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.
EDWARD DE BONOIt 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.
EDWARD DE BONOHumor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
EDWARD DE BONOWe need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information.
EDWARD DE BONOMost of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
EDWARD DE BONOCreativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
EDWARD DE BONOMany 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.
EDWARD DE BONOThe 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.
EDWARD DE BONOOne very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
EDWARD DE BONOIntelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
EDWARD DE BONOThe need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
EDWARD DE BONOMy thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.
EDWARD DE BONOWhat is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.
EDWARD DE BONOHumor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
EDWARD DE BONOSimplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
EDWARD DE BONOCreativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
EDWARD DE BONOSometimes 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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