deepstash
Beta
Deepstash brings you key ideas from the most inspiring articles like this one:
Read more efficiently
Save what inspires you
Remember anything
10
Key Ideas
Save all ideas
You can only change your mindset if you consistently care about your thought process. Start thinking big about your tasks and imagine how they can influence your world.
You should start thinking big without reservations or hesitation. You can only contribute more, learn more, become more and stretch yourself and your own abilities beyond their current limitations if you give yourself permission to think beyond the obvious.
143 SAVES
177 READS
Don’t take things on face value, investigate their workings, assume nothing and question everything.
Start the curious habit of questioning everyday things and methods to get answers to questions you mostly ignore. Maintain an open mind and be willing to learn, unlearn and relearn.
146 SAVES
174 READS
Exercise your creativity by stimulating your brain with new things and not limiting your thoughts. Different skills, cultures and ideas can change your thought patterns for the better.
Give yourself time to consider the possibilities and to move in that direction.
107 SAVES
132 READS
Thinking big requires stretching your imagination and expanding your personal potential, and that takes time and effort that will pay off throughout your life.
Fight against self-deprecation, procrastination, overanalyzing, making excuses and perfectionism.
120 SAVES
140 READS
If you have something significant to share with the rest of the world, prepare to face criticisms, because people judge what they don’t understand.
Remember that you are not seeking approval. And the lack of it shouldn’t stop you from thinking and acting bigger to get closer to your life’s calling.
124 SAVES
124 READS
Fear can constrict you and coil you into a ball of small thoughts, decisions and actions. Fear of failure is universal and inevitable, but you don’t have to let it define you.
The more new situations you expose yourself to, the more opportunities you have to discover unknown aptitudes and the better you are able to tackle big challenges.
118 SAVES
120 READS
No matter how many mistakes you make, or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of those not trying.
You don’t always need the perfect plan. Sometimes you just need to give it a try, let go, and see what happens.
129 SAVES
127 READS
Great discoveries often evolve from small hunches, maturing and connecting to other ideas over time.
A single thought can also grow over time into a powerful habit of thinking big, and eventually, take over our minds and propel us to achieve our dreams.
118 SAVES
113 READS
Society conditions us to think small, to simplify and to expect less and demand less from life.
Mindlessly following tradition leaves our world open to be controlled by others or stagnation.
98 SAVES
126 READS
SIMILAR ARTICLES & IDEAS:
16
Key Ideas
... by trial and error and consistently analyzing things related to big ideas, until you've practiced enough your brain can easily establish unusual correlati...
The key to shifting your perspective and developing the habit of thinking big involves stepping outside of yourself and into another persona — essentially becoming someone who will help you see things bigger, better and more creatively.
You must also think from the perspective of having no limitations or fears and ask big questions persistently until the right answer comes to mind.
3
Key Ideas
What you believe influences the way you interpret events, how you feel, and how you behave. And much of the time, those beliefs turn into self-fulfilling prophecies.
It's likely that everyone has a few self-limiting beliefs.
To discover yours, spend some time thinking about your potential and assessing the assumptions you make about yourself that keep you from living your dreams.
It's likely that your beliefs, rather than your lack of ability, could be the biggest hurdle.
4
Key Ideas
Companies, teams and individual achievers are sharply focused on achieving goals. But this focus on completion often limits the scope of the results and stifles innovation.
There is a ...
Set aside time to tackle a problem and then use the entire time. Don't head for the door after the first good idea, as there may be bigger and better ideas to come.
Bring facilitation techniques to encourage participation.
By giving team members time and resources to grow, learn, and explore you get a better quality and wider brainstorming.