The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

Nothing groundbreaking here, but it's funny how most of the things book authors are speaking of seem to be a common-sense, yet we still need a reminder to follow these rules (suggestions?) to at least some extent.

II took a look at other reviews, and there are many other people that simplified this book into several lines, so I'll just copy some of these, just for sake of reminding me:

* P. 47 Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Winston Churchill
* P. 56 A man's errors are his portals of discovery. James Joyce
* P. 58 The way to get good ideas is to get a list of ideas and throw the bad ones away. Linus Pauling
* P. 92 There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not have been done at all - Peter Drucker
* P. 125 In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. Warren Buffett

1. Earth: Strive for Rock-Solid Understanding - Understand basic ideas deeply

2. Fire: Fail and learn from missteps (mistakes)

3. Air: Constantly create and ask meaningful questions

4. Water: Consciously consider and follow the flow of ideas

5. Learning is a lifelong journey - Embrace change