Do you think big? Do your friends think you think big? Do you think that others think small.
If you are consciously aware of how others think small, then you think bigger than they do.
Most people think small by the way.
Some people talk big, but don’t think big — or, at least are not willing to commit to what it takes to have big results.
There have been studies about people who thought big. There were two people from Israel from similar families, similar neighborhoods. Both went to the same school, and both had almost the same IQ. One became middle class, where the other became a billionaire. What was the difference? One thought big!
When you run a business, there are different things to think about. Who will answer the phone? How will someone answer the phone? How will you answer various types of questions? How will you train people? What type of product or service will you offer? How will you adjust your pricing to meet the neds of the market? If you run a small business, it is actually really difficult to picture running a huge enterprise.
Imagine that your business has you and two others working for you. How do you picture having 200 people running around doing various tasks for you. Can you picture that? I can not. Perhaps if you have two working for you, the next step is to think about having four working for you, and so on. Just think of that next step up the ladder. But, maybe it is good to think about something 100 times as big as what you have. It is a good thinking exercise to expand your horizons.
The secret of success is to be able to think about something that you think is impossible — yet realize that it IS possible.
When I started my first successful business as an adult, I thought it would be a directory for myself and a few others. I never pictured having 10000 clients. But, I heard a little voice inside me saying, “Think big, think big”. So, I decided to get a few hundred clients. I gave them free lisings. Many of those individuals turned out to be clients for more than a decade and pay big bucks now. How did this happen? It started out with me thinking big — and doing lots of hard work!
No matter where you are in your business, it doesn’t matter. We are all somewhere, and we are all evolving (or devolving). Make it a practice to force yourself to picture yourself in a very different bunch of situations. Think about having a business double the size, ten times the size and then one hundred times the size. Think about how you would deal with the issues that arose, and how to deal with the people involved. Think about how little time you would have for nonsense. Think about what you would delegate to others and how you would dictate policies to your managers. It is a lot to think about. Honestly, without really good managers below you, your big thoughts mean very little. So, when you think big, think about big systems that work — and how they work!
Force yourself to think big — and think realistically. But, most of all, you should have the ability to picture a reality happen that is not possible, according to your present thought patterns. That is the biggest skill of all! After all, the way that businesses unfold, and the way the life works is more similar to magic than anything else. So, believe in magic — just try to be realistic about it!!!
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A note about myself. I have noticed that I evolved from a child who thought very small. Now that I am older, I see how much bigger I am thinking when I talk to others who think only about pennies. I realize how far I have come, and the change didn’t come overnight by any means. By me realizing how small others think — that proves to me how I am thinking bigger. It seems that most others I know think in a very pedantic and small minded way. I only know a few others that think bigger thoughts — and those are the ones who are succeeding. Therefore — think big!