This document summarizes key points from the book "Thinking BIG" by David J. Schwartz. It recommends thinking big and believing that your goals can be achieved. Small initial steps like making eye contact and speaking up can help build confidence. Successful people handle problems as they arise and believe there is a way forward even if the first path doesn't work. Achieving goals requires helping others and putting service first.

1. T H I N K I N G B I GT H E M A G I C O F
B O O K B Y D A V I D J . S C H WA R T Z
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3. “Not many people believe that they can move
mountains…”

4. “…So, as a result, not many do.”
- D A V I D J . S C H WA R T Z

5. Think BIG.

6. Build confidence in yourself.
Action reduces fear, so act.

7. Take small steps at first:
Sit in the front everywhere you go, practice eye
contact, walk 25% faster, practice speaking up,
smile big, use positive words.

8. Think and dream creatively.
Believe that it can be done
and then the mind finds a way to get it done.

9. Be open to new ideas and be progressive.
Stimulate yourself with diverse ideas from diverse
people. Capacity is a state of mind.

10. You are what you think.
"The price tag you put on yourself, is probably the
same price tag that the world will put on you."

11. Dress up.
Think your work is important.
Think enthusiastically. Ask yourself if you are the
type of manager that a subordinate would respect
and follow?

12. Manage your environment
because it is food for your mind.

13. People who tell you that it cannot be done
are usually unsuccessful people.

14. Make your attitudes your allies.
Live it up. Broadcast good news.
Do better work than others expect.

15. Remember people's names.
Take initiative to build friendships.
Talk less. Listen.

16. Get the action habit.
Nothing happens just by thinking.
Start now.

17. Do not worry about problems.
You can handle them as they come.
Successful people handle problems as they arise.

18. Turn defeat into victory. Defeat is a state of mind.

19. Think that there is a way.
If it does not work, then back off and start afresh.

20. Use goals to help you grow.
"The important thing is not where you were or
where you are but where you want to get."

21. Know where you want to go.
Visualize your future.

22. Achieving success requires the help of others.

23. Trade minds with the people you want to influence.
"What would I think if I were that person?"

24. Be human, and put people first.

25. Think big enough to see that
if you put service first, money takes care of itself.

26. Think BIG.

27. – P U B L I L I U S S Y R U S
R O M A N A U T H O R , 1 S T C E N T U RY B . C .
“A wise man will be Master of His Mind
A Fool will be Its Slave.”

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