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If you never change your mind, why have one?
Edward de Bono
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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
Physician
Psychologist
University Teacher
Republic of Malta
Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono
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A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.
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Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.
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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better.
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance.
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It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.
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A person who knows all the answers, has an opinion on everything, has a certainty backed up by rational argument, has very little possibility of further progress. Such a person is unlikely to walk away from a discussion with anything more than a reaffirmation of how right he or she has been all along.
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I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.
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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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It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking.
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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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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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