Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
EDWARD DE BONOA myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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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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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
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A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.
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I’m tired of dreaming. I’m into doing at the moment. It’s, like, let’s only have goals that we can go after.
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Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.
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Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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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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Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.
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Lateral thinking is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
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We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
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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 discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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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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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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