Life-changing book if you put learnings into practice. Undoubtedly, one of the best self-help books, If you are stepping into the world of personal development, I recommend this classic along with Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. Dr David J. Schwartz's The Magic of Thinking Big ( )

Life-changing book if you put learning into practice. ( )

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This book is incredible. It will for sure to change the way you think about obstacles in your life. You will wish you found this book sooner! ( )

Life changing book if you put learnings into practice. Undoubtedly one of the best self-help books.

This book changed the way I look at the world, and will remain a powerful reminder of the great things that can be accomplished with the right attitude.

Its a good motivational book. It helps us to think in a different way. ( )

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I first heard about this book from Steve Harvey. He mentioned that there were 2 books that changed his life – ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’ and ‘The Magic of Thinking BIG’. So to start off with, I picked up this book and TBH it didn’t completely grab me. The biggest reason was the writing style. David keeps switching from one topic to another within the same chapter. For instance, in the chapter “You are what you think you are”, David talks about ‘looking good’, ‘thinking of your job as important’ or ‘giving yourself a pep talk’. Now while all of these are perfectly valid under this chapter, your brain processes this as 1 chapter with another 3-5 sub-chapters under it, if you know what I mean. Doing this across all 13 chapters makes it difficult to remember what the sub-points you read in the previous chapters.

I’ve read a few other books in the ethos of self help including How to Win Friends and Influence People, The Richest Man in Babylon and Think and Grow Rich and those grabbed me. I’ve been trying to think why those appealed to me and I realized that it was because they only dealt with one topic per chapter. For instance, in TAGR, in the first chapter, all the examples and scenarios only talk about ‘Burning Desire’. If you only look at the contents page of ‘The Magic of Thinking BIG’ you’d be scratching your head thinking, “Ok-ay, what were some of the examples from this chapter? How come I can’t pinpoint the crux of the subject here? Why don't I remember what he spoke about.”

Apart from the structure per chapter, I’d say 75% of the content in the book really makes you go “Well, that’s interesting, I never though of it that way.” I’m guessing this is a book that I’ll have to revisit every 6 months to so that it stays fresh in my mind.

Some of his stories and analogies are really mind blowing and apt! Like when he says that you have a Mr. Foreman Positive and Mr. Foreman Negative working in your mind. Or when he talks about thinking of your mind as a bank and forcing yourself to only withdraw positive thoughts from it and to also only deposit in positive thoughts. Or his analysis on how to get enthusiastic about a topic – Dig into it deeper, really made an impression on me. I started thinking of other successful people – Steve Jobs, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Goggins – they all dug into their craft deeper, that’s why they got to the level they did.

Overall, it is a good read, and I'd recommend it. But it’s definitely a book you’ll have to revisit every so often to refresh your mind..

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A good book to start stretching your mind to create a more abundant life. ( )

Self-development books can get BORING sometimes without much to add.

But this book is kind of different. It's simple, easy to read, no psychological mumbo-jumbo you won't feel. Very applicable, and I like the way the authors explains and gives views on things. Most make pretty good sense to me.

To be honest, this book to me is like a summary of all possible self-development books (minus a few, of course). ( )

Pretty average self-help book. I think I am finally getting sick of self-help books ( )

Oh my GAWWWD. I can’t stand anymore of this book. Maybe the print rather than the audio version would be better, but I felt like I was watching an infomercial. Or being sold some whitening toothpaste. But even that isn’t right because at least with that you get a product in hand!

I made it to Chapter 6 and still wanted to puke, so I’m done.

If you want to know what this book is about, just read all the motivation memes on the Internet that don’t tell you anything new and certainly don’t tell you how to do it like, “don’t think small. Think big!” and you will have a strong handle on this book. ( )

An excellent choice for inspiring middle school students to capture the pictures while reading informational text to claim better reading comprehension. ( )

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Part of the summer reading program while selling educational books door to door with SouthWestern. Motivational reading, still remembered years later. ( )

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I'm a Yorkshireman — from the north of England — we subsist on a steady diet of tea and disappointment. This book contains good advice but as a grumpy northerner I still found it annoying. ( )

LIFE CHANGING! ( )

I remember almost nothing about this book. My retention isn't great, but it's certainly not nil. I'm going to blame the book. Here's what I'm reasonably certain about the content: At some point in the reading I was told to doubt my limits, to push beyond comfort, and to embrace change. I heartily endorse every one of those message. OK, stop. Perhaps I'm wrong about having retained nothing of the book; perhaps I've absorbed the book's messages to such an extent that they're now simply a part of me. Perhaps Schwartz's words have burst through their lexical protein shells and, through a kind of dark mental alchemy, become part of my very essence. That wouldn't be Big Thinking, but it would be Magic. ( )

A treasure trove of positive psychology. Simply written, the necessary amount of repetition, and not vague or wishy-washy, but straight forward and PRACTICAL.

I can see myself in the future returning to this book again and again, reading 10 random pages each time - plenty to focus on; plenty to think about and try to work into real life.

I just wish the title was one that friends wouldn't so quickly form rubbishy preconceptions over!

There are countless one-liners worthy of wall-space.

"A person is the product of their own thoughts"

"The best is not unattainable. There is room for doing everything better. Nothing in the world is done as well as it could be." ( )

Recommended to my partner by his prof. I've had a quick look through it thus far. The message is good, but the packaging of that message (very American-style "self-help" - think Leonard Nimoy in The Bodysnatchers) is a little hard to swallow. We shall soldier on, however...

Edited to add: Oh, wait, I already said it. The message is good, but the style and mood makes me want to gag. ( )

One of the best self-development books' I've read. My wife reads it every year. It stretches your thinking beyond what you first think you can achieve. Great book to give to your teenagers to read. ( )

In the Preface, the author points out a fact every hiring executive knows: There are far more applications for jobs paying $10,000 per year than there are for positions that pay $50,000. The First Class is not all that crowded...think bigger!