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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
Edward de Bono
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Edward de Bono
Age: 88 †
Born: 1933
Born: May 19
Died: 2021
Died: June 9
Philosopher
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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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People should realize we're jerks just like them.
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Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day. ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news.
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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.
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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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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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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured.
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When the story of these times gets written, we want it to say that we did all we could, and it was more than anyone could have imagined.
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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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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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You can't dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.
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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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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.
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As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
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