Think Big, Dream Big

Think Big, Dream Big

1. Think Big
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2. APhli A
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ies

3. How  
dreams 
comes true?

4. Wl
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5. Wl
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lcome 
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reamer

6. Yhtt di
liti
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ou 
h
ave many ou
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s
t
an
di
ng qua
liti
es 
creative ideas, a vivid imagination; 
perhaps you even view yourself as a 
visionary visionary
. 

7. Yttthti Y
e
t
, a
t
 th
e same 
ti
me you 
ma
y
 also feel disa
pp
ointed ‐
ypp
in yourself or in life itself. 

8. Iftiidll If
 your crea
ti
ve 
id
eas usua
ll
y 
fizzle out
, it ma
y
 be due to a 
,y
lack of dedicated work. 

9. Ifkthtt If
 so, 
k
now 
th
a
t
 no
t
 even 
Albert Einstein could 
g
et 
g
away with that. 

10. Ei tiid Ei
ns
t
e
in sa
id
, 
"It's not that I'm so smart
, 
,
it's just that I stay with 
bll
”
pro
bl
ems 
longe
r.”

11. D'tblitht? D
on
't
 b
e
li
eve 
th
a
t?

12. ThJffid Th
omas 
J
e
ff
erson sa
id
, 
"I find that the harder I 
work, the more luck I seem 
h”
to 
h
ave.
”

13. Dreamershaveatendency Dreamers
 have
 a
 tendency
 
to indulge in "magical 
thinking," believing that one 
daygreatthingswill day
 great
 things
 will
 
"magically" happen for 
them. 

14. Livinginaworldoflovely Living
 in
 a
 world
 of
 lovely
 
fantasies can seem so 
desirous, yet it's no fun 
whenyouwinduplivingin when
 you
 wind
 up
 living
 in
 
your dreams instead of 
living out your dreams.

15. Thisisnowayforacreative This
 is
 no
 way
 for
 a
 creative
 
person to live. You deserve 
better. It's time for you to  createafuturethat
"
will
create
 a
 future
 that
 
will
 
come true". 

16. Here
'swhatyouneedto
Heres
 what
 you
 need
 to
 
keep in mind:‐

17. Becomemoreactiveand Become
 more
 active
 and
 
less passive.  

18. Becautiousofletting Be
 cautious
 of
 letting
 
yourself be seduced into an 
excess of passive activities.

19. Ratherthanspendingagreat Rather
 than
 spending
 a
 great
 
deal of time lounging in bed, 
diththiTV
rea
di
ng 
th
e paper, wa
t
c
hi
ng 
TV
 
or surfing the Net, experiment 
with more physically vigorous 
activities activities
. 

20. Nothingsucceedslike Nothing
 succeeds
 like
 
success.

21. Findanactivitythatyoulike Find
 an
 activity
 that
 you
 like
 
to do

22. Takeprideinwhatyoudo Take
 pride
 in
 what
 you
 do
. 
And enjoy it!

23. See Newton's first law of 
motion: motion:
"An object at rest tends to stay  at rest and  an object in motion 
tendstostayin
motion
“
tends
 to
 stay
 in
 motion
.

24. Nexttimeyou
'resimply
Next
 time
 youre
 simply
 
sitting and staring into 
space, remind yourself that 
you
'reanobjectatrest
youre
 an
 object
 at
 rest
.

25. Untilyoufindawaytoshift Until
 you
 find
 a
 way
 to
 shift
 
into motion, you'll tend to 
stay at rest.

26. Sodiscoverthemotionthat So
 discover
 the
 motion
 that
 
makes you come alive.

27. Thengetgoing! Then
 get
 going!
 
Challenge yourself to pay 
more attention to details. 

28. Haveyouhadthe Have
 you
 had
 the
 
experience of learning a 
new word and then 
suddenlyyouseethatword suddenly
 you
 see
 that
 word
 
everywhere?

29. Clearlythewordhasbeen Clearly
, 
the
 word
 has
 been
 
there all the time. But your 
antennae never picked it up.

30. Sincedreamerstendto Since
 dreamers
 tend
 to
 
focus on the 'whole' and 
gloss over the 'details', 
challengeyourselftoreverse challenge
 yourself
 to
 reverse
 
that direction. 

31. Lookaroundyou Look
 around
 you
.

32. Rightnowwithoutgetting Right
 now
, 
without
 getting
 
up from your seat, notice 
something you hadn't 
noticedbefore noticed
 before
.

33. Lookwithwide
‐
openeyes
Look
 with
 wide
open
 eyes
. 
Observe either a new object 
or observe a new detail  aboutafamiliarobject about
 a
 familiar
 object
.

34. Thisexerciseworkseven This
 exercise
 works
 even
 
with your own body.

35. Putyourlefthandoutin Put
 your
 left
 hand
 out
 in
 
front of you.

36. Pretendyou
'rea
Pretend
 youre
 a
 
neurosurgeon specializing in 
hands.

37. Whatdetailsdoyounotice What
 details
 do
 you
 notice
 
about your own hand that 
you hadn't noticed before?

38. Nowputyourtwohands Now
 put
 your
 two
 hands
 
next to each other. Notice at 
least 3 differences between 
yourtwohands your
 two
 hands
.  

39. Yesthere
'salwaysmoreto
Yes
, 
theres
 always
 more
 to
 
observe.

40. Asadreameryourstrength As
 a
 dreamer
, 
your
 strength
 
is your creativity; your 
weakness is your lack of 
attentiontodetails attention
 to
 details
.

41. Onceyoubegintonotice Once
 you
 begin
 to
 notice
 
the details that make up the 
whole, they'll be no 
stoppingyou! stopping
 you!

42. Transformvague Transform
 vague
, 
passive language into 
concrete, 
active
language
active
 language
.

43. Becomemoreattunedto Become
 more
 attuned
 to
 
the subtle ways in which you 
speak evasively or in 
generalities generalities

44. Makeitahabittoavoid Make
 it
 a
 habit
 to
 avoid
 
Euphemisms. 

45. Practice declaring 'what is' as clearly 
andstraightforwardlyasyoucan. and
 straightforwardly
 as
 you
 can.
 

46. You may initially feel uncomfortable 
speakinginthisprecisemanner. speaking
 in
 this
 precise
 manner.
 

47. But give it a shot. It becomes more 
naturalwithpractice natural
 with
 practice
. 

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