The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
EDWARD DE BONOThe need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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I’m a very loyal and unreliable friend.
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Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don’t acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.
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The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor it’s nothing.
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Most people are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can’t handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward.
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Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
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I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination – so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
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It is well known that “problem avoidance” is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.
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America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
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Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.
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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
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A question is a polite way of demanding something.
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The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
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