Summary: Podcast #343:<br> WHY THINKING BIGGER IS SCARY BUT ABSOLUTELY LIFE-CHANGING <br> Thinking bigger about what is possible in your life feels risky, but it's the most important thing you can dare to do. <br> <br> In this episode of The Confidence Podcast we're chatting about: <br> <br> How to even start thinking "bigger" and why you should do it<br> Why thinking bigger makes some of us freeze<br> 5 ways to start thinking bigger<br> <br> SPONSOR NOTE: <br> MY FREE MASTERCLASS ON CONFIDENCE. <br> Here's what's different:<br> <br> It's short and sweet. (30-minutes!)<br> It shows you how to get your next breakthrough. (Um, amen, right?!)<br> It's is free of any sound/tech issues. (Hallelujah!)<br> <br> And since I know you're all about your personal growth and your next breakthrough right now, you gotta jump into this!<br> <br> Grab a spot, we have a session with some seats still open today! Go to www.trishblackwell.com/webinar and register. I'll send you a free workbook to go along with the masterclass, so check your email as soon as you register ... this is a POWER-PACKED PUNCH to your confidence.<br> <br> I'm convinced that this is the start of your next breakthrough.<br> REVIEW OF THE WEEK: <br> Maria Kench - Absolutely Amazing!<br> <br> I have been listening to your podcasts for a few weeks now. Trish you are just absolutely amazing! I'm a mom with three kids and a hausband who works the midnight shift. So being able to juggle being a working mom, three kids and managing my household can be challenging. I have found your podcasts to be truly inspiring and I love listening to at least once a day. thank you for all you do for the community! You deserve 10 stars! Thank you for giving me that boost in the right direction to becoming more confident.<br> <br> <br> HOW TO START THINKING BIGGER <br> (AND WHY TO DO IT) <br> Some quotes to get you inspired to think bigger: <br> “Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.”<br> <br> “Action cures fear.”<br> ― David J. Schwartz,<br> <br> “Look at things not as they are, but as they can be. Visualization adds value to everything. A big thinker always visualizes what can be done in the future. He isn't stuck with the present”<br> ― David J. Schwartz,<br> <br> “Look at things as they can be, not as they are.”<br> ― David J. Schwartz,<br> <br> “The point is this: Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others. To think big, we must use words and phrases that produce big, positive mental images.”<br> ― David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big<br> <br> Starting to think bigger comes from deciding to. <br> Dare to live as thing can be - with faith and optimism <br> Decide that you want to be a person of significance, not simply success.<br> <br> Significance comes from thinking bigger than oneself.<br> Book Recommendations:<br> The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz <br> <br> (1987, 6 million copies sold) > https://amzn.to/33EIVSb<br> <br> Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny, by Tony Robbins > https://amzn.to/2KD95xs<br> WHY THINKING BIGGER MAKES US FREEZE <br> Thinking bigger makes us freeze because it's<br> <br> -vulnerable<br> <br> -risky<br> <br> -unknown<br> <br> And it rises up thoughts and questions about<br> <br> -our potential<br> <br> -our power<br> <br> -our worthiness<br> <br> We freeze most frequently because we think "who am I to..."<br> <br> We freeze because we are driven by comparison - either other people are more qualified and we write ourselves off, or we see other people as not having ambition and so we settle...
