BIG PEOPLE… SMALL PEOPLE

Big people monopolize the LISTENING.

Small people monopolize the TALKING.

FROM:  THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG By David J. Schwartz, Ph.D.

REFLECTION:

  • How much talking do you do?
  • How much listening do you do?
  • How can you listen more and talk less?

ARE YOU STALLING

ARE YOU STALLING?…. And of course, the answer is often “yes.”  If you’re waiting on an unavoidable delay, then you’re not stalling.  If you’re making things better in a way that the customer will notice, then you’re not stalling.  If you’re finding that the spaces in between are giving you joy and sustaining you, then you’re not stalling. 

But… If you’re holding back and looking for a reason why, and that reason is replaced by another reason, then… you might be stalling. 

FROM:  Blog post by Seth Godin  Seth Godin is a best selling author, speaker,  entrepreneur and most of all,  a teacher.  Books include: Purple Cow and This Is Marketing.

REFLECTION:

  • Are you holding back …. stalling on something you say you want? 
  • Examine your reasons for delay.
  • What can you do to move past the stall?

WHEN YOU BELIEVE

When you believe some thing is impossible, your mind goes to work for you to prove why.  But when you believe, really believe, something can be done, your mind goes to work for you and helps you find the ways to do it.

FROM:  THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG by David J. Schwartz, Ph.D.  David was a motivational speaker, author, marketing professor (1927 – 1987)  The Magic of Thinking Big was written and published in 1959.

REFLECTION:

  • What is something you believed was impossible to achieve? 
  • Did your mind “prove” it wasn’t possible?
  • What is something you are willing to suspend doubt and let you mind go to work to prove a way to make it happen.
  • What is it?  Write it down, make it happen.