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Edward de Bono is a renowned physician and expert in thinking skills. Born in May 1933, he is known for his contributions to the fields of creative thinking and problem-solving. Dr. de Bono has a deep background in both medicine and psychology, and his work has had a profound impact on the fields of education and business.

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“This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . . In these disturbing and distressing times, surely it's cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than it is to defend yourself against them..Justice is the surest way to get peace.”

Way Said War Justice Enemy Poverty Charity Bounds Terror Smarter Disturbing Cheaper Ending Poverty Distressing Well Said World Poverty War On Poverty

Author:Edward de Bono

“It wouldn't cost too much to change the rules of trade so that poor countries can work their way out of poverty. But the world's leaders won't act unless they hear enough people telling them. And every day they fail to act, thousands of people die because they can't afford the basics of survival.”

People World Way Country Enough Dies Poor Leader Poverty Too Much Failing Cost Survival Trade Basics Ending Poverty Poor Countries

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“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.”

People Thinking Way Poor Marriage Car Intelligent Average Intelligence Driven Thinker Highly Intelligent

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

Thinking Way Important Perception Jokes Display

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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.”

Source: The use of lateral thinking

“Everyone has the right to doubt everything as often as he pleases and the duty to do it at least once. No way of looking at things is too sacred to be reconsidered. No way of doing things is beyond improvement.”

Way Real Doubt Duty Please Sacred Improvement Real Life

Book:The use of lateral thinking

Source: The use of lateral thinking

“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.”

Way May Mean Doe Problem Bases Faults Improvement Alternatives Problem Solving Adequate Better Ways Corrections

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

Ifs Way Needs May Problem Causes Business Design Remains Solve Way Forward

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“We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards.”

Way Stills Design Judging Conflict Solve Judgement

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“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.”

Source: Lateral thinking for management: a handbook

“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.”

World Way Humans Looks Language Force Progress Ignorance Communication Perception Barriers Old Fashioned Frozen Human Progress Encyclopedia

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“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.”

World Way Inspirational Support Atheism Evidence Myth Destroyed Fixed

Book:PO: a device for successful thinking

Source: PO: a device for successful thinking

“A question is a polite way of demanding something.”

Book:How To Have A Beautiful Mind

Source: How To Have A Beautiful Mind

“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.”

People Way Mind Moments Feelings Attitude Rivers Tiny Constructive Cork

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

Way Sometimes Problem Certain Situation Gratitude Solutions Negative Subjective Ungrateful Problems And Solutions Solution To A Problem

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

Way Car Driven Highly Intelligent

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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.”

Thinking Way May Important Problem Asking Simplest Right Questions Asking The Right Questions

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“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.”

Source: Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step

About the Author

Born: May 19, 1933
Known for: Physician
Quotes: 156

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