Leonardo Da Vinci was the ideal example of the renaissance man…anatonmist, architect, engineer, inventor, mathematician, painter, and sculptor. His entire life was dedicated to invention, achievement, and acquiring knowledge. Leonardo Da Vinci possessed a non-stop active mind, an abundance of energy for hard work, and most important…enthusiasm for learning new things! He had a friend was was a great sculptor by the name of Cellini. When Da Vinci died, Cellini made the statement that “There had never been another man born in the world who knew as much a Leonardo.”
Leonardo Da Vinci found that nothing sucks the energy out of the human body and spirit more that complacency. After working years in sales, there were many days where I’d come home completely exhausted, wondering when the spark would fire back up and if I’d ever see it again. The truth is that I realized I constantly needed to refresh my spark on a daily basis. Staying on top of my game required for me to keep an active mind by continuously feeding it with new knowledge. New ideas inspire renewed energy and the will to take on new challenges.
If and when you ever see your job turning into a long-term sales career, make sure that you don’t let yourself get rusty by letting your mind go stagnant. Keep active and open to all new ideas. I mean, we have to give it to Leonardo Da Vinci for providing us with these words of wisdom: “Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses it purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.” You’ll find it to be contagious…your customers, clients, and your overall organization will feel your enthusiasm and respond positively.
In essence, we are not born, American, French, Japanese, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu or Jew. These labels are attached to us according to where on the planet our births happen to take place, or these labels are imposed upon us because they indicate our families’ belief systems.
