how to think big

The tendency for so many people to think small means there is much less competition than you think for a very rewarding career.
Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches or pounds or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking. How big we think determines the size of our accomplishments.
It is well to know our inabilities, for this shows us areas in which we can improve. But if we know only our negative characteristics, were in a mess. Our value is small.
You're bigger than you think. So fit your thinking to your true size. Think as big as you really are. Never, never, never sell yourself short!

4 ways to develop the big thinkers vocabulary:

1) Use big, positive , cheerful words and phrases to describe how you feel. When someone asks, "How do you feel today?" and you respond with a negative response, you actually make yourself feel worse. Practice this: it's a very simple point, but it has tremendous power. Every time some one asks you, "How are you?" or "How are you feeling today?" respond with a "Just wonderful! thanks, and you?" or say "Great!" or "Fine." Say you feel wonderful at every possible opportunity, and you will begin to feel wonderful-and bigger, too. Become known as a person who always feels great. It wins friends.
2) Use bright, cheerful, favourable words and phrases to describe other people. Make it a rule to have a big, positive word for all your friends and associates. Be extremely careful to avoid the petty cut-him-down-language. Such talk only cuts you down.
3) Use positive language to encourage others. Compliment people personally at every opportunity. Everyone you know craves praise. Praise sincerely administered, is a success tool. Use it. Use it again and again and again. Compliment people on their appearance, their work, their achievements, their families.
4) Use positive words to outline plans to others. When people hear something like this: "Here is some good news. We face a genuine opportunity..." Their minds start to sparkle. But when they hear something like "Whether we like it or not, we've got a job to do," the mind movie is dull and boring. and they react accordingly. Promise victory and watch eyes light up. Promise victory and win support.

See what can be, not just what is. Putting a big value on people is what converts them into big, regular patrons. Attaching little value to people sends them elsewhere.
What determines how much you're worth? People who don't have much look at themselves as they are now. Thats all they see. They don't see the future, they just see a miserable present.
"If I looked at myself strictly as I am-I couldn't help but be discouraged. I'd see a nobody and I'd be a nobody for the rest of my life.
"I've made my mind to look at myself as the person I'm going to be in a few short years. When i look at myself that way, I feel bigger and think bigger. "
The price tag the world puts on us is just about identical to the one we put on ourselves.
Here is how you can develop your power to see what can be, not just what is.
1) Practice adding value to things.
2)Practice adding value to people.
3)Practice adding value to yourself.

What does it take to make a good speech?
Successful public speakers have one thing in common: They have something to say and they feel a burning desire for other people to hear it.
Don't let concern with trivia keep you from speaking successfully in public.

What causes quarrels?
Little things, petty thinking, causes arguments. So, to eliminate quarrels, eliminate petty thinking.
Before complaining or accusing or reprimanding someone or launching a counterattack in self-defense, ask yourself, "Is it really important?" In most cases, it isn't and you avoid conflict.
When you feel like taking negative action, ask yourself, "Is it really important?" That question is the magic in building a finer home situation. It works in any situation in life that is apt to produce quarrels.

Don't fall into the triviality trap. Think of those things that really matter. Things that make the difference. Don't become submerged under surface issues. Concentrate on important things.