Don’t criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
EDWARD DE BONO
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A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono Do we have the will to make poverty history?
Edward de BonoEdward 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.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono Perception is real even when it is not reality.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono People should realize we’re jerks just like them.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono 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.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono 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.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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