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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 you will wonder why you did not make them fifty times as great.'

People need BHAGs - big hairy audacious goals - as the authors of Built to Last maintain.  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 grown.  And it will set you up to believe in greater possibilities (Maxwell, 2003, p. 168)."

Reference:  Maxwell, J. C. (2003).  Thinking for a change: 11 ways highly successful people approach life and work.  New York: Warner Books.

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Created: 2008-04-02, Updated: 2008-11-12