THINK BIG. THINK BIG. THINK BIG.
For most of my pretty short life (17 years), I’ve been advised by people (teachers, friends, people) not to think big, not to aim high. Why? Because if I aim high, I increase the chances of failure. And if I fail, I’m a good-for-nothing foolish person who’s just wasting his time. Pah!
Failure is Part of The Journey!
It’s like the snakes and ladders game. You keep advancing in the game, propelled sometimes by the ladders, but you can also fall down the snakes, can’t you? It’s difficult to reach the top without (at least once) being guzzled up by those vicious looking snakes…
Sure, the snakes and ladders game is simply a matter of luck, but has a valuable lesson. Failure is part of the journey!
Why You SHOULD Think Big
- Robert F. Kennedy.
If you set your sights high, sure you raise the stakes, but you also increase the reward. So what if you fail? You can always try again. Great people are those who fall, and rise again. They fall again, but rise again. They never give up hope. It’s not about what if you fail. It’s about why you can and must and should aim and reach even higher.
What’s the point of success if you do not learn anything from it? It’s like having cake that’s not sweet! Think of success as the destination. Failure is what shows you the route to it 
Take Failure Out Of the Equation
What if you just take failure out of the equation? Treat it like it is part of the deal. Once failure is out of the equation, and you just acknowledge as a bump you’ll have to jump over, there’s nothing stopping you from aiming for the sky.
The thing is, you shouldn’t let failure get the better of you. You’re better than that, right? 
Go on, let people say what they want to. Take that giant leap that’s been eluding you for so long. Have a little faith in yourself
Two Examples
As they say, Thomas Edison, the man who invented the light bulb, failed ten thousand times before finally succeeding. He said: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Failure helped him eliminate what was wrong, and zoom in on the solution.
Here’s another example for you. Babe Ruth, (one of the greatest baseball players in the history of baseball) held, for many years, the record of having scored the most home runs in a single season. However, he also held the record for the most strike outs! As he himself said, each strike out brought him closer to his next home run.
In Conclusion
Remember: if you don’t aim big, you’ll never reach big. If you have big aspirations, sure, they’ll take a hell lot of hard work to fulfil, but then, it’s part of the deal. The reward is commensurate with the work that goes in. That is only reasonable, isn’t it?
So, I’d say again: THINK BIG. THINK BIG. THINK BIG.
Have you ever had people telling you that you shouldn’t think big, because you’ll simply fail? Please do share your views here
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Totally agree… But you forget one thing…
DO BIG!!!!!
Thinking big is Ok. Also when setting goals it must be also realizable. Many people want to make a million dollar and ends up making a few hundred dollars.
excellent article, thank you
Failure is part of life , can say one stop in journey but need to be continues hard work and dedication to achieve dreams.
Love your post!! I decided about 2 years ago to quit living comfortably numb and to pursue my big dreams — I’d rather feel extreme success or extreme failure than to be stuck in the middle just feeling nothing. : ) My biggest challenge though is outside influences that don’t agree with me and the effect that has on my kids — how do you help instill this mindset into children — I am doing my best to be an example — but it is truly a challenge with all that they are impacted by each day with society, friends and family. Just curious if you had any thoughts on that. Thanks again for a great post! This is my first time to your blog. You do a great job!
Thinking big is Ok. Also when setting goals it must be also realizable. Many people want to make a million dollar and ends up making a few hundred dollars.