My Impressions: The Magic of Thinking Big

Took a break the week before...  Last week was in Eindhoven for work, so skipped 2 weeks in a row.  Now I'm back, so I can finally check off that task on my habitica.  

I forgot why I picked up this book.  I’m sure it was from a recommended reading list somewhere.  I have to be better at tracking why I do certain things.  But I’m sure it was form somewhere great. 

The Magic of Thinking Big

 

Anyway, this is a pretty straight forward book with content that matches the title.  The book expands on this skeletal structure:

1. Think big

Come up with really big goals.  Big and hairy goals.  The hairier the better.  Don’t hold back.  Don’t self-doubt yourself before you even start.  Don’t be confined in dreaming big because your view of reality constraints is actually constraining you in reality. 

2. Find solutions, not excuses

Quit the whining.  Common excuses are spelled out here and excused.  There are tips on how to be more confident, tips to building confidence, and actions to take to condition your body and mind a certain way.   

3. Less dreaming, more doing

How you think determines how you act.  How you act in turn determines: How others react to you.

Now stop dreaming and wishing, and start doing.  Stop blaming luck.  Add value.  Start doing.  Do do do do do do do do do.  Action!  Find feedback, do some more.   

There are some suggestions on things to do, things to avoid, and guidelines to follow.  There not a lot of difficulty in terms of understanding the ideology.  The key is execution. 

2016 was a pretty cool year for me.  I’ve reached many of my fitness goals.  Some, even my fitness DREAMS were achieved.  I never thought I would EVER be able to do a one arm pushup.  It was a nice-to-have-dream that had me fantasizing every now and then.  But honestly, I don’t think I ever believed I could do it.  I think I could do 7 normal two hand-pushups graduating college (yes I’m really weak)…  Though, I never stopped training for the one arm pushup.  I just kept on doing.  Then, mid-year, I did it.  Just like that. 

That is one example of my own improvements.  Other include high plank from 52 seconds (yes I’m really weak) to 10 minutes…  Blah blah blah.  There is a reality constraint.  But the point I’m getting is, that the constraint may not be as scary and hairy as we make it.  After 2016, one of the main themes of my 2017 is to: Dream bigger.  Do more.   

I challenge you to do the same.