The Seven da Vincian Principles

Dr. Sigmund Freud once said of Leonardo da Vinci that, "We respect him by learning from him."
Buzan and Keene's book, "The Book of Geniuses," lists da Vinci as number one in their list of "top 10 geniuses of all time" among men, whose categories of achievement or endeavor include originality, versatility, dominance-in-field, universality of vision, strength and energy. The other nine were as follows: 2) William Shakespeare, 3) The Great Pyramid builders, 4) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 5) Michelangelo, 6) Sir Isaac Newton, 7) Thomas Jefferson, 8) Alexander the Great, 9) Phidias, architect of Athens, and 10) Albert Einstein.
Per Howard Gardner's "Frames of Mind," there are seven measurable intelligences: Logical/mathematical; verbal/linguistic; spatial/mechanical; musical; bodily/kinesthetic; interpersonal/social; and intrapersonal/self-knowledge. Da Vinci excelled or did very well in all of these areas.
Da Vinci also believed in strict mental and physical discipline and encouraged his adherents to adopt the same lifestyle of devotion to perfecting one's life and one's craft, while allowing for very few excesses, distractions or indulgences. He once said, "You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself ... the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment ... And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others."
From the book "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci" by Michael J. Gelb come the following seven da Vincian principles:
Curiosita: An insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning.
Dimostrazione: A commitment to test knowledge through experience, persistence and a willingness to learn from mistakes.
Sensazione: The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven experience.
Sfumato: (Literally, "going up in smoke") - A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty.
Arte/scienza: The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination; "whole brain" thinking.
Corporalita: The culitivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness and poise.
Connessione: A recognition of, and appreciation for, the inteconnectedness of all things and phenomena; systems thinking.
Da Vinci said, "The desire to know is natural to good men," and I hasten to add here, it is natural for good women, too.