
Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want

Regardless of age, we tend to underestimate the amount we can achieve in the medium term going forward, yet we view ourselves as having made major progress in the medium term in the past!
Dr Grace Lordan • Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
Cognitive bias!
described by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, flow is a mental state that is experienced when you are engaged in continuous learning activities that are challenging enough to fully engross you. The good news is that if you achieve flow you will enjoy a feeling of great joy and satisfaction. The other states recognized by Csikszentmihalyi are a
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You can change your own life outcomes.
Dr Grace Lordan • Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
You must first set a big-thinking goal that can realistically be achieved with hard work.
Dr Grace Lordan • Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
Reading, studying and networking were the three activities I did often in 2018 to cultivate the skill set that I knew would allow me to write this book.
Dr Grace Lordan • Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
Am i doing all of these or is thinking about this the resistance
described by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, flow is a mental state that is experienced when you are engaged in continuous learning activities that are challenging enough to fully engross you. The good news is that if you achieve flow you will enjoy a feeling of great joy and satisfaction. The other states recognized by Csikszentmihalyi are a
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What exactly is stopping you doing the activities you have identified? What are the new skills you need in order to be taken seriously as an expert?
Dr Grace Lordan • Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
big thinking is a medium-term expedition. We should view this expedition as medium-term because it will take years rather than days, weeks or months, but at the same time it will not take most of your adult life to complete it.
Dr Grace Lordan • Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
It is essential to make your progress salient by auditing the activities you are doing and the milestones you are reaching.