David J. Schwartz

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The late David Joseph Schwartz was a professor at Georgia State University, Atlanta, and was considered a leading American authority on motivation. He was also President of Creative Educational Services, a consulting firm specialising in leadership development.  Starting from a one-room schoolhouse in rural Indiana, David J. Schwartz went on to become the president of his own company and lecturer to more than three thousand trade associations, sales groups and management seminars. He wrote his first phenomenal bestseller THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG nearly thirty years ago.

Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives by reading books by Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, whose teachings will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and — most important of all — find greater happiness and peace of mind. In the course of researching his books Schwartz spoke to many people who had reached the top in their field. Instead of getting detailed responses, Schwartz was told that the key factor in personal success was simply the desire for it. Rather than being ‘too many Chiefs and not enough Indians’, the opposite is true. Some people choose to lead, others to follow. Success is not primarily a matter of circumstances or native talent or even intelligence – it is a choice.

Thinking larger thoughts is a kind of magic, since the effort put in is small compared with the long-term results. In the 1890s, a person named Gottlieb Daimler drew a three-pointed star on a postcard to his family and wrote next to it, ‘One day this star will shine down on my work.’ He co-founded Mercedes-Benz. Great accomplishments such as these demonstrate Schwartz’s claim that a person is best measured by the size of their dreams.
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Magic of Thinking Big

Matt says -For me another MUST read.  This book really did change my life in no uncertain terms.  The whole message of the book is that you really can achieve anything you want in life if you have a big enough dream and want it badly enough.  I know many people don’t like the term “dream” as society tells us dreams are never really achievable.  But they are and millions of people achieve their dreams evey day.  This book will show you how to get a dream and then achieve.  It opens your mind to a whole new world of possibilities.  I know for a fact that after reading this book I KNEW I could achieve some of the things I was working on at the time.  Not only that but it made be look a them again and think bigger than ever before.

If you are reading this and thinking that it might be a bit “pie in the sky” well I would challenge you to at least try the book and see how you get on. if you look at sports stars I would say everyone of them when they were a boy or girl had a dream to achieve greatness in their respective area….and they did!

I believe this book has sold well over a million copies so that many people can’t be wrong!

To sum up –in the top 3 best books ever!  Another must read if you want to change your life or get your dreams!

Category – Mindset, Success