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 More Quotes by Edward de Bono More Quotes From Edward de Bono The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of. Edward de Bono awful awareness 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. Edward de Bono rivers attitude people 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 information media thinking 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. Edward de Bono attractive mind beautiful The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. Edward de Bono bars ideas needs Logic will never change emotion or perception. Edward de Bono logic emotion perception 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. Edward de Bono learning purpose knowledge Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech. Edward de Bono suits-you perception two Most people...are put off science because maths is the gateway and they can't handle it. What we should be teaching is operational maths because, in general, the maths we need to carry out science is pretty straightforward. Edward de Bono teaching education math This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self. Edward de Bono ego favors self Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can never be satisfied with our most important skill. No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better Edward de Bono skills important thinking We still seek to solve conflicts with 'judgement' instead of designing the way forwards. Edward de Bono design judgement judging It is historical continuity that maintains most assumptions, Edward de Bono assessment assumption historical Do we have the will to make poverty history? Edward de Bono poverty Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose. Edward de Bono effectiveness tools purpose The concept of logical thinking is selection and this is brought about by the processes of acceptance and rejection. Rejection is the basis of logical thinking. Edward de Bono rejection acceptance thinking A question is a polite way of demanding something. Edward de Bono polite way To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing. Edward de Bono compassion jesus christ We need both information and thinking. Information is no substitute for thinking and thinking is no substitute for information. Edward de Bono information needs thinking An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Edward de Bono buddhist buddhism creativity
