Podcast #478
 
Think Bigger, Believe Bolder (How to Do Both) 





 
In this episode of The Confidence Podcast, we're talking about.
 


How to cultivate big thoughts and believe in your big dreamsHow to start seeing yourself as someone worthy of big dreams and big abilitiesHow to find other big thinkers to share your big dreams withThe game-changing affirmation you need to use this year to help you dream bigger than you ever thought you could


 
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THINK BIGGER / BELIEVE BIGGER
 


I dare you to think bigger, to act bigger, and to be bigger, and I promise you a richer and more exciting life if you do. – William Danforth







The desire for growth is simply a desire to make the most out of the life you have been given.



Growth is the love of an engaged existence and a deep desire to fully explore life.







Always make your future bigger than your past.Always have courage to think big.Always make your learning greater than your experience.Always make your contribution to the world greater than your reward.







The Believe in Your Goal Process



Take the parameters off what's "realistic" (BHAG, Impossible Goal, etc.)Understand the "point" of a big goal.Give yourself permission to think it.Decide that it's available to you. (People like you do things like that)Bring it to life (Get it out of your head - on paper and with someone you trust)Decide to do it - and that you are already on your way. (Release the "how").Write the belief you want to hold onto the entire way to the goal.Create a belief thought ladder of progressive affirmations.Commit to a daily affirmation to redirect your belief.The proclamation declaration of your goal has taken the idea from a possibility to a piece of potential






What separates the most successful people from the rest begins with a THOUGHT.


A thought, if cultivated, grows into the empowering habit of thinking big.



Thinking big propels our behavior forward in powerful ways.



To think big, you must think from a perspective where limitations and fears are completely suspended and separated.


 
Why Aren't You Thinking Bigger?
 


Common Practical Limitations



Your life feels too cluttered (too busy, no time to spend)You don't have a clean physical space that inspires you (most of the time, in our dwellings where we have the most security to think, we feel overwhelmed and cluttered - just reminded of how much we have to do, and why thinking becomes one of the last priorities)You have misinterpreted what failure means and over-personalized it to always be that wayYou aren't tapping into your imaginationYou're trying to do too much - practical bandwid...