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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.

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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Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.
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There's a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don't have to think, you just have to get more information - gets very dangerous.
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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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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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It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, not repeated assessment of their validity.
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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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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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We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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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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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper
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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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Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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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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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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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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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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