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This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . .
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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Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.
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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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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.
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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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The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
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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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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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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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I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it.
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Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting.
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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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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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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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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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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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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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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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It's always amazed me how little attention philosophers, psychologists, or anyone else actually has paid to humor.
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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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