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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

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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This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.
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If you never change your mind, why have one?
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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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This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . .
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Critical thinking does seem a superior sort of thinking because it seems as though the critic is actually going beyond the scope of what is being criticized in order to criticize it. That is only rarely a true assumption because, most often, the critic will seize on some little aspect that he or she understands and tackle only that.
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I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it.
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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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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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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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Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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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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A good design is not a democratic consensus.
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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 vertical thinker says: 'I know what I am looking for.' The lateral thinker says: 'I am looking but I won't know what I am looking for until I have found it.'
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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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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper
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