The Magic of Thinking Big

I recently finished the book called “The Magic of Thinking Big” by David Schwartz and its one of the best books I have ever read. Here are my thoughts about the book.

According to David Schwartz, Whether your life goals are unbelievably large and intimidating or relatively small and achievable, you may have thought more than once, “Where do I start?”

The author suggests that you begin by creating an attitude in which you feel 100% able to achieve what you intend to do, or in other words, you should act like being one of the best.

Why is this going to work? Because once you begin to believe in yourself sufficiently, your brain creates the creativity required to achieve your objective. One McKinsey study cited in the book states that the drive to move forward is what management and social leaders seek most when working with people.

The author emphasizes working on your creative thinking abilities constantly. Your brain can evaluate and adapt to every situation, as it remains flexible.

He also suggests being in “Always Learning” mode, For example, if you work in a car dealer, it may seem useless to you to learn photoshop, but if it is fun, do it anyway. Take the “Who knows what’s good for?” mentality. You can easily use your new graphic design skills to create a bunch of great Facebook ads that can help you sell a lot more cars.

The second strategy that he suggests is to shut down your head’s negative voices. With the news reporting mainly on horrifying events and complaining only to everyone around you, negative thinking is the norm. You will find that nay-sayers are nearly always unsuccessful or average.

If you have an imposter syndrome or you don’t you are capable enough then this can be eliminated by writing a pep talk that reads like a commercial in which you try to sell yourself. Focus on what makes you different, e.g. you’re funny and always make people laugh at work. Read it loud and quiet once a day when you feel a little down.

No one is born confident, but everybody can excel at it. “Fake it until you make it ” is true in this case, because you can control your emotions in the way you feel. So sit down in the first row, get in touch with people and walk faster than anyone else.

Although the individual ideas discussed in the book are all well known today, I liked how the book rounded them all to one end, especially as the book is old. I could relate to quotes and ideas, for example, I’m a fast walker, and I’ve noticed that I feel more confident when I rush through all the slow people dragging their feet :).

The summary I have discussed covers a very small subset of the book, and it has a lot more information that I wasn’t able to cover. Therefore I recommend you give a read on this book and experience the changes that you could bring to yourself in order to excel at your work/studies by applying some small changes.

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