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Edward de Bono
Edward de Bono
English Psychologist
Born: May 19, 1933
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Related authors: Abraham Maslow B. F. Skinner Carl Jung Erich Fromm Jordan Peterson Sigmund Freud Viktor E. Frankl Wayne Dyer
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. Edward de Bono
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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic. Edward de Bono
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Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. Edward de Bono
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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. Edward de Bono
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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. Edward de Bono
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If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd. Edward de Bono
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One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. Edward de Bono
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Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it. Edward de Bono
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If you never change your mind, why have one? Edward de Bono
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The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. Edward de Bono
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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. Edward de Bono
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Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see. Edward de Bono
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In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures. Edward de Bono
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Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent. Edward de Bono
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An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore. Edward de Bono
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A painter may be looking at the world in a way which is very different from everyone else. If he's a craftsman, he can get other people to see the world through his eyes, and so he enlarges our vision, perception, and there's great value in that. Edward de Bono
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I think there is a danger with young people of being dependent in the sense that they don't acquire any identity or self-image of themselves as thinkers. Edward de Bono
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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. Edward de Bono
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To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field. Edward de Bono
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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. Edward de Bono
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People should realize we're jerks just like them. Edward de Bono
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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. Edward de Bono
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Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car. Edward de Bono
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What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think. Edward de Bono
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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. Edward de Bono
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