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6 Practical Lessons for Success

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Sameer Mathur
Sameer Mathur

The document provides 6 practical lessons for success from the book "The Magic of Thinking Big" by David Schwartz. The lessons are: 1) Believe you can succeed and you will. 2) Get rid of excuses by refusing to talk or worry about health issues, age, or other excuses. 3) Think and dream creatively by being receptive to ideas and thinking progressively. 4) Develop confidence by thinking of yourself in the right perspective and with high standards. 5) Think like a leader by focusing on improvement, progress, and making others feel important. 6) Make others feel important through actions like using their name, initiating friendship, and being a good listener.

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6 Practical Lessons for Success from the book The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz Group 12 JairajT | Nikitha TJ | Pranita Somawar | Sonika Angilin | Sowmya G
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
Developing the Power of Belief 1.Think success,don’t think failure 2. Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are 3. Believe BIG
Avoid Excusitis
How to deal with Health Excusitis 1. 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’
6 Practical Lessons for Success
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!!
1. Accept the law of cause and effect 2. Don’t be a wishful thinker
Build Confidence, Destroy 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
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
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
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
Situation The Petty thinker’s approach The Big thinker’s approach Conversation Talks about negative qualities of friends, economy, company, competition Talks about positive qualities of friends, economy, company, competition Mistakes Magnifies minor errors.Turns them into big issues Ignores errors of little consequences Security Is preoccupied with security problems Regards security as a natural companion of success Work Looks 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 Creatively
6 Practical Lessons for Success
Become receptive to ideas Be an experimental person Be progressive not regressive
Thinking of Self
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 leader
Think improvement
Think progress
Set high standards
Be a doer
Be confident
Make others feel important
Appreciate at every opportunity
Call people by name
Initiate friendship • Get your intro right
Be a good listener
Recap 1) 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

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6 Practical Lessons for Success

  • 1. 6 Practical Lessons for Success from the book The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz Group 12 JairajT | Nikitha TJ | Pranita Somawar | Sonika Angilin | Sowmya G
  • 2. Believe You Can Succeed and You Will
  • 3. 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
  • 4. Developing the Power of Belief 1.Think success,don’t think failure 2. Remind yourself regularly that you are better than you think you are 3. Believe BIG
  • 6. How to deal with Health Excusitis 1. 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’
  • 8. 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
  • 9. 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!!
  • 10. 1. Accept the law of cause and effect 2. Don’t be a wishful thinker
  • 12. 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
  • 13. 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
  • 14. 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
  • 15. 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
  • 16. Situation The Petty thinker’s approach The Big thinker’s approach Conversation Talks about negative qualities of friends, economy, company, competition Talks about positive qualities of friends, economy, company, competition Mistakes Magnifies minor errors.Turns them into big issues Ignores errors of little consequences Security Is preoccupied with security problems Regards security as a natural companion of success Work Looks 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
  • 17. Think & Dream Creatively
  • 19. Become receptive to ideas Be an experimental person Be progressive not regressive
  • 22. Choose the right perspective • Would an important person worry • How would an important person describe your job • Conversation – is this what successful people discuss
  • 23. Think like a leader
  • 29. Make others feel important
  • 30. Appreciate at every opportunity
  • 32. Initiate friendship • Get your intro right
  • 33. Be a good listener
  • 34. Recap 1) 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