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This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.

Edward de Bono

If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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Design Future Yourself
It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
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Attention Change Humor Mindset Paid Philosophy Reason Surprise
Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
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Cheap Human Humor Mindset Reason
Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Drive Intelligence People Poor Thinking
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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Action Problem Situation Time Way
The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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Best Chef Ingredient Result Win
Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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Analysis Debate Description Education Society Tradition
Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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Devil Run
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
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Creativity Different Establishment Order Pattern Way
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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Better Enough Ideas Right Wrong
Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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Creativity Fun Interest Life
The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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Comfort Finding Myself Old Problem
Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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Creativity Idea Value
Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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Basis Creativity Thinking
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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Best Definition Expectation Happiness Ourselves Talent
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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Creative Empowerment Learning People Production Profit Skills Thinking

This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.

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This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.

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