The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz

It gives everyone a boost to be addressed by name.” – David J. Every year shrewd manufacturers sell more briefcases, pencils, Bibles, and hundreds of other items just by putting the buyer’s name on the product. How you look on the outside has a lot to do with how you feel on the inside.” – David J. Praise is the greatest single incentive you can give people, and it costs you nothing.” – David J. “Belief triggers the power to do.” – David J. Fighting little people reduces you to their size.” – David J. “You win when you refuse to fight petty people. Think big goals and win big success.” – David J. “Think little goals and expect little achievements. To think big, we must use words and phrases that produce big, positive mental images.” – David J. “The point is this: Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others. “Remember, you see in any situation what you expect to see.” – David J. “Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting & in every other pursuit get there by following conscientiously & continuously a plan for self-development & growth.” – David J. He isn’t stuck with the present.” – David J. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. “Look at things not as they are, but as they can be. And afterwards, the ghosts of these ideas come back to haunt them.” – David J. “Every day thousands of people bury good ideas because they are afraid to act on them. “Whether the psychological problem is big or little, the cure comes when one learns to quit drawing negative form one’s memory bank and withdraws positive instead.” – David J. “Then it dawned on me that no one else was going to believe in me until I believed in myself.” – David J. “The only thing that counts about one’s vocabulary, is the effect his words and phrases have on his own and others’ thinking.” – David J. And the best preparation for leadership is thinking.” – David J. “Remember, the main job of the leader is thinking. And nothing stands as a bigger challenge than making the most of yourself.” – David J. “Nothing – absolutely nothing – in this life gives you more satisfaction than knowing you’re on the road to success and achievement. He is important in God’s scheme of things.” – David J. “It’s not too wild a guess that, of all living creatures, probably not more than one in ten million is a human being. “Build castles, don’t dig graves.” – David J.

A little modesty goes a long way.” – David J. “A man big enough to be humble appears more confident than the insecure man who feels compelled to call attention to his accomplishments.

The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz