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
thinking car wheels
Our existing thinking habits are excellent, just as the rear wheels of a motor car are excellent, but not enough...
ideas characteristics obvious
A characteristic of intuitive solutions and new ideas is that of being obvious once they are discovered.
acceptance thinking rejection
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.
thinking trying goes-on
With vertical thinking one may look for different approaches until one finds a promising one. With lateral thinking one goes on generating as many approaches as one can even after one has found a promising one. With vertical thinking one is trying to select the best approach but with lateral thinking one is generating different approaches for the sake of generating them.
jesus heart play
Explaining belief has alwayas been difficult. How do you explain a love and a logic at the heart of the universe when the world is so out of whack? Explaining faith is impossible - vision over visibility - instinct over intellect - a songwriter plays a chore with the faith that he will hear the next one in his head.
war justice enemy
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.
creativity thinking humour
Creativity and lateral thinking have exactly the same basis as humour.
believe thinking play
Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress.
self ego favors
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.
hypothesis come-up criticise
Don't criticise a hypothesis, come up with a better one.
heart thinking hard-times
You hold onto religion, you know, rules, regulations, traditions. I think what God is interested in is people's hearts, and that's hard enough.
heart healing break
I know it aches, how your heart it breaks. You can only take so much. Walk on.
thinking arrogance sin
The effective thinker treats arrogance as the major sin of thinking.
thinking skills should
To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.