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Stop Thinking Tiny Thoughts
The British statesman Benjamin Disraeli once said, “Nurture your mind with
great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” His words are
profound. And his point of wisdom is clear: it is not what you are that is holding
you back in life. It’s what you think you’re not. It is what is going on in your
inner world that is preventing you from having all that you want. And the
moment you fully understand this insight and set about ridding your mind of all
its limiting thoughts, you will see almost immediate improvements in your
personal circumstances.
In my motivational seminars, I tell my audiences, “if you are not pursuing
your dreams, you are fueling your limitations.” My brother, an internationally
known eye surgeon, once told me about a medical condition called amblyopia, a
condition that occurs when a patch is placed over a young child’s healthy eye.
When the patch is removed, the child has completely lost the sight of that once
good eye. Covering the eye stunts its development and causes blindness. Many
of us suffer from our own form of amblyopia. We go through life with blinders
over our eyes, afraid to dream bigger dreams and do the things we fear. The
result is always the same: like the child with amblyopia, we eventually lose our
vision and spend the rest of our days within a very limited zone of movement.
Too many people lead small lives. Too many of us die at twenty and are
buried at eighty. Remember, nothing can stop a person who refuses to be
stopped. Most people don’t really fail, they simply give up trying. And most of
the limitations that hold you back from your dreams are self-imposed. So shed
the shackles of “tiny thinking,” have the bravery to dream big for a change and
accept that failure is not an option for you. As Seneca observed, “It is not
because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that
they are difficult.”

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