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Today Matters – Today’s Thinking Gives Me An Advantage

Claude Bristol in his book, The Magic of Believing, wrote “thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries, inventions, and achievements”.

Harvey Firestone stated that capital isn’t so important. Experience isn’t so important. You can get both of these. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas he writes you have the main asset that you need. There isn’t any limit to what you can do with your business and your life.

James Allen, author of As A Man Thinketh stated, “All that a man achieves is the direct result of his thoughts.”

11 Thinking Skills

1.BIG PICTURE Thinking – this is the ability to see beyond yourself and your world – it is about a holistic perspective on life.

2.FOCUS Thinking – The ability to think with clarity on issues by removing distractions and mental clutter from your mind.

3.CREATIVE Thinking – Get out of the “BOX” of limitations and explore ideas and options.

4.REALISTIC Thinking – The ability to stand on a solid foundation of facts with clarity.

5.STRATEGIC Thinking – The ability to give direction for today that will increase your potential for tomorrow.

6.POSSIBILITY Thinking – The ability to unleash your enthusiasm in finding solutions for seemingly impossible problems.

7.REFLECTIVE Thinking – The ability to revisit your yesterday’s in order to gain a perspective upon your tomorrow’s.

8.QUESTION POPULAR Thinking – Reject the status quo in order to accomplish uncommon results.

9.SHARED Thinking – The ability to tap into others thoughts that helps you to think over your head to achieve compounding results.

10.UNSELFISH Thinking – Take other people on the journey of life with you that can assist in collaborative thinking.

11.BOTTOM LINE Thinking – The ability to think on results and maximize returns that allows you to reap the full potential of your thinking.

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