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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.

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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
Employment
Teaching
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Five
Hours
Thinking
Youngsters
Unemployed
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My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.
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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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