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The timeless and practical advice in The Magic of Thinking Big clearly demonstrates how you can:

  • Sell more
  • Manage better
  • Lead fearlessly
  • Earn more
  • Enjoy a happier, more fulfilling life 
  • With applicable and easy-to-implement insights, you’ll discover:
  • Why believing you can succeed is essential
  • How to quit making excuses
  • The means to overcoming fear and finding confidence
  • How to develop and use creative thinking and dreaming
  • Why making (and getting) the most of your attitudes is critical
  • How to think right towards others
  • The best ways to make “action” a habit
  • How to find victory in defeat
  • Goals for growth, and
  • How to think like a leader
 
"Believe Big,” says Schwartz. “The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier -- certainly no more difficult - than small ideas and small plans." 

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The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz
Thinking Big

Thinking Big

  • Most people go through life with small ambitions, small goals, thinking small, and they only rise to the size of their dreams.
  • All of us, more than we recognize, are products of the thinking around us. And much of this thinking is little, not big.

By thinking big, what’s now called “10x” thinking, you can do great, huge things, so long as you believe in yourself and follow through on the pursuit of those huge goals.

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The Power Of Belief

Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can’t, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do, or not to do something. No one will believe in you until you believe in yourself

  • Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief.
  • Think little goals and expect little achievements.
  • Think big goals and win big success.
  • Big ideas and big plans are often easier— certainly no more difficult— than small ideas and small plans.
  • Life is too short to be little.

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The Disease Of Failures: Excusitis

  • The first step in your plan of thinking yourself to success, must be to vaccinate yourself against excusitis, the disease of the failures.
  • The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.”
  • Never underestimate your own intelligence, and never overestimate the intelligence of others.
  • Action cures fear.
  • Indecision, postponement, and doubt increase fear.

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What’s stopping you from achieving greatness? This book has the answers.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

THEODORE ROOSEVELT

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1. Believe in Yourself

1. Believe in Yourself

  • Success starts with self-belief.
  • Think positively about your abilities, and you’ll find the courage to take action.
  • Avoid negative thinking—it limits what you can achieve.

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2. Set Big Goals

2. Set Big Goals

  • Dream big and aim high.
  • When you set big goals, you challenge yourself to grow and accomplish more.
  • Don’t let fear of failure hold you back; instead, focus on possibilities.

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Recently I read this book and i decided to share my future to the world.

Thinking Big

Thinking Big

  • Most people go through life with small ambitions, small goals, thinking small, and they only rise to the size of their dreams.
  • All of us, more than we recognize, are products of the thinking around us. And much of this thinking is little, not big.

By thinking big, what’s now called “10x” thinking, you can do great, huge things, so long as you believe in yourself and follow through on the pursuit of those huge goals.

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The Power Of Belief

The Power Of Belief

Those who believe they can move mountains, do. Those who believe they can’t, cannot. Belief triggers the power to do, or not to do something. No one will believe in you until you believe in yourself

  • Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief.
  • Think little goals and expect little achievements.
  • Think big goals and win big success.
  • Big ideas and big plans are often easier— certainly no more difficult— than small ideas and small plans.
  • Life is too short to be little.

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The Disease Of Failures: Excusitis

The Disease Of Failures: Excusitis

The first step in your plan of thinking yourself to success, must be to vaccinate yourself against excusitis, the disease of the failures.

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you may have.”

Never underestimate your own intelligence, and never overestimate the intelligence of others.

Action cures fear.

Indecision, postponement, and doubt increase fear.

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DAVID SAYS :

Look at things not as they are, but as they can be. Visualization adds value to everything. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. He isn't stuck with the present.

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Intelligence vs thinking

The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how much intelligence you have.

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The Two basic errors :

Most of us make two basic errors with respect to intelligence:

1. We underestimate our own brainpower.

2. We overestimate the other fellow’s brainpower.

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Success secrets

Success secrets

  1. Grow big by thinking big.
  2. Always give people more than they expect to get.
  3. Destroy fear through action

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How to Think like a leader

How to Think like a leader

REMIND YOURSELF ONCE AGAIN, that you are not pulled to high level of success.

RATHER you are lifted there by those working beside and below you.

How we think is affected by group we are in. Be sure you are in the flock that thinks right.

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Measuring success

Measuring success

Whre success is concerned, people are not measured in inches or pounds or college degree or family background; they are measuered by the size of there thinking.

How big we think determines the size of our accomplishments.

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Magic of thinking book should be read once by everyone.

BUILD CONFIDENCE AND DESTROY FEAR:

Lack of confidence is created by fear. Fear is real and the sure of the fear is not just an imagination. Imagining you don’t have fear might help in short run but will never benefit in log run. Even though fear is real, it’s psychological. Admitting no one is born with confidence, it is just the matter of hard work can cure fear. Action cures fear whereas the postponement and indecision only fertilises the fear. Anytime next you experience fear, isolate fear and steady yourself, have hope and back it off by action.

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TYPES OF FEAR AND ACTION TO OVERCOME THEM:

Embarrassment because of personal appearance: Practise better grooming.

Fear of losing an important customer: Build confidence by giving better service.

Fear of falling examination: Convert worry time to study time.

Fear of things beyond your control: Pray.

Fear of being physically hurt by something you can’t control: Switch attention to something else.

Fear of what other people may think and say: Make sure your plan is right, then do it.

Fear of making investment: Analysis, Decide and trust your decision.

Fear of people: Think other people is also a human being.

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Thought!

Always remember your brain is much like a bank, where thoughts get deposited. You can never withdraw the thought that you never deposited. Always make sure the thought you deposit will be the one you’ll be looking for when you withdraw. Never deposit negative thoughts like fear.

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Chapter 1: Believe You Can Succeed And You Will

(The Magic of Thinking Big)

  1. When you believe I-can-do-it, the how-to-do-it develops.
  2. When the mind doubts it attracts reasons to support disbelief.
  3. Learn from the leader. Observe him. Study him. But don’t worship him.
  4. Others see in us what we see in ourselves.
  5. Self-development is something that nobody can do for you.
  6. Your personal development program earns respect from within yourself and outside.
  7. Nothing in the world gives you more satisfaction than knowing you are on the way to success.

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Chapter 3: Build Confidence and Destroy Fear

(The Magic Of Thinking Big)

  1. Fear is real. And we must recognize it exists before we can conquer it.
  2. No one is born with confidence, it is acquired over time.
  3. Action cures fear.
  4. Deposit and withdraw positive thoughts from your memory bank.
  5. To think confidently, act confidently.
  6. Walking 25% faster can make you more confident.
  7. Speak up and Smile big.
  8. Doing what’s right is a very practical rule for success.

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Chapter 4: How To Think Big

(The Magic Of Thinking Big)

  1. People are not measured by their college degrees, or family background; but by the size of their thinking.
  2. We do not think in words and phrases instead only in pictures or images.
  3. Use positive language to encourage and describe others.
  4. See what can be, not just what is.
  5. Practice adding value to things, to people, and to yourself.
  6. Concentrate on your assets, you are better than you think you are.
  7. Your further progress depends on how you think about your present state.
  8. Before getting involved in a petty matter, ask yourself, “Is it really important?”
  9. Grow big by thinking big!

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A wise man will be master of his mind,

A fool will be its slave.

PUBLILIUS SYRUS

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How To Develop The Power Of Belief

How To Develop The Power Of Belief

  1. Think success, don't think failure.
  2. Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are.
  3. Believe Big.

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Idea into Big Reality

Idea into Big Reality

Write your ideas in a paper or in any platform that is tangible. Our mind is vulnerable to forget these many ideas.

Also, we can evaluate more and see the loopholes in our ideas when we can see and read it on a paper.

It has more selling power also to other people because it can be hard for them to imagine these ideas when you are presenting it through words only.

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Believe

Believe

What we believe will more likely to happen. Therefore, we should eliminate the thinking of "failure". Instead, think of "success" and our mind will find ways on how to be successful in everything.

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Why need outer motivation?

Why need outer motivation?

Why we all need an outer motivation like a video or quotes something?? It's just a waste of time because it's all temporary you're going to forget it just after few hours!! Why don't we find a reason that's Inside us to do the work. For example insted of watching motivation video of gym or workout it's better to find a reason like I'm working out to feel more confident then ever. Thrust me it's permanent and more effective.

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