Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
EDWARD DE BONOWhen the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.
More Edward de Bono Quotes
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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.
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The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
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Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That’s a rate of 7,256 children’s lives saved each day. It drives me nuts that most people don’t seem to know this news.
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.
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Creative thinking – in terms of idea creativity – is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
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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.
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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people’s minds.
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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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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