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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.

Edward de Bono

Lateral thinking is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
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Creativity Information Mathematics Process Thinking
If you never change your mind, why have one?
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Change Mindset Oneself Yourself
We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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Design Judgement Seek
This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
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Dignity Himself Proper System Weakness Wrong
Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is actually a very cheap commodity.
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Cheap Human Humor Mindset Reason
A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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Democracy Goodness One Liner
The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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Comfort Finding Myself Old Problem
Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can never be satisfied with our most important skill. No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better.
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Better Goodness Human Resource Thinking Ultimate
When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.
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Imagination Story Time Writing
I’m a very loyal and unreliable friend.
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Friendship Loyalty Myself
You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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Different Hole Place Yourself
Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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Effect Purpose Tools Value
Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
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Activity Brain Human Humor
Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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Future Thinking Traditional Willing
Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.
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Existence Ideas Immortal Spring
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.
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Drive Intelligence People Poor Thinking

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