Edward de Bono's Textbook of Wisdom

by Edward de Bono

In een mensenleven is wijsheid belangrijker dan slimheid. Slimheid is als het bezit van een bibliotheek vol boeken. Wijsheid is: weten welk boek we op dit moment moeten lezen. Wijsheid staat altijd open voor de kracht van nieuwe mogelijkheden. Wijsheid betekent: accepteren dat andere mensen anders - en niet noodzakelijkerwijs verkeerd - tegen de wereld aankijken.

Wijsheid berust op vertrouwen, en niet op arrogantie. Wijsheid betekent ook: waard en en emoties gebruiken om ons te laten leiden in het leven, en ons er niet door laten ketenen. Wijsheid vereist creativiteit. Net als humor is creativiteit gebaseerd op het maken van onverwachte associaties (die achteraf bezien zo voor de hand liggen lijken), en de eerste stap op weg naar wijsheid kan best wel eens zijn: kunnen lachen.

Dit boek biedt een overzicht van denkgereedschap en richtlijnen voor en principes van wijsheid. Hoe Li het gebruikt is uw zaak. Als u liever eerst grijs haar wilt krijgen in de hoop dat daarmee wijsheid komt, wacht dan met lezen. U kunt ook wachten op de tweede editie van dit boek, die misschien veel beter wordt. Maar waarom zon u wachten? Niemand weet wanneer de tweede editie verschijnt.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Psychology

288 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1996

About the author

Edward de Bono was a Maltese physician, author, inventor, and consultant. He is best known as the originator of the term lateral thinking (structured creativity) and the leading proponent of the deliberate teaching of thinking in schools.

Reviews

[Speccy · Rating 2 out of 5]

“We can become trapped by continuity. We start something off and then we are trapped into continuing it.” - p164.

Also me, reading this very mediocre book.

[Grant Van wingerden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edward de Bono is too thorough to ever be accused of going off track. Indeed, there are signs where his fastidious tracking is almost too much. He explains his explanations, he interrogates what it is that he is writing and how the reader should best respond - though pointing out where choice plays a part at every point.
If the book didn't live up to its title, one could see the post-structuralist bits poking out. Scholars who did work through literary theory will note some old fashioned examples of husbands and wives and their respective roles, and will be amused at the rumination on race (how Italians are a co-operative culture with designated complementary roles, for example)

A solid read but one made easy for the author by the use of mission statement and advising the reader from within the text of how they can dip in at any point and any time. A good work for those who are looking for an expanded view on wisdom and its application, rather than accepting received wisdom.

[Ernest · Rating 2 out of 5]

Many interesting ideas somehow didn’t gel into a cohesive book. While I will take something out of reading it, it will not be what or as much as I expected. However, I respect the originality of thought of the author.

[Nick de Vera · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars. You think wow that's an audacious title, and de Bono leans in, the text tells you he banged out the ~148 pages in 4 mornings, so it's a provocation, a Provocative Operation, for you to do better.

There's nothing new here, and everything's better-explained by other authors in cognitive sciences, decision theory etc. Kinda instructive to read an original thinker with his own way of talking about things, you read and there's a click, ah he's talking about instrumental vs terminal goals, signalling, sunk cost, path dependence, hyperbolic discounting

[Mustafa Jawad · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple, concise self help book. It is quite unique in its style, in that every paragraph is different and is unrelated to the paragraph before it. This may be helpful to people with short attention spans, but the book lacks flow. It can get quite tedious to read at times.
It is well written and some of the concepts are quite interesting. The author urges that the reader should integrate the book's teachings in real life, and that way, wisdom can be a fertilizer for growth, not a result of it.

[Manuel Aneury · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente recomendado

Excelente libro, me encanto la simplicidad del contenido pero no me gustó la estructura sin títulos ni subtítulos aunque el autor lo hace de manera de liberada.

[Don Pollock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on learning, but not always an easy read. Thought provoking

[M. Azhaari Shah Sulaiman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book will require a vast repertoire and experience to relate with our life to make sense and benefit from this book as the author uses a lot of experiential analogies and approach to explain his points. The author has rightly emphasized that this book is to be read one page at a time, to make time to relate the points discussed with our life. Will re read it again eftsoons.

[Shishir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of good ideas and nuggets of wisdom. Wisdom offers a more pluralistic and multidimensional view of the world. With many possibilities without resorting to rights and wrongs - Dogma and fanaticism

[Ahmad Fraz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Read

Great insight on how we normally look at the world and how other possibilities may emerge if one is aware of the fault lines in thinking that we all develop through associations, experiences and acquired knowledge.

[Ayaz Khalid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wise teachings on lateral thinking and well illustrated with easy to understand examples.

Great to expand experience.

[Guilherme Remor · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read and re-read.