Thinking Doesn’t Make It So
Thinking doesn’t make it so. It makes it likely.
If you think you’re a grasshopper, you are. But thinking you’re a lion makes you delusional. Self-belief doesn’t bring fantasies to life, unless it’s negative.
Negative thoughts pull you down. But positive thinking won’t lift you.
The only thing that lifts is action. You can’t think your way into the leader you want to become.
Competence is earned. You become a leader by doing leadership.
Confidence comes from doing hard things.
Thinking and Action
Put your thoughts into action. Don’t visualize the ending. Visualize action. Then act.
- Do something you’re avoiding.
- Choose one behavior that matches the leader you want to be. Practice it today.
You don’t rise to your thoughts. You rise to your behaviors.
Follow “I think” with “I will.”
Do what future-you would do.
“Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.”
What will you do today to become the leader you aspire to become?
How Positive Thinking Really Works
Book: Rethinking Positive Thinking
Thank you so much for this!! I was most impacted by “Negative thoughts pull you down. But positive thinking won’t lift you.
The only thing that lifts is action. You can’t think your way into the leader you want to become.” The fact that negative THINKING in fact pulls you down, but positive thinking with NO ACTION is to no avail. Wow!
Thanks for the positive feedback. You help me see what connects with readers. Best wishes.
Really like how you break this down into bite-sized pieces. Again. You do this often and well.
“Choose one behavior that matches the leader you want to be.
Practice it today.”
That’s so simple yet profound. And a simple change could spark a significant reformation in one’s life! Thanks, Dan. Hope you enjoy a merry Christmas!
Thanks, Pete. One thing today is all the many of can handle.
Merry Christmas to you!