How to Achieve Great Feats Through Great Thinking

Author Napoleon Hill observed, “More gold has been mined from the thoughts of man than has ever been taken from the earth.” Good thoughts can help you achieve many things: generate revenue, solve problems, create opportunities and achieve great feats.  Having right thoughts can take you to a whole new level both personally and professionally; it really can change your life. Improving yourself to be a better thinker is quite a good investment, and getting to do just that is one of the many foci of this blog.

SOME THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THOUGHTS

1. Thoughts are the driving force of life

Our lives are more of a product of our choices and actions, and our thoughts underlies those actions. Hence there is a great need to diligently watch the thoughts we permit to stay long in our minds. This is because the thoughts that stays too long in the mind has a greater probability of being acted upon. The good news is that, though we aren’t absolutely in control in choosing our thoughts at all times, we can guide our thoughts to our advantage by thinking excellent and productive thoughts.

2. Quality thoughts, quality life

The quality of life we enjoy equals the quality of our thoughts to a great extent. It is seen that when we have happy thoughts, we seem to speak happily, act happily and receive positive results. Conversely, when we harbor sad and negative thoughts in our minds, we seem to speak and act negatively and thus receive negative results.

3. You can’t grow beyond your thoughts

The level you train your mind to is the level to which you will continue thinking, and the level of your thinking determines your level of accomplishments and success. You are just what you think about all day. If you think success and act accordingly, you will become a success. A man is deemed excellent by the excellence of his thoughts.  

HOW TO BE A GOOD THINKER

    1.  Develop your mind by reading relevant books, listening to audios and watching videos of better thinkers in the area of your craft. When you discover something that intrigues you, write it down so it can stimulate your thinking. 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.”

    2. Choose to think good thoughts. Select time whereby you intentionally engage yourself to think excellent thoughts. When you do this, you train your mind to be able to become receptive to great ideas.

      3.  Act on your good thoughts. When you work on a good idea, no matter how small it is, that idea expand to bring forth amazing results. Those results in turn encourages us to embark on more productive thinking in the future. French philosopher Henri-Louis Bergson asserted that a person should “think like a man of action—act like a man of thought”. What good is thinking if it has no application in real life?

     4.  Repeat the process of good thinking. One good thought does not make a good life. Success comes to people who continually engage their minds in productive thinking.

     5. Choose a place and time to better think your thoughts. Many people get inspiration from being at different places. John Maxwell said, ‘When I found a place to think my thoughts, my thoughts found a place in me’. Also, a great book said, ‘Day after day utters speech, and night unto night reveals knowledge’. Always exploit the ‘night seasons’ to engage your mind in productive thinking, when you can focus your attention better without interruptions. 

    6.  Benefit from shared thinking. John Maxwell said, ‘Good thinkers, especially those who are also good leaders, understand the power of shared thinking. They know that when they value the thoughts and ideas of others, they receive the compounding results of shared thinking and accomplish more than they ever could on their own.’

CONCLUSION

Your thoughts dictate the course of your life, and controlling your thoughts is controlling your life. The ideas from your thoughts are the seeds to achieving great feats in life. Therefore, investing in yourself to improve your thinking capacity is one of the best things you can do for yourself in life.

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ABOUT LEBARI-DICK LETEH

Lebari-Dick Leteh is the author of 'Truths About Talent' and 'The Good News'. 

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