Big Thinking for Outstanding Results

If there's one thing that I've learnt from working with, mentoring, and consulting to business leaders for more than two decades, it’s that the most successful people I know are big thinkers! The great news is that big thinking can be learned. By changing your thinking, you can grow your business (and your life!) beyond your wildest dreams. The only thing holding you back, is yourself. So, what are you waiting for?

Opportunities are everywhere, knocking on our door every day, and it’s the big thinkers that see them. Making the change to big thinking is not easy and it’s not something that happens automatically. You need to make the decision to expand your thinking, put the time in, and make the effort. Thinking is hard work! But your investment will be worth it. What have you got to lose, other than average results?

Become a Big Thinker

Let’s start with some basic steps that you can take towards creating outstanding results straight away.

1. It’s time to get uncomfortable. When you're a big thinker, you will need to get comfortable with uncertainty. Looking at the big picture will mean juggling different ideas at the same time. This might make you feel uneasy and out of control, and that’s okay. Get your head out of the details, and into the results.

2. Accept that you may not know what you don’t know. While we know what we know, and we know what we don’t know, there are times when we don’t know what we don’t know! To work around this, get input from others. Examine their thinking and ideas. There is no competition when it comes to sharing knowledge and ideas. You won’t always be right, and you won’t always have the answers. It’s time to listen to other people - they might see something that you don’t.

3. Failure is often your biggest teacher. Feeling like a failure is not at the top of our to do list. Nevertheless, failing in one area is usually the answer you have been looking for all along. When you look at failure through the eyes of a big thinker, you realise that failure is just a signpost to change direction. Accept failure with grace and humility. Learn from it and keep moving forward.

4. Don’t just think big, dream big. What is your dream? Now that you have it front of mind, I am here to tell you that your dream is not big enough! It’s time to dream bigger. You are unlimited, and it all starts with your dream.

5. Try new things. The best way to expand your thinking, is to try new things. Explore something that you have never done before. Go somewhere new, speak to a stranger when they least expect it. Start with small things like changing your coffee for tea or vice versa, and then change up something bigger. Do something new every day - you will be surprised at what you discover.

6. Question your previous thinking. Have an honest look at yourself and your decisions. What would you change if you could? Decisions and actions that you followed when you were an average thinker resulted in average results. What would you change now that you are a big thinker?

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