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.
EDWARD DE BONOStudies 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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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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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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You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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Creative thinking – in terms of idea creativity – is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
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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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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
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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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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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