## Metadata - Author: [[Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird]] - Full Title: The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking - Category: #books ## Highlights - A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. —Admiral Grace Murray Hopper ([Location 896](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008JUVDUE&location=896)) - Individuals who are more successful at anything are performing their task with their eyes open; that is, the activity they are doing is different from the activity that less successful people are undertaking. Often people describe the distinction between the skilled practitioner and the less skilled practitioner by saying that the skilled person is better at the task. But a more useful and accurate perspective is that the skilled practitioner is doing a fundamentally different task—one that you could master as well. ([Location 1469](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B008JUVDUE&location=1469))