Big Idea Daily | Think Big to Win Big
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The Bigger You Believe, The Bigger You Achieveby Darrin Donnelly |
“Can I promise you that if you think big, you’ll accomplish every single thing you set out to do? No. That’s not reality. But thinking big will take you further than you could possibly go by thinking small. It will get you as close to your maximum potential as possible, which is how I define winning.”DARRIN DONNELLY |
BIG IDEA
Big Thinkers vs. Small Thinkers
FROM THE BOOK“As this story plays out, Sean learns the principles that separate big thinkers and big achievers from everyone else.
The bigger you think, the more successful you will be.”
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Brian's Notes
Which one are YOU?
A Big Thinker or... a Small Thinker.
(Seriously. Are you a big thinker or a small thinker?)
As I read that passage and typed it out for you to enjoy, I thought of two leading psychologists who share the same perspective: Ellen Langer and Ben Hardy.
Ellen Langer was the first woman EVER granted full tenure in Harvard’s Psychology Department. She created a field of study known as the “Psychology of Possibility.”
In her classic book Mindfulness, she tells us: “When we think of resources being limited, we often think of our own abilities. Here, too, our notion of limits may inhibit us. We may push ourselves to what we believe are our limits, in swimming, public speaking, or mathematics. However, whether they are true limits is not determinable.
It may be in our best interest to proceed as though these and other abilities might be improved upon, so that at least we will not be deterred by false limits. It was once assumed that humans could not run the mile in fewer than five minutes. In 1922 it was said to be ‘humanly impossible’ to run the mile in less than four minutes. In 1952 that limit was broken by Roger Bannister. Each time a record is broken, the supposed limit is extended. Yet the notion of limits persists.”
Then there’s Ben Hardy.
Ben is the author of a ton of books and holds the title of my new favorite author.
His main focus?
YOU’RE CAPABLE OF A LOT MORE THAN YOU THINK.
Check out my Notes on The Science of Scaling (which directly impacted the next phase of Heroic) and Be Your Future Self Now (which is an incredible treatise on “The Science of Intentional Transformation”).
In The Science of Scaling, Ben quotes Langer: “The hefty price for accepting information uncritically is that we go through life unaware that what we’ve accepted as impossible may in fact be quite possible.”
The main theme of that book?
THINK BIG TO WIN BIG.
How much bigger?
AT LEAST 10x BIGGER.
He ends that book with this: “Scaling is not for the faint of heart. But it is for you. You can achieve what seems like 10, 20, even 30 years of growth in the next three. Just simply use time as a tool as part of your impossible goal. Use that goal to force much better decision-making here and now.
While the world is increasingly becoming caught in a see of louder and louder noise, you can be the exception. You can be focused. You can scale. Will you?”
He ends Be Your Future Self Now with this: “In 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or 20, barring fatality, you will become someone. The question to ask yourself is: Who will your Future Self be? That is, perhaps, the most important question any human can ask themself.”
So...
How will YOU think bigger TODAY?
Your Future Self is counting on you.
Big Ideas
01: BIG THINKERS
02: THE MAGIC
03: SIX SECONDS
04: WHEN YOU LOSE
05: YOUR NEXT BIG GOAL
“Whether we realize it or not, we’re living up to—or down to—the expectations we set for ourselves. Life tends to give us what we think we deserve; what we think we’re worthy of.”DARRIN DONNELLY |
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