Tag Archives: The Magic of Thinking Big

Achieving high-level success requires the support and the cooperation of others. Success and the ability to lead others—that is, getting them to do things they wouldn’t do if they were not led—go hand in hand. Four leadership rules or principles are: Trade minds with the people you want to influence. Think: What is the humanContinue reading “HOW TO THINK LIKE A LEADER”

EVERY BIT OF HUMAN progress—our inventions big and little, our medical discoveries, our engineering triumphs, our business successes—were first visualized before they became realities. A goal is an objective, a purpose. A goal is more than a dream; it’s a dream being acted upon. Nothing happens, no forward steps are taken, until a goal isContinue reading “USE GOALS TO HELP YOU GROW”

It is not possible to win high-level success without meeting opposition, hardship, and setback. But it is possible to use setbacks to propel you forward. Let’s see how. Air travel is a magnificently safe way to go these days. Unfortunately, air accidents still occur. But when they do, the Civil Aviation Administration is on theContinue reading “HOW TO TURN DEFEAT INTO VICTORY”

HERE’S SOMETHING LEADERS IN every field agree on: There is a shortage of top-flight, expertly qualified persons to fill key positions. There is one success ingredient often missing in candidate: that is the ability to get things done, to get results. “Nothing comes merely by thinking about it.” Think of it. Everything we have inContinue reading “GET THE ACTION HABIT”

HERE IS A BASIC rule for winning success. Let’s mark it in the mind and remember it. The rule is: Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be is the support of others. Today, remember, a person either supports you willingly or he doesn’tContinue reading “THINK RIGHT TOWARD PEOPLE”

People speak without a sound. How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking. We read attitudes through expressions and voice tones and inflections. Right attitudes win for you in every situation. Grow these three attitudes. Make them your allies in everything you do. Grow theContinue reading “MAKE YOUR ATTITUDES YOUR ALLIES”

YOUR MIND IS AN amazing mechanism. When your mind works one way, it can carry you forward to outstanding success. But the same mind operating in a different manner can produce a total failure. The body is what the body is fed. By the same token, the mind is what the mind is fed. MindContinue reading “MANAGE YOUR ENVIRONMENT: GO FIRST CLASS”

IT’S OBVIOUS. MUCH HUMAN behavior is puzzling. Others see in us what we see in ourselves. We receive the kind of treatment we think we deserve. To be important, we must think we are important, really think so; then others will think so too. Here again is the logic:How you think determines how you act.HowContinue reading “YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE”

FIRST, LET’S CLEAR UP a common fallacy about the meaning of creative thinking. For some illogical reason, science, engineering, art, and writing got tabbed as about the only truly creative pursuits. But creative thinking is not reserved for certain occupations, nor is it restricted to superintelligent people. Creative thinking is simply finding new, improved waysContinue reading “HOW TO THINK AND DREAM CREATIVELY”

Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches or pounds or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking. How big we think determines the size of our accomplishments. Now let’s see how we can enlarge our thinking. Probably the greatest human weakness is self-deprecation—that is, sellingContinue reading “HOW TO THINK BIG”