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Summary of "The Magic of Thinking Big" By David Schwartz




  1. Don't sell yourself short
  2. Conquer the foe of self-deprication
  3. Concentrate on your assets
  4. Use big, bright cheerful words that promise victory
  5. Avoid words that create failure
  6. Stretch your vision
  7. Practice adding value to things, people, and especially yourself
  8. Keep your mind above trivial things
  9. Make an effort to put only positive thoughts in your memory bank, refuse to recall unpleasant events or situations
  10. Remember to keep people in proper perspective; develop an understanding attitude
  11. Make everything you do say "I'm confident, really confident."
    • be a front seater
    • make eyecontact
    • walk 20% faster
    • speak up
    • smile big
  12. Look important
  13. Think your work is important
  14. Give yourself a pep-talk several times daily
  15. Be environment conscious
  16. Make your environment work for you, not against you
  17. Don't let small thinking people hold you back
  18. Get your advice from successful people
  19. Get plenty of psychological sunshine; circulate in new groups; discover new and stimulating things to do
  20. Throw thought poison out of your environment; stay on the positive side

10 RULES To Remember

  1. Learn to remember names
  2. Be a comfortable person
  3. Acquire the quality of being relaxed
  4. Don't be egotistical
  5. Cultivate the quality of being interested
  6. Study to get the scratchy elements out of your personality (even subsonscious ones)
  7. Sincerely attempt to heal every misunderstanding you've had
  8. Practice liking people
  9. Never miss an opportunity to congratulate or express sympathy
  10. Give spiritual strength
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