Four Ways to Develop the Big Thinker’s Vocabulary
- Use big, positive cheerful words and phrases to describe how you feel. Become known as a person who always feels great. It wins friends.
- Use bright, cheerful, favorable words and phrases to describe other people. Make it a rule to have a big, positive word for all your friends and associates.
- Use positive language to encourage others. Compliment people personally at every opportunity. Everyone you know craves praise. Have a special good word for your wife or husband everyday. Notice and compliment the people who work with you.
- Use positive words to outline plans to others. Promise victory and watch eyes light up. Promise victory and win support. Build castles, don’t dig graves!
~ David J. Schwartz, The Magic of Thinking Big, (1959)