You might think this article is about Mr. Donald Trump, well-known for his words of advice to "Think Big", but it's not.
Last weekend I watched a movie called "Gifted Hands" about Dr. Benjamin Carson, one of the world's most renowned neurosurgeons. I was absolutely enthralled. Here was a guy who was once at the bottom of his class as a child yet eventually became Johns Hopkins Hospital's professor and director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the fresh age of 33. Of course my first question is "How'd he do it?"
I have since read more about Dr. Carson, and what I've found is so exciting, so inspiring, that I just have to share this with you. You're going to love Dr. Carson's new spin on "Think Big". Here it is...
TALANT: We are all endowed not just with the ability to sing, dance or throw a ball, but with intellectual talent. Start getting in touch with that part of you that is intellectual and develop that, and think of careers that will allow you to use that.
HONESTY: If you lead a clean and honest life, you don't put skeletons in the closet. If you put skeletons in the closet, they definitely will come back just when you don't want to see them and ruin your life.
INSIGHT: It comes from people who have already gone where you're trying to go. Learn from their triumphs and their mistakes.
NICE: If you're nice to people, then once they get over the suspicion of why you're being nice, they will be nice to you.
KNOWLEDGE: It makes you into a more valuable person. The more knowledge you have, the more people need you. It's an interesting phenomenon, but when people need you, they pay you, so you'll be okay in life.
BOOKS: They are the mechanism for obtaining knowledge, as opposed to television.
IN-DEPTH LEARNING: Learn for the sake of knowledge and understanding, rather than for the sake of impressing people or taking a test.
GOD: Never get too big for Him.
And that's it! No, I'm not headed for the medical field anytime soon, but I sure am headed for a better me. It's time to think big.