{"id":120,"date":"2013-03-08T09:55:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T14:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephentully.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2013-03-08T09:55:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T14:55:52","slug":"think-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephentully.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Think Big…"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of my favorite authors\/life gurus is the charismatic football commentator\/ex-University of Notre Dame Head Coach (1988 National Championship), Lou Holtz. I was reminded this morning of a book Coach Holtz often refers to in his own writings and speeches. (Side note, one of the things I like about Holtz is that he is a dreamer but also a “doer”, he walks the walk.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
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The book he credits to his goal setting ways was written in the 1950s by Dr. David Schwartz,\u00a0“The Magic of Thinking Big”<\/span>. This is a “must read” for anyone goal setting or looking for their path in life, young, middle-aged, or old.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Here are some of my favorite take-aways:<\/span><\/div>\n
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– Beware of “Exusitis”. (Don’t make excuses)<\/span><\/div>\n
– Creative thinking – not just for artists.<\/span><\/div>\n
– Believe it can be<\/strong>; Don’t believe anything is impossible (Positioning). Eliminate “impossible” from your vocabulary.<\/span><\/div>\n
– Average is “worst of the best” and “best of the worst”.<\/span><\/div>\n
– Become and “experimental person” – try new things (I think this is really important and easy to implement with little things, i.e, new route to work)<\/span><\/div>\n
– Get up an hour early and do some daily planning.<\/span><\/div>\n
– If you want something done, give it to a busy person.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
– Listening – leader does more listening.<\/span><\/div>\n
– Encourage others to talk, “What do you do?” (Takes practice and focus)<\/span><\/div>\n
– Confidence – no one is born with confidence. (Help those around you understand this.)<\/span><\/div>\n
– Action cures fear (One of my favorites and so true!)<\/span><\/div>\n
– Don’t wait for things to be “just right”.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
–\u00a0Do what you fear doing.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
– Deposit only positive thoughts in memory bank, don’t dwell on negative situations.<\/span><\/div>\n
– Change attitudes by changing your daily actions.<\/span><\/div>\n
– Be a “front-seater<\/span>“.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
– Practice speaking up.<\/span><\/div>\n
– Be the first to speak, be the icebreaker.<\/span><\/div>\n
– When you speak slowly, you come across more confident.<\/span><\/div>\n
– Smile big – great medicine for confidence deficiency, great to do when most fearful<\/span><\/div>\n
– Appearance matters – look like the person you want to be<\/span><\/div>\n
– Always give people more than they expect to get.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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There are many more, just a sampling.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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In the spirit of Lou Holtz and Dr. Schwartz, I am going to “action” 3 ideas from these today:<\/span><\/div>\n
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1) Write down one creative way we can be more helpful to our clients.<\/span><\/div>\n
2) On phone call today, going to practice my listening skills by encouraging others to speak.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
3) Overcome “excusitis”- going to run outside despite the snowstorm. No excuses!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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