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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.

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
Executives
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They enjoy thinking. They enjoy being creative. They enjoy having ideas. Most people do not enjoy thinking at all.
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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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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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Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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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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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic simplicity after understanding is simple.
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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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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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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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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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