Once a new idea springs into existence, it cannot be unthought. There is a sense of immortality in a new idea.
EDWARD DE BONOIntelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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I’m tired of dreaming. I’m into doing at the moment. It’s, like, let’s only have goals that we can go after.
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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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Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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A question is a polite way of demanding something.
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We still seek to solve conflicts with ‘judgement’ instead of designing the way forwards.
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Asking 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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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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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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