How Successful People Think

One day in last November, I was stuck in an airport and had to wait for my flight for 2-3 hours. I bought a book in the airport, <How Successful People Think> by John Maxwell. The book is about thinking, its significance, the methods, and the empowerings. The book is small sized, but really condensed, solid, full of thoughts, ideas and practical guidelines to apply.

Every page in this book has something that intrigues my interests, but the below is a couple of paragraphs that I would like to share with you the most:

"Recently I had breakfast with Dan Cathy, the president of Chick-fil-A, a fast food chain headquartered in the Atlanta area. I told him that I was working on this book and I asked him if he made thinking a high priority. Not only did he say yes, but he told me about what he calls his 'thinking schedule'. It helps him fight the hectic pace of life that discourages intentional thinking. Dan says he sets aside time just to think for half a day every two weeks, for one whole day every month, and for two or three full days every year. Dan explains, "this helps me 'keep the main thing, the main thing', since I am so easily distracted.""

"You may want to do something similar, or you can develope a schedule and method of your own. No matter what you choose to do, go to your think place, take paper and pen, and make sure you capture your ideas in writing."

"Next Paragraphs: Act on Your Good Thoughts --> Allow Your Emotions to Create Another Good Throught --> Repeat the Process"    

"Next Chapter: ......"Rearly do ideas come fully formed and completely worked out. Most of the time, they need to be shaped until they have substance. As my friend Dan Reiland says, they have to 'stand the test of clarity and questioning'. During the shaping time, you want to hold an idea up to strong scrutiny. Many times a thought that seemed outstanding late at night looks silly in the light of day. Ask questions about your ideas. Fine tune them. One of the best ways to do that is to put your thoughts in writing. Professor, college president, and U.S. senator S.I. Hayakawa wrote, 'Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing." ......