Book Summaries How To Think Bigger Chapter 1

HOW TO THINK BIGGER

Chapter 1 : What Makes You Ambitious

There’s a common belief that genes and upbringing have a huge influence one whether someone is ambisious or not. Yes, it isn’t that simple. If there’s one thing we can say about upbringing and ambitions, it’s that there’s no clear correlation between your background and what you’re going to achieve in life.

Examples Around You

Let’s start with the most bvious cause – social modeling. According to the social learning theory, learning takes place in a social context. You can adapt new behaviours purely through observation. Surrounding yourself with empowering books and people on a daily basis will put you into a positive state that will inspire you to raise your standards. Please keep in mind it’s a process of conditioning, and is never ending.

Stay Away From Negativity

Since we tend to process negative information more thoroughly than good feedback, it,s crucial to reduce or eliminate negative stimuli from ourlives. Be aware of surroundings and try to replace thr bad influence with positive feedback. If you find it extremely hard to distance yourself from negativity, consider movivng to a different place and starting new.

Your Energy and a Sense of Urgency

There are are two kinds of ambitious people – peeple who have big goals and act on them, and people who say “one day i’ll do X,” but never do it. British billionaire Richard Branson, when asked about his secret of productivity, gave a suprisingly simple amswer : “work out”. It’s his physical wellness that keeps his brain sharp and his body ready to costantly travel all over the world, build new industry changing business and solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Perhaps it some cliche, but physical wellbing is indeed one of the keys to success.

Your Needs

Shyness will stand in your way you entire life. Until you fix it, it won’t be likely you’ll achieve your big dreams. Take it from a person who was there and knows how poisoning it is.