The Think Big Manifesto: Think You Can't Change Your Life (and the World) Think Again

Every year, millions of people fall victim to a debilitating disease—a disease that cripples careers, destroys relationships, and undermines the health and happiness of the entire world. This disease is responsible for poverty, crime, war, natural disasters, and our economic ills. It has had no name until now—it's called small thinking. Its hallmarks are a failure of imagination and a disbelief in human possibility.

In The Think Big Manifesto, Michael Port calls you, and the world, to action by offering a simple solution to a serious syndrome. Think big, commit to quantum change, envision your future, climb your mountains, and incite the revolution our society needs—if it is to survive.

But it takes a personal revolution to stop accepting what is and start energetically creating what is possible. You can't wait until later to do big things. It's up to you to achieve your dreams, to head in the right direction, and to keep your focus. If you think you've waited too long, that there's no point anyway, or that it's too late—that's just small thinking.

But even the most talented and self-confident among us often forget to think big. It's not always easy to do. That's why The Think Big Manifesto is not your average motivational guide. In these pages are ten fundamental principles for thinking big and a personal code of conduct for changing the way you approach the world—today. The time has come. Port urges you not to sit back, hesitate, or wait. He awakens your big-thinking self. He stirs the contagious, catalytic power of once dormant big thoughts that are now ready to be released. He asks you to look inward, outward, and upward—to think bigger about who you are and what you offer the world.

The Think Big Manifesto is about changing every aspect of your life—from the way you work to the way you relate to friends, family, and community. With real examples that inspire and inform—like the high school dropout who built a $100 million business or the hedge fund manager who became an organic dairy farmer—The Think Big Manifesto isn't only about thinking big in your career, but about your very place in the world.

Are you ready to lead the change you wish to see in the world? Your Think Big Revolution starts right here, right now—with you.

Bestselling author Port shows readers how to think big to achieve professional and personal success and happiness. He explains that thinking big is not only important to an individual, but that it is also the key to a more collaborative and healthy world.

Think Bigger. About Who You Are. And What You Offer the World.

Stand for something before someone stands on you. Revolt against the play-it-safe, don't disturb the peace, cynical and silenced society that, more often than not, buries big thoughts.

Michael Port, bestselling author and creator of ThinkBigRevolution.com, knows it's not always easy to think big. But big thinking must happen now; today, tomorrow, and forevermore.

At this very moment, you are the change you want to see in the world—should you choose to accept personal responsibility. Devour every word of The Think Big Manifesto. It is the handbook to your personal revolution.

You are more than you know. And you can do more with less than you think...

• Unhook from the guru track

• Learn how to be comfortable with discomfort

• Join people doing powerful things

• Be one of the big thinkers that others rave about

This book, and life, is not a conceptual, theoretical experiment in how to do big things. No, this is just what you need if you're on, or want to be on, the path to doing big things and are willing to invest in your future.

Join or incite a worldwide revolution that inspires others to follow. All it takes is one big thought and the revolution is unleashed. One thought, one person at a time, quickly followed by another—soon big thinking becomes the norm. Your big thoughts enable you to achieve greatness, be remarkable, and create a better world.

Are you a member of the Think Big Revolution? If so, this is your Manifesto.

Bestselling author Michael Port shows all of us how to think BIG to achieve professional and personal success and happiness

If we don't dream it, we won't get there. In The Think Big Manifesto, Michael Port takes us on a journey from small thinking to big thinking, from "I'm not sure if I can" to "I know I will." He shows us that thinking big is not only important to each of us as individuals, but that it is also the key to a more collaborative and healthy world. Our personal success and happiness as big thinkers just might be what the whole world needs right now. The Think Big Manifesto introduces a code of conduct, the ten fundamental principles for thinking big, and a call to action for every one of us. These principles aren't just limited to the business world; they apply to every facet of life–work, relationships, friends, family, and personal growth. Inspiring yet practical and realistic, this book will motivate all of us to think bigger about who we are and what we offer the world.

Michael Port (Doylestown, PA) is the author of Book Yourself Solid (978-0-470-28190-1), Beyond Booked Solid (978-0-470-17436-4), and The Contrarian Effect (978-0-470-23790-8). He is also the creator of ThinkBigRevolution.com, a new online resource for service professionals that will support this book. Mina Samuels (New York, NY) is a freelance writer and editor, as well as a former lawyer.

Michael Port is the author of Book Yourself Solid, Beyond Booked Solid, and The Contrarian Effect, all from Wiley. He is the creator of ThinkBigRevolution.com, a global social networking site for big thinkers, has been called a "marketing guru" by the Wall Street Journal, and has been featured on every major television network.

Mina Samuels is a freelance writer and editor. A former lawyer, she works on a wide range of topics including business, finance, legal issues, biography, sports, and fiction.

0. We Are More Than We Know.

I. You Say You Want a Revolution.

II. This Thing called Thinking Big.

III. Statement of the Think Big Revolution.

IV. The Case For Big Thinking (or The Case Against Small Thinking).

V. The Code (Join the Revolution in Progress or Start Your Own).

0. Stand for Something (Or Someone Will Stand On You).

1. Overthrow the Judge (The Fraud Factor).

1. Collaborate (Trust Everyone. Almost).

2. Get Comfortable with Discomfort (If the Shoe Pinches, it Fits).

3. Promise and Fulfill (Say You Will…and Do).

5. Submit to Authority to be an Authority (Listen More, Talk Less).

8. Live in Integrity (Does It Need To Be Said?) .

13. Work—Hard (Being Warriors).

21. Have Fun (Yes, It's O.K.).

34. Revolution Time (Stop Waiting for Godot).

VI. When—is Now.