Occupation: Physician Birth: May 19, 1933
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way..
Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves….
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 ob….
Simplicity before understanding is simplistic; simplicity after understanding is simple..
The quality of our thinking will determine the quality of our future.
Asking a question is the simplest way of focusing thinking...asking the right question may be the most important part of thinking..
The analysis of data will not by itself produce new ideas..
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 th….
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..
Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort..
Possibilities play a much bigger role in thinking than most people believe. Without possibilities you cannot make progress..
The vertical thinker says: 'I know what I am looking for.' The lateral thinker says: 'I am looking but I won't know what I am looking for until I hav….
You cannot look in a new direction by looking harder in the same direction..
You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it..
Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned..
Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain..
A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos..
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd..
The simple process of focusing on things that are normally taken for granted is a powerful source of creativity..
Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive..
The mind can only see what it is prepared to see..