4. Dream One Size Bigger!
One of the best ways to cultivate a possibility mind-set is to prompt yourself to dream one size bigger than you normally do.
Let’s face it: most people dream too small. They don’t think big enough. Henry Curtis advises, “Make your plans as
fantastic as you like, because twenty-five years from now, they will seem mediocre. Make your plans ten times as great as
you first planned, and twenty-five years from now you will wonder why you did not make them fifty times as great.” If you
push yourself to dream more expansively, to imagine your organization one size bigger, to make your goals at least a step
beyond what makes you comfortable, you will be forced to grow. And it will set you up to believe in greater possibilities.
5. Question the Status Quo!
Most people want their lives to keep improving, yet they value peace and stability at the same time. People often forget that
you can’t improve and still stay the same. Growth means change. Change requires challenging the status quo. If you want
greater possibilities, you can’t settle for what you have now. When you become a possibility thinker, you will face many
people who will want you to give up your dreams and embrace the status quo. Achievers refuse to accept the status quo. As
you begin to explore greater possibilities for yourself, your organization, or your family—and others challenge you for it—
take comfort in knowing that right now as you read this, other possibility thinkers across the country and around the world
are thinking about curing cancer, developing new energy sources, feeding hungry people, and improving quality of life. They
are challenging the status quo against the odds—and you should, too.
6. Find Inspiration from Great Achievers!
You can learn a lot about possibility thinking by studying great achievers. I mentioned George Lucas in this chapter.
Perhaps he doesn’t appeal to you, or you don’t like the movie industry. (Personally, I’m not a big science fiction fan, but I
admire Lucas as a thinker, creative visionary, and businessperson.) Find some achievers you admire and study them. Look
for people with the attitude of Robert F. Kennedy, who popularized George Bernard Shaw’s stirring statement: “Some men
see things as they are and say, ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never were and say, ‘Why not?’” I know possibility thinking
isn’t in style with many people. So call it what you like: the will to succeed, belief in yourself, confidence in your ability,
faith. It’s really true: people who believe they can’t, don’t. But if you believe you can, you can! That’s the power of
possibility thinking.
Thinking Question:
Am I unleashing the enthusiasm of possibility thinking to find solutions for even seemingly
impossible situations?
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