Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
EDWARD DE BONO
The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.
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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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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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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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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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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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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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You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people’s hearts, and that’s hard enough.
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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn’t about charity, it’s about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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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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In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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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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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
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