The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to be always right by having no ideas at all.

Quote by Edward De Bono

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Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a...

Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a...

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation...

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation...

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at...

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at...

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it...

It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it...

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing...

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing...

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

We need creativity in order to break free from the temporary structures that have been...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are...

There's room for everybody on the planet to be creative and conscious if you are...

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a...

I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our...

Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our...

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.

Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be a part of.

Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.

Never take a person's dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.

Everyday in every way I create my own reality. So what is that I choose...

Everyday in every way I create my own reality. So what is that I choose...