The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz

Life really becomes really simple once we accept the law of cause and effect… If we want to be rich, we copy rich people’s actions. If we want to be ripped, we copy the actions of other ripped people. If we want to be successful, we just copy the actions of successful people. We can CHOOSE the actions we take on a daily basis. We are the ones who are deciding our destiny. That’s great news isn’t it? It means that we are NOT at the mercy of our circumstances. It’s all about the ACTIONS we take on a daily basis. Luck has very little to do with whether we will be successful or not.

Whatever happens in our lives is the result of our own accumulated actions over time. Success receives a setback: he learns and profits. Take a second look at what appears to be someone’s “bad luck.” Look, and you’ll discover certain specific reasons. Take a second look at what appears to be someone’s “good luck.” You’ll find not luck but preparation, planning, and success-producing thinking preceded his good fortune. What helps me is to remind myself all the time that we live in a universe of CAUSE and EFFECT. They believe it’s possible (remember step 1) and find ways to make things happen… Successful people don’t waste time and energy to make excuses. There’s a funny quote about the difference between rich and poor people that matches perfectly: It’s always the mediocre people, the people who aren’t getting anywhere in life that have excuses for why they can’t, why they won’t and why they aren’t. Schwartz says that the more successful a person, the less excuses he or she makes. No matter what it is that we want to achieve in our life, we must first BELIEVE that it’s possible. If we want to achieve something and believe we can achieve it, then we will achieve it. However, I DON’T want to become a politician.

I believe for example that I could be a great politician. I added the “if we want to” for a simple reason: If we believe we can achieve big things in life, then we will achieve big things in life (if we want to). If we believe we can become a millionaire, then we will become a millionaire (if we want to).

If we believe that we can become a professional football player, then we will become a professional football player (if we want to). He tells us that if we believe we can succeed, then we will succeed. The “I-am-positive-I-can” attitude, is POWERFUL. Belief, strong belief, triggers the mind to figuring ways and means and how-to. The how-to-do-it always comes to the person who believes he can do it. When you believe I-can-do-it, the how-to-do-it develops. Lesson #1: Believe You Can Succeed and You Will Belief, the “I-am-positive-I-can” attitude, generates the power, skill, and energy needed to do.

The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz