By: David Schwartz Publisher: Fireside Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Fireside Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 238 Publication Date: April 02, 1987
Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives using The Magic of Thinking Big. Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and -- most important of all -- find greater happiness and peace of mind.
The Magic of Thinking Big gives you useful methods, not empty promises. Dr. Schwartz presents a carefully designed program for getting the most out of your job, your marriage and family life, and your community. He proves that you don't need to be an intellectual or have innate talent to attain great success and satisfaction -- but you do need to learn and understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that will get you there. This book gives you those secrets!
The pioneer This book seems to be one of the pioneers to the current trend on learning and applying The Law of Attraction principles. Here the author shows you how to believe to succeed. Excellent book and similar to my favorite, [[ASIN:1419674609 Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook]which gives you a current approach and application to find what you are looking for.
Learn how to think positively and treat people respectfully to create business and personal success! I listened to this on unabridged audio, and I loved it! The narrator's voice is charged up with enthusiasm and is very engaging, and the tips and tricks are basic but very powerful. If you are just beginning a new venture and suspect that your mind may not be in the right place - read this book.
I loved the simple exercises and tricks for engaging your passion and excitement about what you do. One trick I tried that I really liked was that I defined what service I was really providing to people. I am a landscaper, so instead of saying "I trim people's gardens and keep them neat", I said "I help people take joy and pleasure in their home and outdoor spaces, and make it easy for them to connect with nature and our awesome outdoor world. I also help them achieve all that they can in their own lives by providing a relaxing and beautiful space for them to unwind and think clearly in."
Do you see how the second one makes me feel charged up every day to go to work? And what an impact that has on my employees, to know that they are in the business of helping people connect with the environment and achieve all they can in their lives, through the enjoyment of their outdoor spaces?
These kinds of small tips help you wrap your mind around making your job your life's work, and help you take things to the next level. I think people hire me over my competitors because I love what I do and it shows in my voice and actions, and this book really helps me keep that passion alive even on the rainy days or when I get bit by wasps.
There were a lot of great small tips like that about how to have the right attitude to enable success. I'd really recommend it to anything stuck in the doldrums of their work or just beginning a new venture.
Positive Change is possible- If you can dream it- you can do it "If you can dream it you can do it" is a popular saying among motivational speakers, but it doesn't really help you figure out how to experience positive change. In this classic book you will learn how you can rapidly change your thinking to break out of the negative or self-limiting thoughts from your past. It's a quick read full of practical ways to create positive change from the inside out. This book has helped thousands of people change their behavior for decades and after you read it you will see why it's a life-coaching approach that always works.
Watch out! This is the first review I have written, but I felt that I should warn the public. This audiobook is awful. I have over 40 self-training audiobooks from all the top names and this one is last on the list. This is the only audiobook I have ever stopped listening to.
It's not that the content is useless, but the presentation is like reading a to-do list of things to mention without going into any interesting detail about any one of them. He will say things like "try to see things from the other person's point of view" "work to smile when uncomfortable" "concentrate on how you could do it better" Sure that is good advice, but the 3/4 I stomached was like listening to a series of fortune cookie lines.
I'd suggest work from Tony Robbins, Earl Nightengale, David Bach, Robert Allen and Zig Ziglar if you want to get your money's worth.
Motivational but take it with some salt Do you ever feel that constant growth is sustainable? That by the constant struggle for more, shinier, bigger things, that people are just exercising greed? Well some words of caution with this book. In one point I even read something along the lines of 'refuse to look back at bad events'. Sounds like a river in Egypt to me (think about it).
I do agree with some of the authors words, about making excuses for yourself not following through, but to me, it read like the words of someone who is finding more efficient ways to knock his way through a jungle without knowing where he's going.
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