America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
EDWARD DE BONOA question is a polite way of demanding something.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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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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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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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.
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As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
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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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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor it’s nothing.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.
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The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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The purpose of art is to reflect new emerging values and to define the new heroes and heroines so that people can absorb them into their perceptions.
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Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
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Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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