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Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
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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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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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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Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.
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To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.
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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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You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.
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The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.
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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.
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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 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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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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Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
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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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Simplicity before understanding is simplistic simplicity after understanding is simple.
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Child mortality since 2000 is down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day. ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news.
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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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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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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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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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