'Show Off'

There needs to be more opportunities for people to show off. If the basis is valid then there is nothing wrong with showing off. It is only when there is a mis-match between showing and the substance that the process becomes disagreeable. A talented trapeze performer in a circus is showing off and deserves the applause he or she gets.

We need to design opportunities for achievement and then to applaud achievement. In a survey ninety-four per cent of youngsters said they valued achievement more than anything else. There is sport, but what other avenues of achievement?

Edward de Bono nmt
19th April 2004

(So, um, thanks, I guess...xx..e)