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The Magic of Thinking Big

by David Schwartz

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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!

Synopsis:

SET YOUR GOALS HIGH...THEN EXCEED THEM!

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!

  • Believe you can succeed and you will
  • Cure yourself of the fear of failure
  • Think and dream creatively
  • You are what you think you are
  • Make your attitudes your allies
  • Learn how to think positively
  • Turn defeat into victory
  • Use goals to help you grow
  • Think like a leader

About the Author

Dr. David J. Schwartz was a professor at Georgia State University in Atlanta and the president of Creative Educational Services, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in leadership development.

Table of Contents

Contents

1. Believe You Can Succeed and You Will

2. Cure Yourself of Excusitis, The Failure Disease

3. Build Confidence and Destroy Fear

4. How to Think Big

5. How to Think and Dream Creatively06. You Are What You Think You Are

7. Manage Your Environment: Go First Class08. Make Your Attitudes Your Allies

9. Think Right Toward People

10. Get the Action Habit

11. How to Turn Defeat Into Victory

12. Use Goals to Help You Grow

13. How to Think Like A Leader

Index

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anonymous reader, February 24, 2009 (view all comments by anonymous reader)
Abaracadabra-The Magic of Thinking Big

What's it about? Changing your thinking patterns to get the things you want such as a higher income, financial security, or greater enjoyment in living.

What's the main idea? Success is determined not so much by the size of your brain as it is by the size of your thinking.

How does it accomplish this? In every chapter of the book, the reader will find many practical ideas, techniques, and principles that willl enable them to harness the power of thinking big. Every technique is illustrated by a case history. In this way, the reader will not only figure out what to do, but see exactly how to apply each principle to actual problems and situations.

Give me an example. In the chapter titled "How to Think Big", an example is used of a successful realtor to illustrate the principle "see what can be, not just what is." In this example, the realtor has a knack for selling rundown, unattractive property- not by selling it for what it is, but for what it COULD be.

Is the writing style boring or technical? Absolutely not. The writing style reminds me of Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends & Influence People". Also, the many examples make it an interesting read which holds your attention.

Who should get it? Everyone who wants to do better in life! So if you want to live "big" it all starts with thinking that way. Readers who like this book may also be interested in "Finding Happiness in a Frustrating World". And remember, think BIG!

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srivara_ktr, June 23, 2007 (view all comments by srivara_ktr)
Fantastic Book which i have ever read. If any one wants to make it very big in life, itz a must read one.

Sridharan K V
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SKawle, April 24, 2007 (view all comments by SKawle)
This book is really great. It helped me in many ways.

Thanks to David folr writing such a great book and changing many lives!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780671646783
Author:
Schwartz, David J.
Publisher:
Fireside Books
Author:
Schwartz, David J.
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
Success
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1st Fireside ed.
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
part 1
Publication Date:
April 1987
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
192
Dimensions:
8.61x5.25x.77 in. .64 lbs.

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