The Art of Thinking Big… How to Dream Like an Entrepreneur

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Big Time Entrepreneurs Think Big – Game Changing Thoughts

Thinking big is somewhat of an art form, like every other ability in life it needs to be cultivated and grown… Kind of like working out a bicep.

Most people in the world have difficulties in this area. They grow up as children and they’re told they can be whatever they want. As people get older that support gets thrown out the door and they’re told to be realistic.

Get a Job…

Get a Degree…

Get Married…

You know the rest; in any case it’s sad that this attitude towards children shift. Dreaming carries the world forward, and without it we have nothing. Dreaming is imagination and it’s brought us everything from the vaccines to the microwave.

In the words of Napoleon – “Imagination rules the world.”

This is coming from a guy who became the general of France and took on the known world. He saw himself as the leader of Frances armies before he ever joined the military. Napoleon may not have been an entrepreneur, but he was a big thinker.

And people who think big change the game. Think of all the losses that have occurred because of the modern day way of thinking that realism is the right way… It all happens for a reason, but we may have missed several people on the level of Einstein or Dr. King.

In any case it’s a damned shame, and it’s important to inspire more people to think big. And if you’re wondering what thinking big is… Think of entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Richard Branson. Or even the older cats like Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin.

Yes, they were definitely entrepreneurs in their time. The beauty is that anyone can think big and achieve the same greatness that these men have.

So here’s a list of how you can start dreaming again and leave your mark. The world needs your beautiful mind, and you deserve it all.

1. Start Dreaming About the Possibilities – Start acting like a kid again; dream more, and when you do… Dream big with no reservations. In the beginning it’s easier to think of tangible items, but as you strengthen your mental muscle you can start dreaming bigger about world issues and how you can help solve them.

Remember, it’s all about advancement and innovation. 

2. Write down Your Dreams – When you do this, do it on paper, you need to make the mind body connection in order to sink these dreams into the sub-conscious. And once they’re on paper with clarity they become goals… Now they exist in reality, not just your mind.

You should be getting excited by now, you just stepped into the 20% of people who actually write down goals.

3. Get Clarity on Your Why – It can take some time to figure this out, but when you do you’ll know it and your entire life will change. Day by day as time goes by you will gain momentum, your plans will gain clarity and begin to crystalize. You’ll get a greater understanding of what your place is on this earth.

Once this happens, nothing can stop you.

4. Devise a Plan – This can be up for debate, in some cases it can hold people back from taking action. So the key here is to act and plan as you go.

Massive action beats everything else, and your sub-conscious knows what it’s doing, but for the sake of those of you who are more logical and or analytical, you may need a little more direction via a plan.

Whatever your case, follow the words of the Michael Masterson Book Title –

Ready, Fire, Aim…

5. Take a Step towards Your Goal – This crystalizes your goal in the foundation of your being. One step builds momentum, and as the old saying goes… “A body in motion stays in motion.”

That means you need to take action immediately and get moving forwards towards your biggest dream.

6. Create a Sense of Urgency – Deadline…Deadline… Deadline… It’s important that your sub-conscious has a date to work towards. Without deadlines, things never get achieved.

There’s one important note…

Never act in haste, go as fast as you can, but never in a state of worry. In the state of worry you aren’t working to your full potential.

Working with haste is putting you in a scarcity mindset, and a true entrepreneur never lives with a scarcity mindset. You’ve gotta remember that abundance is the natural law of the Universe and your birthright.

7. Write Them down Every Day and Read Them – You’ve gotta keep them fresh in your mind, the best way that I have found this to work is to write your top ten to fifteen goals down every day first thing. After that read them allowed at least three times a day.

Bonus Tip: Get an index card and write them down on the card, laminate it or cover it clear tape and keep it in your pocket EVERYWHERE!! Read it anytime you can as many times as you can.

How to Make Those Dreams Reality

1. Do Whatever It Takes – This is important, you’ve gotta be ready to do whatever it takes. This doesn’t mean to take from others, you’re here to create and help lift others up. This means be bold, be consistent, and do the things that other people won’t.

You’ll need to sleep less probably, you’re gonna have to take risk. You’re gonna have to read more and go for it! If you’ve got the mindset that nothing will stop you, than guess what?

Nothing will stop you… And I mean NOTHING!!!

2. Never Quit – This is it… Never stop… Never Quit… Always move forward towards your dream, do it with confidence, and speak and act like it’s already done.

Claim it as yours…

I think that about sums it up for the time being, hope you enjoyed it. 

I would love to hear your thoughts… Let me know how you keep your dreams big, and how you move towards them.

Thanks!

Hank Klinger – “Be the Change!!”