I dare you; I dare you to think big. I dare you to act big and I dare you to be bigger
than you are now. Because it is that habit of thinking big that's going to make you achieve
your goals. What is that differentiates successful people from not so successful people? It's
just a single thought that differentiates these two. What is this single thought about?
This single thought is about thinking big. But what is thinking big? Thinking big is
imagining the unimaginable and doing the impossible. This is what thinking big is. Thinking big
develops its roots very deep down so that it can carry the weight of its success. Make
sure that if you think big, you will be big and this is my promise to you. So let's start
this session on how to develop the habit of thinking big. My name is Michelle and I'm
glad to have you with me.
To become a big thinker, you need to incorporate thinking big into almost every area of your
life. You shouldn't only think about your problems. If you think about them, think about
them critically and flexibly. You should be open minded and ready to accept changes. You
must be ready to learn. Think big about different areas of your life. Think big about your daily
schedules and your routines. How can you make your day more productive? How can you make
your today more productive than your yesterday was? This is where you need to think big.
You need to think big by unleashing your imagination and thinking creatively outside the box. Think
of multiple solutions to a problem and not just one solution. Think big and do not hesitate
when you are thinking big. You must think that the solution that you are trying to provide
to a problem. How is it going to affect globally? Do you think it's going to have a global solution?
Is your solution going to help more than one person? Revolutionize your thinking and start
thinking big. Think in a bigger manner at a bigger picture.
The key to thinking big is to step out of your own personality. It's time that you enter
into someone else's shoes. Someone who is more creative than you and someone who can
think bigger than you. Who can that be? Someone who can think more creatively, someone who
can think bigger than you do? That can be a child. Think of a child. A child is not
very hesitant when he has to climb a tree. But if you have to climb a tree, you will
think twice. So think like a child and step out of your own shoes. Look at everything
from a child's perspective and you will definitely have a bigger picture and you will no more
be afraid of little and small challenges. Let's say that you want to try thinking like
a musician. What about a musician, he wants to create something out of nothing. Think
like him so that you can be more creative. Or maybe you can think like an athlete, a
winning athlete. He persists and overcomes almost all the obstacles just because he wants
to win. And what about the Nobel prize winner scientist. You can think like him as well,
he has to work so hard, so meticulously to achieve his aims. So you can think like him
as well. So now you know exactly what to do, you need to step out of your own shoes, step
out of your own personality and start thinking big from the perspective of someone bigger
than you.
There are some habits that lead you to thinking big. However, there are some habits that cause
you to think small. It's time that you limit these habits that cause you to think small.
These could be habits like procrastination. So procrastination holds you back from doing
what you are supposed to do. It delays things. It delays a lot of things and finally it delays
your success which is very sad. There are other things that hold you back from thinking
big. For example negative thinking. Sometimes we focus so much on the negative that we do
not think of the possibilities. Possibilities in the present and also possibilities in the
future. Now there's another problem related to thinking and that is of thinking small.
Sometimes you think small when you look at things from a smaller perspective, which means
that you have short term thinking and not long term thinking. So you must think a few
steps ahead whenever you take a decision. You should think that, what are the consequences
of that decision and how beneficial it is going to be to you and to the other people
around you. And not only that, you need to overcome thinking small through limiting all
these habits and going ahead and thinking much larger watching the bigger picture and
achieving what you want to achieve.
Just as we talked in the previous tip about
limiting habits, we also need to limit fears in order to think big. You need to limit the
fear of the future. You need to limit the fear of what could go wrong. You must limit
the fear of whether or not you are going to be successful because you need to follow the
trial and error strategy. Even if you fail it's okay, you don't need to be afraid of
failure. You must remember that you cannot win in your comfort zone. You can only win
in your difficult zone. So do not be afraid of stepping out of your comfort zone and stepping
into the difficult zone in order to win. So you can think big definitely if you limit
your fears. So make that decision with me today so that 100 years down the lane or maybe
you know 50 years down the lane. Hundred is a bit too much. You will be sitting on your
rocking chair smiling. Because you won't have any regrets that you did not try something.
So limit your fears, try new things and this is how you begin the journey of thinking big.
The final tip that I have for you is, cultivate thinking big. Like I told you that you need
to limit certain habits in order to think big. In the same way you need to cultivate
some habits, in order to think big. The first habit that you need to cultivate is, to empower
your language. What kind of a language do you use? Do you always keep complaining and
worrying about your life? Do you always keep saying negative things? Well then your words
are exactly a reflection of how your life is going to be in a few years. So make sure
that you say positive phrases and positive things about your life. Do not say negative
things. Say that you are successful and you will definitely be successful. The second
thing that you need to doing order to think big is that you need to think forward, which
means that you need to start thinking a few steps ahead. Thinking big is almost like playing
a game of chess. If you cannot think a few steps or a few moves in advance, then you
have not yet cultivated the habit of thinking big. So make sure that you think a few steps
in advance. You look at the bigger picture and think of what consequences are your actions
going to bear a few years down the lane. And the last thing that you need to do is, you
need to envision and believe what you want to do. You don't have to be afraid. You have
to say that I envision and whatever I envision I believe it. Whatever I believe I do it and
whatever I do, will never be impossible for me and definitely you will achieve your aims.
These are the tips that you need to follow to think big.
Now that you are journey of thinking big has already begun by watching this session, be
ready to face criticism from the people around you whenever you are on your journey of success,
you will definitely face a lot of criticism. At such times remember that thinking big has
got its roots very firm. It's not afraid of criticism and it's not afraid of obstacles.
So now you've started thinking big and you are definitely going to do big. Thank you
so much for watching this session with me, this is Michelle signing off. Do not forget
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