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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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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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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Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
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America is not just a country, it's an idea.
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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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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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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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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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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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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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Analysis is simplifying, breaking down things into parts, picking out strands and elements. Analysis is comparing unknown things with things that are known. Analysis also involves picking out relationships and putting them back together as a whole.
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A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.
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You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future
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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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