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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper
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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Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
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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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You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
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Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of whack? Explaining faith is impossible - vision over visibility - instinct over intellect - a songwriter plays a chore with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head.
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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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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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Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough.
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A myth is a fixed way of looking at the world which cannot be destroyed because, looked at through the myth, all evidence supports the myth.
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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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Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.
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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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Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.
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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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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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