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How to Have Creative Ideas, by Edward de Bono, is a book that outlines 62 exercises to develop the mind. Summary of the Book Creativity makes life more fun and interesting. This book asserts that creativity is not really something one is born with, but something that can be learned and cultivated over time. In How to Have Creative Ideas, Edward de Bono, a leading authority on creative thinking, discusses 62 games and exercises, drafted around random words selected from a list, to encourage creativity and lateral thinking. All these exercises are simple to understand, practical and fun, and can be done by anyone. This title is a must-have for those who wish to be more creative. About Edward de Bono Edward de Bono is a Maltese author, inventor, physician and consultant. Some of his most notable works are The Use of Lateral Thinking, Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step, Eureka! - An Illustrated History of Inventions from the Wheel to the Computer, Learn-To-Think: Coursebook and Instructors Manual, and The Greatest Thinkers: The Thirty Minds That Shaped Our Civilization. He is also known to have originated the term 'lateral thinking' and is an advocate of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.