The Magic of Thinking Big

Yes! I’ve completed book 1 of 50! Here are the points I summarized from The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz.

1. Believe You can Succeed and You Will
2. Don’t make excuses. Find solutions.
3. Action cures fear.
4. Most people are really nice inside.
5. To think confidently, act confidently.
6. Look at things not as they are, but what they can be.
7. Practise adding value to things, people and yourself.
8. Before quarrelling, ask yourself first. Is it really important?
9. Keep your focus on the main objective.
10. When you believe, your mind finds a way to do. Eliminate impossible.
11. There are as many best ways as there are creative minds.
12. You can always do better. That is a given!
13. Capacity is a state of mind.
14. Write ideas down. Don’t let them escape.
15. Put your ideas in saleable form. Use graphics.
16. Thinking affects how people react to you.
17. Dress well. Appearances do matter.
18. Manage your environment. Mix with people that can grow you.
19. Go first class.
20. Have enthusiasm.
21. Treat people important.
22. Give your family planned attention.
23. Put service first. Money will follow.
24. Have positive thoughts about other people.
25. Find reasons to like someone.
26. Encourage people to talk about themselves.
27. Be an action person.
28. Solve difficulties when they arise. Don’t be a perfectionist.
29. Get the thing done now. Action cures fear.
30. When you face a setback, learn from it.
31. Set goals and go for them!
32. Break things down into step by step.
33. Think from the other person’s perspective.
34. Be human in handling others.
35. Think of progress all the time.
36. Behave like how you want your people to behave.
37. Spend time alone to think through things.