Name: The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
ISBN: 9780691156668

Edward B. Burger

Michael Starbird

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking. The idea is simple: You can learn how to think far better by adopting specific strategies. Brilliant people aren't a special breed--they just use their minds differently. By using the straightforward and thought-provoking techniques in The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, you will regularly find imaginative solutions to difficult challenges, and you will discover new ways of looking at your world and yourself--revealing previously hidden opportunities. The book offers real-life stories, explicit action items, and concrete methods that allow you to attain a deeper understanding of any issue, exploit the power of failure as a step toward success, develop a habit of creating probing questions, see the world of ideas as an ever-flowing stream of thought, and embrace the uplifting reality that we are all capable of change. No matter who you are, the practical mind-sets introduced in the book will empower you to realize any goal in a more creative, intelligent, and effective manner. Filled with engaging examples that unlock truths about thinking in every walk of life, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking is written for all who want to reach their fullest potential--including students, parents, teachers, businesspeople, professionals, athletes, artists, leaders, and lifelong learners. Whenever you are stuck, need a new idea, or want to learn and grow, The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking will inspire and guide you on your way. To share thinking stories, go to: http://5elementsofthinking.wordpress.com

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

matej yangwao

** spoiler alert **
           Books motivates you how easy is to change and best benefits will shows up whenever you apply them into life.

You should understand foundational ideas, make mistakes from which you effectively learn, ask great deep questions which leads you think bit more than usual and lastly, follow ideas that might arise as weak signal for this new perspective. Fifth element is meta lesson - which triggers all above and it's called change, especially, will to change and adapt to be better. 

Easy going book, quite basic, however it might help someone kickstart their better journey in life :)

≥True experts continually deepen their mastery of the basics.

≥Revisiting fundamentals is not a waste of time.

≥Eﬀective failure is an important, positive step toward success.

≥A willingness to step out of the box will birth transformative thinking. People who are afraid of failure cannot step outside the box much less think differently.

≥Challenge assumptions to gain insights that will lead you to discover better ways of doing things.

≥I know quite certainly that I myself have no special talent. Curiosity, obsession, and dogged endurance, combined with self–criticism, have brought me to my ideas.--AE

≥New ideas today are built on the ideas of yesterday and illuminate the way to the brilliant ideas of tomorrow.

≥Iteration helps you to flow with an idea.

≥The fifth element is a meta–lesson. It recommends that you adopt the habit of constructive change.

≥When you are consciously changing the way you do things, it can feel like you’re performing a different task altogether. The feeling comes from the consciousness and intentionality that is attached to the task.

≥To improve yourself, think about doing things differently rather than doing the old method in a better way.

≥As you learn more, the fundamentals become at once simpler but also subtler, deeper, more nuanced, and more meaningful.

≥Conscious decisions lead to deliberate actions which in turn lead to progress in life.

≥People are often attracted to complex concepts when they are yet to master foundational ideas. Earth

≥Consider life as a journey in progress.

Matthew Royal

Ahmed Salem

This is a book to reread from time to time to refresh your mind about what is important when you think and how to resolve an issue. and defiantly how to master any topic. No matter your specialty.

Natasha Musa

The audiobook says I should listen to it at least three times. This is my first time listening to it and it all honesty I did not give 100% attention to the audiobook. I do intend to follow through the writers advise and listen to it three times so lets see if I can pay better attention the second and third time around.

Magdalene Lim

** spoiler alert **
           Regardless of what you do for a living, everyone needs to think and this book helps you to expand your breadth, and I guess depth, of thinking. Lots of things to learn from this book though as the last chapter advises, all the reading is for naught if you don't put it in to practice.

Read it to get interesting perspectives on thinking, some of my favourites being:

- "Great speeches become great only after they've had the opportunity first to be, well, not so great."

- "What is the question to which this is the correct answer?"

- " Creating questions is as important as answering them, if not more so, because framing good questions focuses your attention on the right issues."