Books

How is it that in an argument both sides are always right?

How is it that nobody ever makes a mistake on purpose....yet mistakes are routinely made? How is it that both sides are always right in an argument? These are only a couple of questions Dr de Bono answers in this fascinating book. He also explores the four practical ways of being right, as well as the five levels of understanding and the five major mistakes in our thinking. His theme is everyday thinking, how the mind actually works - not how philosophers think it should work.

The book is based on a direct and practical experiment - the Black Cylinder Experiment - and the conclusions of one thousand people who took part provide the backbone for this study. With the results of the experiment at hand Edward de Bono explores the four practical ways of being right: currant cake (emotional rightness); jigsaw puzzle (logical rightness); village Venus (unique rightness); measles (recognition rightness).