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.
EDWARD DE BONOCreativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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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 characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.
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We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.
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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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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.
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Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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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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