Edward de Bono Quotes About Ego

• (...) being right all the time acquires a huge importance in education, and there is this terror of being wrong. The ego is so tied to being right that later on in life you are reluctant to accept that you are ever wrong, because you are defending not the idea but your self-esteem. (...) this terror of being wrong means that people have enormous difficulties in changing ideas.

  Edward de Bono

  Real, Self Esteem, Mean

  Edward De Bono (1972). “PO: a device for successful thinking”

• A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.

  Edward de Bono

  Ego, Battle, Should

  Edward de Bono (2010). “How To Have A Beautiful Mind”, p.5, Random House

• This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self.

  Edward de Bono

  Self, Ego, Favors

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