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 BONOCreativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
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You can’t dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas.
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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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As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
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Happiness is for those who don’t really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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It’s always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
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I’m a very loyal and unreliable friend.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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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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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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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.
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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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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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