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To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.

Edward de Bono

I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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Education School Teaching Thinking
Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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Attention Deal Mental Energy Necessary Simplicity Time
A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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Complete Memories
The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future.
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Determination Future Ourselves Quality Thinking
Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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Basis Creativity Thinking
Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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One Liner Perception Reality
I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn’t have the established route to it.
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Children Deal Establishment Greatness Route Work Young
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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Attraction Beautiful Goodness Listening Love Yourself
Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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Discover Ideas Lying Need Opportunity Production
Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
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Gratitude Problem Situation Time Way
Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Creativity Greatness Interest Motivational People
As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
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Better Competition Creativity Intense Need Problem Solve
A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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Character Discover Ideas Intuition Solution
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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Avoidance Important Place Problem System
To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
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Confidence Development Enjoyment Skills
To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.
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Analysis Deal Future Possible

To deal with future we have to deal with possibilities. Analysis will only tell us what is.

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