Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort.

Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity.

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.

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.

My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.

Do we have the will to make poverty history?

To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.