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Now David presents us with several strategies to improve your self-belief and confidence.
The first is to constantly work on your creative thinking skills. As opposed to just memorizing facts, which will only help you in certain situations, creative thinking will help you solve any kind of problem you will face.
Your brain can assess and adapt to any situation, because it stays flexible.
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Two things you can do to improve your attitude include always doing what you think is morally right and always dressing well. The former is powerful from the inside, because you believing in your work will make sure you take pride in it, the latter is powerful f...
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The final argument of this book is that the only difference between successful people and normal people lies in their self-belief and confidence, which causes them to persist long enough for them to achieve success.
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The first thing you need to know about The Magic of Thinking Big is that it was written in 1959. The author, David Joseph Sc...
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The author suggests you start by creating a mindset in which you feel 100% capable of achieving whatever you set out to do .
Why does this work? Because once you start believing in yourself enough, your brain will spark the creativity required to achieve y...
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These ideas could have been the roots of what would later become positive psychology . One McKinsey study quoted in the book states that what management and societal leaders are looking for most, when working with people, is the drive to mo...
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An mportant factor is your attitude , which will be reflected in the way you walk, talk and behave. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind and people always catch on to what’s going on. After all, reading body language has been how we survived for thousands of years.
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The Magic of Thinking Big asserts that creative thinking is the driving force behind success. This is an idea I’ve seen in many books n...
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So how do you turn all this into action?
Take a 2-step approach: Plan and execute.
Write down a detailed, step-by-step plan with instructions how you’ll do each step and a rough idea of when you’ll complete it. Then, get to work and study your setbacks.
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The 13-year-old teenager who is about to take a “what work is right for you” test, the 34-year-old friend who just suffered a major setback, and anyone who spends the majority of their time complaining.
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No one is born confident , yet everyone can learn it. “Fake it till you make it” is true in this case, because you can control your emotions by behaving the way you want to feel. So sit in the first row, make eye contact with people and walk faster than others.
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The Magic of Thinking Big gives you several starting points to develop and strengthen the most important trait of successful people: believing in yourself.
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You might have heard the saying “Winners find solutions, losers find excuses.” and it’s true. This is where the book comes full circle, because believing in yourself is what creates the difference between trying to find someone to blame when things go wrong, and looking ...
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While applying old lessons to new situations can limit your creativity, the brain’s inclination for seeking patterns can encourage innovation, too.
This will serve you well in creative thinking as long as you question your assumptions and try to find patterns where there aren't any.
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