To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.
EDWARD DE BONOTeaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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What is urgent will always take precedence over what is important.
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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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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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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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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Maybe the social value of truth is as a destination – so long as we do not assume we have arrived there.
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The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.
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The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future.
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To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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