6 Practical Lessons for Successfrom the book The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz

Group 12Jairaj T | Nikitha TJ | Pranita Somawar | Sonika Angilin | Sowmya G

Believe You Can Succeed and You Will

Believe You Can Succeed and You Will

Success means many wonderful, positive things

• A fine home• Vacations• New things• Financial Security

Success:Personal Prosperity

• Winning admiration• Leadership• Being looked by all• Freedom• Self respect

Success:Public

Believe You Can Succeed and You Will..

Developing the Power of Belief1. Think success,don’t think failure2. Remind yourself regularly that you

are better than you think you are3. Believe BIG

Avoid Excusitis1

How to deal with Health Excusitis1. Refuse to talk about health

2. Refuse to worry about health

3. Be genuinely grateful that your health is as good as it is

4. Remind yourself often – ‘It’s better to wear out than rust out’

We underestimate our own brain

power

We overestimate the other fe

llow’s

brain power!!

How to get rid of IntelligenceExcusitis?

1. Never underestimate your own intelligence & overestimate other’s

2. Remind yourself- ‘My attitudes are more important than my intelligence’

3. Ability to think is of much greater value than the ability to memorize facts

1. Look at your present age positively

2. Compute how much productive time you have left

3. Invest future time in what you really want to do

Get Rid of Age Excusitis!!

Get rid of Luck Excusitis?1. Accept the law of cause and effect

2. Don’t be a wishful thinker

Build Confidence, Destroy Fear2

Action does Cure Fear

Type of Fear Action

1. Embarrassment because of personal appearance

Improve it. Groom well

2. Fear of losing an important customer Work more to give better service. Take customer feedback and work on it

3. Fear of failing an exam Convert worry time into study time

4. Fear of things totally beyond your control

Switch attention to something else. Play,chill,relax

5. Fear of physically hurt by something Pay attention to different things. Pray

6. Fear of what others may think of you Make sure that your plan is to be right

7. Fear of people Put them in proper perspective

Build Confidence

Two – step procedure to cure fear and build confidence :

1. Isolate your fear – Pin it down and determine what are you afraid of

2. Then take action – Be decisive

Proper Perspective

Ways to put people in Proper Perspective :

Get a balanced view of the other fellow

Listen and then explain

Be a front seater

Practice making eye contact

Walk 25 per cent faster

Practice speaking up

How to think BIG?

Phrases which creates small,negative mind images

Phrases which creates BIG, positive mind images

1. It’s no use, we are whipped We are not whipped yet. Let’s keep trying. Here’s a new angle

2. I was in that business once and failed. Never again

I went broke out it’s my fault. I am going to try again

3. I’ve tried but the product won’t sell. People don’t want it

I have not sold the product yet but I am going to find a way to pull it up

4. Their orders have been small. Cut them off

Let’s map out a plan for selling them more of their needs

5. Nobody will ever want that product Let’s modify the product to pull the sales up

Choices to Handle Situations

Situation The Petty thinker’s approach The Big thinker’s approach

ConversationTalks about negative qualities of friends, economy, company, competition

Talks about positive qualities of friends, economy, company, competition

MistakesMagnifies minor errors. Turns them into big issues

Ignores errors of little consequences

SecurityIs preoccupied with security problems Regards security as a natural

companion of success

WorkLooks for ways to avoide work Looks for more ways and things to

do, especially helping others

Competition Compares with the average Compares with the best

Think & Dream Creatively3

Think and Dream Creatively

Ways to fight against Traditional Thinking

Become receptive to ideas

Be an experimental person

Be progressive not regressive

Thinking of Self4

Take yourself seriously

Choose the right perspective

• Would an important person worry• How would an important person describe your job• Conversation – is this what successful people discuss

Think like a leader5

Think improvement

Think progress

Set high standards

Be a doer

Be confident

Make others feel important6

Appreciate at every opportunity

Call people by name

Initiate friendship

• Get your intro right

Be a good listener

Recap1) Believe you can succeed and you will

2) Get rid of Excusitis

3) Think and Dream creatively

4) Thinking of self: confidence, right perspective

5) Think Like a Leader

6) Make Others feel important