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Friday, July 21, 2023

Think Quotes

Quotes About Think
  • Listen less to your own thoughts and more to God's thoughts. -- F. Fénelon
  • There are two ways to slide easily through life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking. Alfred Korzybski
  • A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied. Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Spanish Philosopher
  • It is human to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion. Anatole France
  • Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. Henry Ford
  • We are what we think we are. Socrates
  • If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big Donald Trump
  • Think for yourself and let others enjoy the privilege of doing so too. Voltaire
  • To achieve you need thought. You have to know what you are doing and that's real power. Ayn Rand
  • There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. Hannah Arendt
  • Think wrongly if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself. Charles Seymour
  • The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us. Sydney J. Harris
  • We become what we habitually contemplate. George Russell
  • The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. --MARCUS AURELIUS
  • Think personally, act communally. --Sheryl Sandberg
  • We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. -- ALBERT EINSTEIN
  • No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. --VOLTAIRE
  • No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. --John Stuart Mill
  • There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly. --Galileo Galilei
  • Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare. --HARRIET MARTINEAU
  • Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try. --William Arthur Ward








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Reflection Turns Experience into Insight | MWM
Be A Sustained Thinker = The third growth practice is to think daily and apply what you have learned. Evaluated experience is the best teacher. Reflection turns experience into insight. After a new experience, ask yourself “What did I love? What did I learn?” and you will grow. Sustained thinkers look for a better, bigger, deeper answer.
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Are You Nurturing Thoughts That Are Nurturing You?
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Nurture Healthy Thoughts = What thoughts are you nurturing the most in your mind? Are those thoughts helping and serving you in the direction you want to go? Today is an opportunity for you to pre-decide the thoughts you are going to nurture. When you nurture healthy thoughts, it will lead you in a positive direction. 


Good Thoughts Shared Become Great Thoughts
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Share Your Thoughts With Others = In John Maxwell’s book, How Successful People Think, he discusses 11 thinking patterns that successful people engage in that unsuccessful people do not. One of these thinking patterns is Shared Thinking. 
Successful people share ideas and thoughts with the people around them and request feedback. When you share with others, there is an energy that births other thoughts. A great thought is not birthed in a vacuum. Great thinking is a result of sharing thoughts and ideas with others. John says “Some of my best thinking has been done by others.” Do you share your thoughts, and allow others the opportunity to make them better?


Good Thoughts Shared Become Great Thoughts
What Kind Of Thinker Are You?= John Maxwell’s book, How Successful People Think, has helped millions of people. Watch as John discusses the inspiration behind the book and how his father discovered from a young age the incredible power of thinking. 
The greatest gap between successful and unsuccessful people is the thinking gap. Successful people think differently, which controls their behavior and determines the direction of their lives.


What Big-Picture Thinking Can Do For You

Sustained Thinking is Strong Thinking
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Do You Sit With Your Thoughts And Ideas? = In John Maxwell’s book, How Successful People Think, he discusses 11 thinking patterns that successful people engage in, that unsuccessful people do not. One of these thinking patterns is Sustained Thinking. 
Sustained thinking is the ability to take a thought and stay with it longer than people typically do. If you take a fleeting thought, and sit with it for a long while, it has the potential to mature and become a great thought. 
Your first thought is not going to be a great thought. Stick with it! Sustain your thought, and it will become better and may even mature into a great thought. Do you sit with your thoughts and ideas long enough?



Reflect and Think = Think daily to apply what you learn in life. Reflection turns experience into insight. By spending time thinking and reflecting on what you learn and experience, you can extract from that experience and reflect on your personal growth. 







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Way Above Average = What makes someone thoughtful? A person who maximizes their words and actions. The first step to thoughtfulness is thinking about others. 






The Power of Thinking for Leaders

Think with Juliet Funt
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Today, Juliet Funt joins the podcast to talk about how to unleash your talent by eliminating unnecessary busywork. Mark Cole dives in with Juliet to discover why this concept is hard for leaders to embrace and what practices leaders can implement to gain the “white space” needed to have a healthier and more innovative culture.
Key takeaways:
• Learn how to create white space in your day to reclaim creativity and conquer busyness.
• Discover strategies for setting boundaries and saying no, even in senior-level positions.
• Understand the negative effects of constant urgency in the workplace and how to prioritize tasks effectively.


Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
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Leaders, if you’re looking to lead powerful, positive change in yourself or your organization, it can be hard to know where to start. John Maxwell says that everything begins with a thought, which is why leaders need to examine their thinking. What you think determines what you do and who you are.
In this episode, John Maxwell teaches how changing your thinking can change your life. After John’s lesson, Mark Cole and Traci Morrow discuss how they implement John’s principles into their own life, and they also offer you some real-world applications.


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Ecclesiastes 5:2 (MSG) Don’t shoot off your mouth, or speak before you think. Don’t be too quick to tell God what you think he wants to hear. God’s in charge, not you—the less you speak, the better.
Proverbs 18:11 (MSG) The rich think their wealth protects them; they imagine themselves safe behind it.
Proverbs 30:13 (MSG) Don’t be stuck-up and think you’re better than everyone else.
Matthew 9:4 - But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?
Luke 10:15 (MSG) “And you, Capernaum! Do you think you’re about to be promoted to heaven? Think again. You’re on a fast track to hell.
Proverbs 13:16 Wise people think before they act; fools don't—and even brag about their foolishness.
Acts 4:19 But Peter and John replied, “Do you think God wants us to obey you rather than him?
Acts 17:29 And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.
Romans 1:28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
Romans 8:5 Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
John 5:39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Romans 12:2 ESV Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Colossians 3:2 ESV Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
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