The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people’s hearts, and that’s hard enough.
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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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Most people are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can’t handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward.
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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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I’m a very loyal and unreliable friend.
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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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