How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

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2 Engage in Focused Thinking “He did each thing as if he did nothing else.” —SPOKEN OF NOVELIST CHARLES DICKENS Philosopher Bert ...

4. Focused Thinking Will Take You to the Next Level No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don’t hone a skill b ...

only one thing and your aspirations change, then you’ve wasted your best mental energy. As you get older and more experienced, t ...

Clear enough to be kept in focus Close enough to be achieved Helpful enough to change lives Those guidelines will get you going. ...

called to do: help people to grow personally and to develop as leaders. I Can’t Be Well-Rounded Being focused also keeps me from ...

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3 Harness Creative Thinking “The joy is in creating, not maintaining.” —VINCE LOMBARDI, NFL HALL OF FAME COACH Creativity is pur ...

longtime president of Yale University Kingman Brewster said, “There is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So ...

Time and Focus Perhaps more than any other kind of thinking, creative thinking builds on itself and increases the creativity of ...

Don’t Be Foolish Be Practical Be Serious Think of Your Image That’s Not Logical It’s Not Practical It’s Never Been Done It Can’t ...

and flourish. A creative environment: Encourages Creativity: David Hills says, “Studies of creativity suggest that the biggest s ...

5. Get Out of Your Box Actress Katharine Hepburn remarked, “If you obey all the rules... you will miss all the fun.” While I don ...

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4 Employ Realistic Thinking “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.” —MAX DEPREE, CHAIRMAN EMERITUS OF HERMA ...

imply that achievement and success are out of your hands. It’s a matter of luck or chance. Why bother changing? Realistic thinki ...

1. Develop an Appreciation for Truth I could not develop as a realistic thinker until I gained an appreciation for realistic thi ...

Your goal isn’t to be negative or to expect the worst, just to be ready for it in case it happens. That way, you give yourself t ...

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5 Utilize Strategic Thinking “Most people spend more time planning their summer vacation than planning their lives.” —SOURCE UNK ...