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.
EDWARD DE BONOAsking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.
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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.
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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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We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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It’s always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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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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Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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If you never change your mind, why have one?
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