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
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.
mind facts commodity
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.
children giving may
I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly original solution, because he doesn't have the established route to it.
real self-esteem mean
(...) being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego is so tied to being right that later on in life you are reluctant to accept that you are ever wrong, because you are defending not the idea but your self-esteem. (...) this terror of being wrong means that people have enormous difficulties in changing ideas.
mean alternatives adequate
We may have a perfectly adequate way of doing something, but that does not mean there cannot be a better way. So we set out to find an alternative way. This is the basis of any improvement that is not fault correction or problem solving.
beautiful mind attractive
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.
bible submission-to-god temptation
Mock the devil, and he will flee from thee.
teaching thinking employment
Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.
mind perception attention
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.
technology opportunity thinking
We do not make very full value of the opportunities provided by technology because we prefer critical to constructive thinking, argument to design.
happiness positive-attitude differences
Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
great looking painter people value
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.
far human
Humour is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.