Think Big
Dream
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A Psychology series
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How
dreams
comes true?

Welcome Thinker
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Welcome Dreamer
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You have many outstanding qualities
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creative ideas, a vivid imagination;
perhaps you even view yourself as a
visionary.
visionary

Yet, at the same time you
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may also feel disappointed ‐
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in yourself or in life itself.

If your creative ideas usually
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fizzle out, it may be due to a
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lack of dedicated work.

If so, know that not even
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Albert Einstein could get
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away with that.

Einstein said,
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"It's not that I'm so smart, ,
it's just that I stay with
problems longer.”
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Don't believe that?
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Thomas Jefferson said,
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"I find that the harder I
work, the more luck I seem
to have.”
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Dreamers have a tendency
Dreamers have a tendency
to indulge in "magical
thinking," believing that one
day great things will
day great things will
"magically" happen for
them.

Living in a world of lovely
Living in a world of lovely
fantasies can seem so
desirous, yet it's no fun
when you wind up living in
when you wind up living in
your dreams instead of
living out your dreams.

This is no way for a creative
This is no way for a creative
person to live. You deserve
better. It's time for you to
create a future that will
create a future that "will
come true".

Here s what you need to
Here's what you need to
keep in mind:‐

Become more active and
Become more active and
less passive.

Be cautious of letting
Be cautious of letting
yourself be seduced into an
excess of passive activities.

Rather than spending a great
Rather than spending a great
deal of time lounging in bed,
reading the paper, watching TV
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or surfing the Net, experiment
with more physically vigorous
activities.
activities

Nothing succeeds like
Nothing succeeds like
success.

Find an activity that you like
Find an activity that you like
to do

Take pride in what you do.
Take pride in what you do
And enjoy it!

See Newton's first law of
motion:
"An object at rest tends to stay
at rest and an object in motion
tends to stay in motion
tends to stay in motion“.

Next time you re simply
Next time you're simply
sitting and staring into
space, remind yourself that
you re an object at rest.
you're an object at rest

Until you find a way to shift
Until you find a way to shift
into motion, you'll tend to
stay at rest.

So discover the motion that
So discover the motion that
makes you come alive.

Then get going!
Then get going!
Challenge yourself to pay
more attention to details.

Have you had the
Have you had the
experience of learning a
new word and then
suddenly you see that word
suddenly you see that word
everywhere?

Clearly, the word has been
Clearly the word has been
there all the time. But your
antennae never picked it up.

Since dreamers tend to
Since dreamers tend to
focus on the 'whole' and
gloss over the 'details',
challenge yourself to reverse
challenge yourself to reverse
that direction.

Look around you.
Look around you

Right now, without getting
Right now without getting
up from your seat, notice
something you hadn't
noticed before.
noticed before

Look with wide open eyes.
Look with wide‐open eyes
Observe either a new object
or observe a new detail
about a familiar object.
about a familiar object

This exercise works even
This exercise works even
with your own body.

Put your left hand out in
Put your left hand out in
front of you.

Pretend you re a
Pretend you're a
neurosurgeon specializing in
hands.

What details do you notice
What details do you notice
about your own hand that
you hadn't noticed before?

Now put your two hands
Now put your two hands
next to each other. Notice at
least 3 differences between
your two hands.
your two hands

Yes, there s always more to
Yes there's always more to
observe.

As a dreamer, your strength
As a dreamer your strength
is your creativity; your
weakness is your lack of
attention to details.
attention to details

Once you begin to notice
Once you begin to notice
the details that make up the
whole, they'll be no
stopping you!
stopping you!

Transform vague,
Transform vague
passive language into
concrete,
active language.
active language

Become more attuned to
Become more attuned to
the subtle ways in which you
speak evasively or in
generalities

Make it a habit to avoid
Make it a habit to avoid
Euphemisms.

Practice declaring 'what is' as clearly
and straightforwardly as you can.
and straightforwardly as you can.

You may initially feel uncomfortable
speaking in this precise manner.
speaking in this precise manner.

But give it a shot. It becomes more
natural with practice.
natural with practice

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