To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.
EDWARD DE BONOIf you never change your mind, why have one?
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.
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You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.
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Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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Traditional thinking is all about “what is” Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.
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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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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.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.
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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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Perception is real even when it is not reality.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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