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A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.

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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Intuitive
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Solutions
Obvious
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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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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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The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
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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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It is well known that problem avoidance is an important part of problem solving. Instead of solving the problem you go upstream and alter the system so that the problem does not occur in the first place.
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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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Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
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If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.
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I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
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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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My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.
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Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.
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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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I'm tired of dreaming. I'm into doing at the moment. It's, like, let's only have goals that we can go after.
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It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.
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Logic will never change emotion or perception.
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We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.
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People should realize we're jerks just like them.
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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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