Writing style
Conversational · Direct
The Magic of Thinking Big
Self-help
- Print length
- 192 pagesSimon & Schuster
Description
The Magic of Thinking Big argues that achievement begins with the scale of a person’s expectations. Rather than treating success as the product of unusual talent, David J. Schwartz presents confidence, constructive attitudes, ambitious goals, and persistent action as habits that can be developed. His practical guidance moves across selling, management, leadership, income, creativity, and personal fulfillment, showing how fear and habitual small thinking can narrow both choices and results. Readers are encouraged to replace excuses with action, set larger objectives, and create specific plans for reaching them. The book offers a broad program of motivational self-management designed to connect everyday behavior with long-term personal and professional growth.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Moderate
Tone
Earnest · Hopeful · Uplifting
Structure
Argumentative
Focus
Argument · Information
Emotional intensity
2 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 2 / 5
- Ideas
- 2 / 5
- Structure
- 2 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 1 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780671646783
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