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Creativity is the ability to identify self-imposed constraints, remove them, and explore the consequences of their removal.

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Art inspires, produces an unwillingness to settle for what we have and a desire for something better. It is the product and…
To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.
The objective of education is learning, not teaching
Every problem interacts with other problems and is therefore part of a set of interrelated problems, a system of problems…. I choose…
Creativity is the ability to identify self-imposed constraints, remove them, and explore the consequences of their removal.
A problem never exists in isolation; it is surrounded by other problems in space and time. The more of the context of…
It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right.
Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem…
Managers are not confronted with problems that are independent of each other, but with dynamic situations that consist of complex systems of…
Most corporate mission statements are worthless. They consist largely of pious platitudes such as: "We will hold ourselves to the highest standards…
Errors of omission, lost opportunities, are generally more critical than errors of commission. Organizations fail or decline more frequently because of what…
Traditional education focuses on teaching, not learning. It incorrectly assumes that for every ounce of teaching there is an ounce of learning…

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As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed. Even where… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Of all the featherless beasts, only man, chained by his self-imposed slavery to the clock, denies the elemental fire and proceeds as… — Edward Abbey
There is a God and He is good, and his love, while free, has a self imposed cost: We must be good… — George H. W. Bush
A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations. — Gerald Jampolsky
If we would only see that all limitations are self imposed and chosen out of fear, we would leap at once. — Adyashanti
I've declined every congressional benefit I could decline, federal health insurance, the retirement program, the 403(b) program, which I think is overly… — Scott Rigell
The feminist movement taught women to see themselves as victims of an oppressive patriarchy. ... Self-imposed victimhood is not a recipe for… — Phyllis Schlafly
Habit is the denial of creativity and the negation of freedom; a self-imposed straitjacket of which the wearer is unaware. — Arthur Koestler

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