writing is optional). To search for truth and beauty!

3. Freedom of Thought & Expansion of Perspective Busy lives and responsibilities tend to drive us toward hard conclusions and measurable results, but the exploratory, free-flowing, unfinished, nonjudgmental practice of keeping a Da Vincian notebook encourages freedom of thought and expansion. of perspective.

4. Notebook Exercises You can notebook about any subject that you fancy… -science, art, music, math, food, health.

5. Write a list of as many questions as you can think of that are important to you. Questions:

6. Top Ten: When you have at least 25 questions reflect on your list. Then choose the top 10 items to highlight; rank them from 1- 10 in order of importance.

7. Theme Observation

8. Contemplation Exercise

9. Streams of Consciousness Exercise

10. Finding the Question How can you sharpen your question-asking skills so that solutions will start to come to you? Aim to ask questions that have not been asked before!

11. Build Your Own Lexicon