(The Magic Of Thinking Big) <ol><li>Trade minds with the people you want to influence.</li><li>Think: what is the human way to handle this?</li><li>Think progress, believe in progress, push for progress.</li><li>Take time out to confer with yourself and develop your supreme thinking power.</li></ol>

Chapter 13: How To Think Like A Leader

(The Magic Of Thinking Big) <ol><li>Fear is real. And we must recognize it exists before we can conquer it.</li><li>No one is born with confidence, it is acquired over time.</li><li>Action cures fear.</li><li>Deposit and withdraw positive thoughts from your memory bank.</li><li>To think confidently, act confidently.</li><li>Walking 25% faster can make you more confident.</li><li>Speak up and Smile big.</li><li>Doing what’s right is a very practical rule for success.</li></ol>

Chapter 3: Build Confidence and Destroy Fear

“Man belongs, where man wants to go.”

(The Magic Of Thinking Big) People suffer from 4 excusitis (personally excuse disease)Brain excusitis, Age excusitis, Health excusitis, and Luck excusitis﻿<ol><li>The more you repeat it, the more convinced you become that it’s true.</li><li>Looking and looking and looking for an illness often actually produces illness.</li><li>It’s better to wear out than to rust out.</li><li>Don’t underestimate your brainpower and overestimate others.</li><li>The thinking that guides your intelligence is much more important than how intelligent you are.</li><li>Use your mind to think not to store.</li><li>It’s not your luck, it’s your work.</li></ol>

Chapter 2: Cure Yourself Of Excusitis The Failure Disease

(The Magic Of Thinking Big) <ol><li>The important thing is not where you were or where you are but where you want to go.</li><li>You will accomplish only what you plan to accomplish. Set goals.</li><li>Keep an interest in life just to keep living.</li><li>Progress is made one step at a time.</li><li>Before doing anything ask yourself, “Will this help take me where I want to go?”</li><li>Prepare to take detours in your stride.</li><li>Spend 30 minutes daily in quiet, undisturbed thinking.</li><li>The profit comes only from investment. So invest in yourself.</li></ol>

Chapter 12: Use Goals To Help You Grow

(The Magic Of Thinking Big) <ol><li>To activate others, you must first activate yourself.</li><li>Don’t dislike it yet. Dig deeper into it first.</li><li>In everything you do, life it up. When you smile, smile. When you say it, mean it.</li><li>Spread good news.</li><li>Being around complainers and half-dead people is uncomfortable, right? So, don’t be the one.</li><li>Show appreciation at every opportunity. Make people feel important.</li><li>The seed of the money is service.</li><li>Always give people more than they expect to get.</li></ol>

Chapter 8: Make Your Attitudes Your Allies

(The Magic Of Thinking Big) <ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Success depends on the support of others.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Think right toward people.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">A person is not pulled up to a higher level rather he is lifted up. Being likable makes you lighter to lift.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Be a comfortable person to be around.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Give spiritual strength to people.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Be active while introducing yourself. Don’t be afraid to be unusual.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Tune in to ‘Channel P’ (Good thought station).</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Don't waste your time and energy being discouraged. Plan to win next time.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Accept human differences and limitations. Another person has a right to be different too.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Let the other person talk about his views too.</li></ol>

Chapter 9: Think Right Toward People

(The Magic Of Thinking Big)<ol><li>Believe it can be done and your mind will find ways to do it.</li><li>Don’t let the tradition freeze your mind. Welcome new ideas, be experimental.</li><li>Ask yourself: “How can I do it better?”</li><li>Big success calls for persons who continually set higher standards for themselves and others.</li><li>Capacity is a state of mind.</li><li>Encourage others to talk. Practice listening.</li><li>Test your own views in the form of questions.</li><li>Don’t let ideas escape. Write them down.</li></ol>

Chapter 5: How To Think And Dream Creatively

(The Magic of Thinking Big)<ol><li>When you believe I-can-do-it, the how-to-do-it develops.</li><li>When the mind doubts it attracts reasons to support disbelief.</li><li>Learn from the leader. Observe him. Study him. But don’t worship him.</li><li>Others see in us what we see in ourselves.</li><li>Self-development is something that nobody can do for you.</li><li>Your personal development program earns respect from within yourself and outside.</li><li>Nothing in the world gives you more satisfaction than knowing you are on the way to success.</li></ol>

Chapter 1: Believe You Can Succeed And You Will

(The Magic Of Thinking Big)<ol><li>Nothing comes merely by thinking about it. Action needs to follow up.</li><li>Waiting for the perfect set of conditions is to wait forever.</li><li>Face the obstacles and difficulties as they arrive.</li><li>You got an idea! Get rollin’.</li><li>Put off a difficult task, it will become even more difficult.</li></ol>

Chapter 10: Get The Action Habit

(The Magic Of Thinking Big)<ol><li>People are not measured by their college degrees, or family background; but by the size of their thinking.</li><li>We do not think in words and phrases instead only in pictures or images.</li><li>Use positive language to encourage and describe others.</li><li>See what can be, not just what is.</li><li>Practice adding value to things, to people, and to yourself.</li><li>Concentrate on your assets, you are better than you think you are.</li><li>Your further progress depends on how you think about your present state.</li><li>Before getting involved in a petty matter, ask yourself, “Is it really important?”</li><li>Grow big by thinking big!</li></ol>

Chapter 4: How To Think Big

(The Magic Of Thinking Big) <ol><li>Always salvage something from every setback.</li><li>Bad investments are part of the cost of real education.</li><li>Stop blaming luck.</li><li>Combine persistence with experimentation.</li><li>Back off and start afresh.</li><li>Have the courage to accept your faults and to be your own constructive critic.</li><li>Remember, there is a good side to every situation.</li></ol>

Chapter 11: How To Turn Defeat Into Victory

(The Magic Of Thinking Big) <ol><li>To gain respect, first think you deserve respect.</li><li>Remember, your appearance talks to you and to others. Make sure it shows how you truly want to be seen.</li><li>Pay twice as much and buy half as much. Quality matters over quantity.</li><li>Give yourself a pep talk.</li><li>In all of life’s situations ask yourself “Is this the way an important person does it?”</li></ol>

Chapter 6: You Are What You Think You Are

The timeless and practical advice in The Magic of Thinking Big clearly demonstrates how you can: <ul><li>Sell more</li><li>Manage better</li><li>Lead fearlessly</li><li>Earn more</li><li>Enjoy a happier, more fulfilling life </li><li>With applicable and easy-to-implement insights, you’ll discover:</li><li>Why believing you can succeed is essential</li><li>How to quit making excuses</li><li>The means to overcoming fear and finding confidence</li><li>How to develop and use creative thinking and dreaming</li><li>Why making (and getting) the most of your attitudes is critical</li><li>How to think right towards others</li><li>The best ways to make “action” a habit</li><li>How to find victory in defeat</li><li>Goals for growth, and</li><li>How to think like a leader</li></ul>  "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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David Joseph Schwartz PhD (March 23, 1927 – December 6, 1987) was an American motivational writer and coach, best known for authoring The Magic of Thinking Big in 1959.He was a professor at Georgia State University and also began his own work as a self-help coach and life strategist. Later, he founded his own consultancy firm focusing on leadership development called 'Creative Educational Services Inc'.He became well known through his motivational publications and self-help books, especially for The Magic of Thinking Big, published in 1959.

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