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You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper

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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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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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Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
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Do we have the will to make poverty history?
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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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A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
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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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The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.
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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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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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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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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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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.
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Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.
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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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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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There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all.
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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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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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People should realize we're jerks just like them.
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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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