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.
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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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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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.
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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.
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We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future.
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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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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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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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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 need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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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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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor it’s nothing.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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