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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
Unemployed
Increased
Employment
Teaching
Percent
Five
Hours
Thinking
Youngsters

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On trade, our hypocrisy is at its most appalling. Trade reform isn't about charity, it's about justice, and this campaign, Trade Justice is an unstoppable idea.
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The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.
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Happiness is for those who don't really need it. So I can live without happiness.
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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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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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America is not just a country, it's an idea.
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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic simplicity after understanding is simple.
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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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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.
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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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