If you never change your mind, why have one?
EDWARD DE BONOComplexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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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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Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
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One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
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Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don’t acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers.
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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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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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