There was an eagle who lived in a chicken farm thinking he was a chicken.
One day, the eagle saw a massive bird flying in the sky.
“I sure would like to fly up there too” said the eagle.
The rooster standing nearby said “Don’t be silly, you’re just a chicken like the
rest of us.
We can never fly like that.”
So the eagle listened to the rooster and died, believing it was just a chicken.
First off, let me just mention that this isn’t a video about POSITIVE THINKING.
If you’re the type to think…
Oh, let’s think positive and the world will be a better place, that’s great, but that’s
not what we’re talking about today.
While the book DOES promote positive thinking, it’s a LOT MORE than that, it’s about
thinking BIG!
This book has taught me a lot.
While, I’m by no means a millionaire, but I’ve come a long way from the little boy
living with his parents a few years ago.
If I look back at my journey so far, all of this wouldn’t have been possible without
the Magic, of Big Thinking.
1.
The first step to thinking big is to avoid making excuses.
How many times have you heard someone say, I’m too old to do this, I’m not as good
as the other guys..
Blahblahblah.
Yeah, you could be too old to be a diaper model, and you could be too short to be a
professional basketball player.
But you are NEVER too ANYTHING to become successful.
I used to be a bartender at a restaurant, and I remember this one day, a businessman
came to the bar.
We had a chat about the economy and business and everything, and I asked him, “You seem
like you’re really passionate about starting a business, why don’t you?”
And he goes..
Oh, I can’t, I’m married with kids.
If we can blame our inability to become successful on our spouses, or children, or even lack
of time, even if we didn’t have a wife and kids, and had as much time in the world, that
attitude wouldn’t have gotten us anywhere.
There’s a saying that “if you want something done, give it to the busiest person you know”.
And the truth to that statement, is that busy people don’t make excuses, they get things
done.
So instead of whining about how disadvantaged we are, we could use our time to improve and
actually become better.
We really aren’t as disadvantaged as we think.
There’s a saying “I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man with no feet”.
2.
The second step to thinking big is to not worry ourselves with trivial things.
During Thanksgiving, we had family dinner and I remember this argument my mom had with
my dad.
She’s like “Why didn’t you defrost the turkey sooner, you were supposed to do it
2 days ago, not yesterday..
Blahblahblah.”
And this went on for the whole night.
I remember one time, she brought up an incident that happened twenty years ago, and said..
“I had to wait for your dad to pick me up, for 2 hours!”
We all know someone who LOVES to gossip, and talk about trivial matters.
I’m just gonna go on a whim and say they’re not successful.
Am I right?
People who think big, don’t have time to focus on petty things.
Unless they’re famous and have a TV show about their life, they’re probably not successful.
So the next time you grab a bowl of cereal and find out that someone in your house drank
all of the milk, who cares?
Eat some bread.
The next time you trip over something, fall in a puddle of mud, and tear the expensive
shirt you JUST bought, go read a book or something..
Trivial matters are not worth your time.
3.
And the most important point of all: Don’t underestimate the power of thinking big.
When I first saw the title of the book, I really thought the title explained everything.
Just think big, think positive, and everything will be alright.
But after reading the book, I realized that had the concept of thinking big not been explained
in hundreds of examples, we wouldn’t realize the importance of it.
When I first started this channel, I thought, “Oh, I loved these animated videos by FightMediocrity,
wouldn’t it be nice to do something like that too?”.
And that’s how most people think..Oh, wouldn’t it be nice.
Wouldn’t it be nice if I was rich.
Wouldn’t it be NICE if I could buy a house and retire early.
but “wouldn’t it be nice” won’t get us anywhere..
And then, something happened in my life,
I’m a strong believer of being in charge of our destinies.
I believe that if someone wants to achieve something, they should have the opportunity
to do so.
But after visiting a few less developed countries, I realized that it’s not the case.
If you’re born in some parts of the world, no matter how badly you want to be successful,
you can’t.
And it dawned on me, that in order to make a difference in this world, I’m going to
HAVE to first do something extraordinary, and I won’t get there by thinking “oh,
wouldn’t it be nice”.
And it was then, and only then, that the quality of my content started to improve.
How big we think, really plays a part in how big we become.
To recap, don’t make excuses on why you can’t be successful, don’t worry about
trivial things, and most of all, don’t underestimate the power of Big Thinking.
Since successful people and unsuccessful people look exactly the same on the outside, let
me ask you this, how do you, or anyone else for that matter know that you’re not an
eagle?
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