Big Goals

The following is adapted from The Magic of Thinking Big by Dr. David Schwartz...

• Accomplish More. “Capacity is a state of mind. How much we can do depends on how much we think we can do. When you really believe you can do more, your mind thinks creatively and shows you the way.”
• Build Enthusiasm Back into Your Life. “Every day you and I see half-alive people who are no longer sold on themselves. They lack self-respect for their most important product--themselves. These folks are indifferent. They feel small. They feel like nobodies, and because they feel that way, that’s what they are.”
• Surround Yourself with Important People. “Experts agree that the person you will be 1, 5, 10, 20 years from now depends almost entirely on your future environment. You will change over the months and years. But how you will change depends on your future environment, the mind food you feed yourself.”
• Build Relationships. “We are lifted to higher levels by those who know us as likable, personable individuals. Every friend you make lifts you just one notch higher. And being likable makes you lighter to lift.”
• Listen More. “The person who does the most talking and the person who is the most successful are rarely the same person. Almost without exception, the more successful the person, the more he practices conversation generosity, that is, he encourages the other person to talk about himself, his views, his accomplishments, his family, his job, his problems.”
• Be the Bigger Person. “Big people do not laugh at big ideas.”

 

  The Magic of Thinking Big