How Successful People Think

用人们如何成功思考改变你的想法 - PDF

Developing A Success Mindset

What’s the biggest difference between those who succeed and those who don’t? Mindset. It’s a small thing that makes a big difference and is the primary catalyst driving your feelings of self-worth, competence and confidence.

The most successful people have it. And if you intend to ascend to those coveted ranks, you’re going to need it, too. Are you willing to do the work and elevate your mindset to achieve uncommon success? Read on to find how.

WHY YOU SHOULD CHANGE YOUR THINKING

It’s hard to overstate the value of changing your thinking. Good thinking can do many things for you:

generate revenue, solve problems, and create opportunities. It can take you to a whole new level—personally

and professionally. It really can change your life.

Consider some things you need to know about changing your thinking:

1. Changed Thinking Is Not Automatic

Sadly, a change in thinking doesn’t happen on its own. Good ideas rarely go out and find someone. If you want to find a good idea, you must search for it. If you want to become a better thinker, you need to work at it

—and once you begin to become a better thinker, the good ideas keep coming. In fact, the amount of good

thinking you can do at any time depends primarily on the amount of good thinking you are already doing.

2. Changed Thinking Is Difficult

When you hear someone say, “Now this is just off the top of my head,” expect dandruff. The only people who

believe thinking is easy are those who don’t habitually engage in it. Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert

Einstein, one of the best thinkers who ever lived, asserted, “Thinking is hard work; that’s why so few do it.”

Because thinking is so difficult, you want to use anything you can to help you improve the process.

3. Changed Thinking Is Worth the Investment

Author Napoleon Hill observed, “More gold has been mined from the thoughts of man than has ever been

taken from the earth.” When you take the time to learn how to change your thinking and become a better thinker,

you are investing in yourself. Gold mines tap out. Stock markets crash. Real estate investments can go sour.

But a human mind with the ability to think well is like a diamond mine that never runs out. It’s priceless.