BEAUTIFUL MIND Edward De Bono (2004). How to Have a Beautiful Mind. DeBono has a PhD from Oxford and wrote over 67 books at the time of this writing. cultivating a beautiful mind is about exploring and enjoying the art of conversation instead of argumentation and debate... some of the tips for practice in conversations include: asking "what if" questions to stimulate interest noticing adjectives...connections to another's feelings for topics that interest you, ask: "tell me more about..." use the 6 thinking hats to EXPLORE any topic...the hats are symbolically represented as colors: white=gather information red=focus on emotions black=look critically yellow=see the positive green=explore creative options blue=plan/organize to explore, say: "put your...hat on" for a controversial topic, put ALL the ideas down in parallel, look for: common ground and points of difference as hypotheses to be tested new information means a new decision have fun by learing...