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Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain."

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns."

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.




Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "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."

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.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen."

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.




Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive."

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results."

The winner is the chef who takes the same ingredients as everyone else and produces the best results.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic."

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.




Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned."

Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd."

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it."

You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "If you never change your mind, why have one?"

If you never change your mind, why have one?



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking."

Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking.




Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it."

Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you."

If you do not design the future, someone or something else will design it for you.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "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."

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.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore."

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds."

The image that concerns most people is the reflection they see in other people's minds.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place."

We may need to solve problems not by removing the cause but by designing the way forward even if the cause remains in place.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "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."

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.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future"

You can analyse the past, but you have to design the future



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing."

Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea."

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth."

It's not enough to rage against the lie.. you've got to replace it with the truth.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations."

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think."

What the joke displays is a switch in perception. This is important in changing the way we think.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate."

The system will always be defended by those countless people who have enough intellect to defend but not quite enough to innovate.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven."

The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose."

Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "You can't dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper."

You can't dig a different hole by digging the same one deeper.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way."

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas."

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction."

You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way."

Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us to look at the world in an old fashioned way.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee."

Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be."

Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "America is not just a country, it's an idea."

America is not just a country, it's an idea.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen."

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced."

Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity."

The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple."

Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience."

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been set up by a particular sequence of experience.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways."

Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value."

Every valuable creative idea must always be logical in hindsight. If it were not, we would never be able to see its value.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking."

The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Logic will never change emotion or perception."

Logic will never change emotion or perception.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems."

As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better . . . no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car."

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus."

Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.



Dr. Edward De Bono Quotes: "Perception is real even when it is not reality."

Perception is real even when it is not reality.