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

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Author Profession: Psychologist

Nationality: English

Born: May 19, 1933

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Carl Jung, Wayne Dyer, Sigmund Freud, Viktor E. Frankl, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Abraham Maslow, Erich Fromm, Albert Ellis

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Activity, Brain, Far, Human, Human Brain, Humor, Most, Significant

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Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way. Edward de Bono

Creativity, Look, Way, Things, Different

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. Edward de Bono

Creativity, Talent, Thinking, Creative

Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it. Edward de Bono

Truth, Argument, Create, Reveal, Meant

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. Edward de Bono

Time, Ideas, New, Need, Bar, Right

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

Mistakes, Thinking, Perception, Logic

Creativity is a great motivator because it makes people interested in what they are doing. Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. Creativity gives the possibility of some sort of achievement to everyone. Creativity makes life more fun and more interesting. Edward de Bono

Life, Hope, Achievement, Great, People

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea. Edward de Bono

Important, Action, Only, More, Than, Put

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

You, Wait, Opportunities, Will, Crowd

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore. Edward de Bono

Ignore, Someone, Decisions, Attention

Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas. Edward de Bono

Change, Thinking, Ideas, You, Perception

In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures. Edward de Bono

Future, You, High, Will, Possible, Right

One very important aspect of motivation is the willingness to stop and to look at things that no one else has bothered to look at. This simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity. Edward de Bono

Simple, Creativity, Look, Important

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. Edward de Bono

Car, Power, Intelligence, People, Poor

If you never change your mind, why have one? Edward de Bono

Change, Mind, You, Never, Why, Your

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