Edward de Bono
Edward de Bono
Edward de Bono is a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and consultant. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book Six Thinking Hats and is a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth19 May 1933
creativity giving achievement
Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone.
creativity ideas giving
Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.
school thinking taught
I think school is a place where thinking should be taught.
inspirational support world
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.
preparation mind prepared
The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.
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Creativity can be learned like basketball, which does not mean we will all be NBA stars.
memories book opportunity
One can think of a secretary actively operating a filing system, of a librarian actively cataloguing books, of a computer actively sorting out information. The mind however does not actively sort out information. The information sorts itself out and organises itself into patterns. The mind is passive. The mind only provides an opportunity for the information to behave in this way. The mind provides a special environment in which information can become self-organising. This special environment is a memory surface with special characteristics.
creativity imagination creative
There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all...
heart healing break
I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
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Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain subjective, negative, ungrateful way.
data ideas analysis
The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas...
stars awkward roles
I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.
knowledge learning use
The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
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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.