The presentation consist of systematic review of the inspirational book "The Magic of Thinking Big" by David J. Schwartz . The book is a must read for those who have lost hopes and confidence in life as well as it provides steps to help you grow and change your thinking to lead yourself towards being a successful person.

1. BOOK REVIEW
OF
THE MAGIC OF THINKING
BIG
BY ALEEN GOMESBY ALEEN GOMES

2. • NAME OF THE BOOK : THE MAGIC OF THINKING
BIG.
• AUTHOR NAME : DAVID J. SCHWARTZ
• NAME OF THE
PUBLISHER : SIMON & SCHUSTER UK Ltd.
• YEAR OF
PUBLISHING : 2006
• PAGES : 344
• TYPE : INSPIRATIONAL
• GENRE : SELF-HELP
• STYLE OF WRITING: NARRATIVE
• BINDING : PAPERBACK
• LANGUAGE : ENGLISH

3. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born
in The United States March 23, 1927
Died
December 06, 1987
David Joseph Schwartz PhD(March 23, 1927 – December6, 1987) was an
American motivational writerand coach, best known forauthoring The Magic
of Thinking Big in 1959.
He was a professorat Georgia State University and also began his own workas
a self-help coach and life strategist. Later, he founded his own consultancy
firmfocusing on leadership development called 'Creative Educational Services
Inc'.
He became well known through his motivational publications and self-help
books, especially forThe Magic of Thinking Big, published in 1959.

4. The Magic of Thinking Big contains the secrets to getting the most
out of yourjob, yourmarriage and family life. The bookillustrates how you
don’t need to be incredibly intelligent orunique to have the success you want,
you simply need to thinkin a way that cultivates success. By thinking big you
can motivate yourself to improve yourworklife, earn more money and get
more happiness and fulfilment out of life.
In every chapterof this bookyou will find dozens of hard-headed,
practical ideas, techniques and principles that will enable you to harness the
tremendous powerof thinking big, so as to gain foryourself the success,
happiness and satisfaction you want so much. Every technique is dramatically
illustrated by a real-life case history. You discovernot only what to do, but
what is even more important, you see exactly how to apply each principle to
actual situations and problems. Here then , is what this bookwill do foryou; it
will show you how you can. . .
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK

5. CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
1.BELIEVE YOU CAN SUCCEED AND YOU WILL
Here are the three guides to acquiring and strengthening
the powerof belief:
Thinksuccess, don’t thinkfailure.
Remind yourself regularly that you are betterthan you
thinkyou are.
Believe Big. The size of yoursuccess is determined by the
size of yourbelief
2. CURE YOURSELF OF EXCUSITIS, THE FAILURE DISEASE
Excusitis appears in a wide variety of forms, but the worst types of this disease
are health excusitis, intelligence excusitis, age excusitis, and luck
excusitis.
 “But My Health Isn’t Good.”
 “But You’ve Got to Have Brains to Succeed.”
 “It’s No Use. I’m Too Old (orToo Young).”
 “But My Case Is Different; I Attract Bad Luck.”

6. 3. BUILD CONFIDENCE AND DESTROY FEAR.
CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
 Action cures fear.
 Make a supreme effort to put only positive thoughts in yourmemory bank.
 Put people in properperspective.
 Practice doing what yourconscience tells you is right.
 Make everything about you say, “I’mconfident, really confident.”
Practice these little techniques in yourday-to-day activities: Be a front
seater. Make eye contact. Walk25 percent faster. Speakup. Smile big.
4. HOW TO THINK BIG
 Don’t sell yourself short.
 Use the big thinker’s vocabulary.
 Stretch yourvision.
 Get the big view of yourjob.
 Thinkabove trivial things. Focus yourattention on big objectives
Grow big by thinking big!

7. CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
5. HOWTOTHINKANDDREAMCREATIVELY
 Believe it can be done. Eliminate “impossible,” “won’t
work,” “can’t do,” “no use trying” fromyourthinking and speaking
vocabularies. Be experimental. Try new approaches. Askyourself
daily, “How can I do better?” “How can I do more?” Practice asking
and listening. Remember: Big people monopolize the listening; small
people monopolize the talking. Mix with people of different
occupational and social interests.
6. YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINKYOU ARE
Lookimportant; it helps you thinkimportant. Thinkyourworkis important.
Give yourself a pep talkseveral times daily. In all of life’s situations, ask
yourself, “Is this the way an important person thinks?” Then obey the answer.

8. CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
 Be environment-conscious. Just as body diet makes the body, mind diet
makes the mind. Make yourenvironment workforyou, not against you.
7. MANAGE YOURENVIRONMENT: GOFIRST CLASS
8. MAKE YOURATTITUDES YOURALLIES
Grow the “I’mactivated” attitude. Grow the “You are important”
attitude. Grow the “Service first” attitude, and watch money take
care of itself. Make it a rule in everything you do: give people more
than they expect to get.
9. THINKRIGHT TOWARDPEOPLE
 Take the initiative in building friendships. Accept human
differences and limitations. Practice courtesy all the time. Don’t
blame others when you receive a setback.

9. CONTENTS OF THE BOOK
10. GET THE ACTION HABIT
 Seize the initiative. Be a crusader. Pickup the ball and run. Be a volunteer.
Show that you have the ability and ambition to do.
11. HOWTO TURN DEFEAT INTOVICTORY
 Stop blaming luck. Research each setback. Blend persistence with
experimentation. Stay with yourgoal but don’t beat yourhead against a
stone wall. Try new approaches. Experiment. See the good side and whip
discouragement.
12. USE GOALS TOHELPYOU GROW
 Build thirty-day goals. Day-by-day effort pays off. Invest in yourself.
Purchase those things that build mental powerand efficiency. Invest in
education. Invest in idea starters.
13. HOWTO THINKLIKE A LEADER
 Thinkimprovement in everything you do Make this a
personal resolution: “At home, at work, in community life,
if it’s progress I’m forit.”

10. VIEWS OF THE READER
In the words of Publilius
Syrus:
A wise man will be
master of his mind,
A fool will be its slave.
This bookhas helped me not only to change my thinking
but also has taught me the two qualities of a leaderwhich are as
follows:
1) ThinkImprovement in everything you do.
2) Thinkhigh standards in everything you do.
It is also helps me in being a more progressive thinkerat work,
family & friends, self and community.

11. UTILITY OF THE BOOK
 This book should be highly recommended for those who want to
launch themselves to success.
 Overcome fear of other people.
 Add value to things, to People and specially to Yourself.
 Visualize what can be done in future.
 Increase Self-confidence.
 Manage Your own environment.
 Upgrade your thinking.
 Rules of Leadership.
 Avoid Success-Murdering Weapons.

12. EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
 As a Teacher : I would specially recommend this for teachers as
it gives shapes the minds of a teacher who future can shape a
students mind and improve their thinking.
 As a Student : It will help a student to overcome their fear to
face people and challenges by improving the thinking ability and
producing positive thoughts which ultimately builds self-
confidence to face the downs of life.
 As a Human Being : It helps a human being to know and
manage their priorities. As it is only in ones thinking that can
and make a change in their social life, work and home. If
you believe, your mind will find a way to do and will set an
example for others.

13. DIVIDE YOUR LIFE INTO THREE DEPARTMENTS:
1) Work
2) Home
3) Social
This keeps from developing conflicts and being confused about the
different areas of your life while maintaining the big picture.
Be able to answer these questions:
1) What do I want to accomplish with my life?
2) What do I want to be?
3) What does it take to satisfy me?

14. A. Work: 10 years from now:
1) What income level do I want to attain?
2) What level of responsibility do I seek?
3) How much authority do I want to command?
4) What prestige do I expect to gain from my work?
B. Home: 10 years from now
1) What kind of standard of living do I want to provide for my family and myself?
2) What kind of house do I want to live in?
3) What kind of vacations do i want to take?
4) What financial support do I want to give my children in their early adult years?
C. Social: 10 years from now
1. What kinds of friends do I want to have?
2. What social groups do I want to join?
3. What community leadership positions would I like to hold?
4. What worthwhile causes do I want to champion?
10 YEARPLAN10 YEARPLAN

15. EDUCATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
IWOULDPERSONALLY RATETHIS BOOK4/5