A question is a polite way of demanding something.
EDWARD DE BONOWe do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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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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I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
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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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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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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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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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The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there.
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America is not just a country, it’s an idea.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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