Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.
EDWARD DE BONOCreativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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Do we have the will to make poverty history?
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An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.
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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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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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It’s not enough to rage against the lie.. you’ve got to replace it with the truth.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
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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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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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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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