50,000 copies sold, now in paperback... If you can think impossible thoughts, then you can do impossible things!! The power of change: create new thinking for new solutions! Includes a new introduction demonstrating the "power of impossible thinking," plus access to exclusive book summary and authors' interview at the book's companion Web site. The Power of Impossible Thinking is about getting better at making sense of what's going on around you so you can make decisions that respond to reality, not inaccurate or obsolete models of the world. This bestseller reveals how mental models stand between you and the truth and how to transform them into your biggest advantage! Learn how to develop new ways of seeing, when to change to a new model, how to swap amongst a portfolio of models, how to understand complex environments and how to do "mind R and D," improving models through constant experimentation. Jerry Wind and Colin Crook review why it's so hard to change mental models and offer practical strategies for dismantling "hardened missile silos". Finally they show how to access models quickly through intuition, and assess the effectiveness of any mental model. Purchasers of this book gain access to audio summaries on a companion web site, along with a new half-hour interview with the authors.

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This Element is an excerpt from The Power of Impossible Thinking: Transform the Business of Your Life and the Life of Your Business (9780131425026) by Yoram (Jerry) Wind and Colin Crook with Robert Gunther. Available in print and digital formats. Understand the mental models you use to view the world: how they help you, how they limit you, and how to overcome those limits. Your mental models shape how you see the world. They help you quickly make sense of the noises that filter in from outside, but they can also limit your ability to see the true picture. They are with you always. They can.

I used to think I would never be able to run a marathon as 26.2 miles was an impossible distance. When I envisioned marathon runners, they were a separate category of humans. Occasionally though, just for a moment, I would imagine how great it would feel to cross that finish line. What an accomplishment! Just as quickly as the thought entered, I would laugh and shake it out. Nope, not possible. Just like that, it went into storage; a place in the back of my mind I call the impossible box because once a dream was closed inside I wouldn’t even try. It would sit there next to the other things I thought I could never do or the goals I would accomplish someday. Can you relate? If you do, this book is for you. Not just inspirational, it explains methodologies to enact behavior changes to help you dream big, set goals, and follow through. By the time you get to the end of this book you will have the tools and motivation you need to succeed. Throw out your impossible box. Take the steps that will move you in the direction you want to go and don't stop until you get there.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from The Power of Impossible Thinking: Transform the Business of Your Life and the Life of Your Business (9780131425026) by Yoram (Jerry) Wind and Colin Crook with Robert Gunther. Available in print and digital formats. Understand the mental models you use to view the world: how they help you, how they limit you, and how to overcome those limits. Your mental models shape how you see the world. They help you quickly make sense of the noises that filter in from outside, but they can also limit your ability to see the true picture. They are with you always. They can be a great help, or keep you up at night without reason. How do they define your world?

Everything begins with a thought. You cannot do anything, say anything or be anything without having a thought about it first. The thought might not be obvious; it can be subtle, it can be years old or it can be part of someone else’s belief system. You also cannot change what you do, say or become without changing your thoughts. This is why learning how to improve your thinking is the first and most important step in reshaping yourself and your life. In Think It ... Become It, Dr John Tibane offers his expert advice and some powerful tools to help you shift your mental gears and have a more positive impact on the world around you. By working through the methods outlined in this book you will slowly, thought by thought, action by action, begin to change both who you are and the kind of life experiences you encounter. This interactive book is filled with practical exercises, information that is easy to follow and plenty of useful tips. You will learn: • How to think rich and get rich • How to think performance and perform • How to think time and get the most of your time • The ten dimensions of thinking, including Billboard Thinking, Zero-Based Thinking, Harvest Thinking and Outcomes-Based Thinking Think It ... Become It teaches that by claiming the power of your thinking, you too can master your own destiny.