The Five Elements of Effective Thinking

By: Edward B. Burger, Michael Starbird

Narrated by: Brian Troxell

Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

©2012 Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

CAM-J

Great book for our children and anyone wanting to progress in life. Will make a great college send off gift.

Great audiobook, OK book

I must commend the narrator, Brian. He did an excellent job of bringing the book to life. His pace was comfortable and his speaking clear, it was easy to keep up with him.

The book itself was, well, so so. I think the advice in it is very useful, and I would recommend it to anyone serious about improving how they think. But I have two criticisms:

(a) The authors try to do too much with their suggestions on how to think effectively. One minute I was reading about the creation of calculus, the next it was about how to lose weight, and so on. The examples were all over the place, and not always directly relevant to the issue at hand, While it may be possible to extend their suggestions to all these areas, the effect of reading all this made one wonder if it was a book on how to think better or one of those vague, all-round self help books.

(b) The structure of the book wasn't great. I frequently found that they were referring back to ideas they mentioned earlier I different sections. To be sure, most of the ideas are linked, but they could have been more explicit about the linkages.

Overall, I still believe this is a book that contains a good deal that can help a person think better, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in this. But I wish the authors had spent a bit more time trying to make the book more concise.

Great book that opened my eyes

This book showed me how I can tackle every problem in my life! It also showed me that there are no such things as difficult problems! It is a fantastic read for anyone that has doubts in their abilities to cope with problems: from math and engineering to interpersonal relationships. Highly recommended book!

Professor Burger

Burger really gets to the core of how to solve problems that may arise in your life. If you want to dial yourself in, becoming effective and efficient, pick this book up

Investment

If you want to invest in yourself, listen to this. It has seriously challenged me how I go about solving problems.

Great principles to help you map opportunity gaps.

Where does The Five Elements of Effective Thinking rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's a solid book and I recommend it for those that would like to get into ideation mode. Our lack of knowledge on basic subject matters creates blind spots. This book helps you identify the gaps, mitigate them and see opportunities.

Nice and easy read

I am going to keep this short and sweet.

The concepts and ideas here are simple but they are definitely not basic.

This is the kind of book that you just keep and listen to it every few months for a refresher and no doubt that you will get something new out of it each time.

Great book!

Lots of good information and it really makes you examine the way you think and approach problems.

Simple, short yet effective book in how to learn

I have listened to this book a few times and I recommend it for everything!

Really interesting

At first I was not excited to read this book but it help me figure out the flaws in the way I think.