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The Magic of Thinking Big... Or Even Bigger Still
When I run seminars I ask people to set goals for the coming year. Few set what I would call big goals. Let’s say I am working with a sales team and I ask what they would all like to sell this year. Few tell me a figure that is significantly at odds with the target given to them by their managers. So if their manager has targeted them at 250k of sales they will tell me their goal is 250k of sales or at the outside 300k. Why not $1 million?

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Calvin Conquers America: The Rise of Calvin Klein Ltd.
When he was 26 years old, Klein finally decided to stop taking apprenticeships and to venture out onto his own. With $2,000 of his own money that he had saved and a $10,000 loan from his friend, Barry Schwartz, Klein founded Calvin Klein Ltd. Schwartz became a partner and the two set out to make Klein’s dreams come true.

No Holds Barred: Schwartz Takes Onex to the Top
In 1983, Schwartz founded Onex with one single mission at hand: to search for and acquire under-managed and undervalued companies, streamline their operations, and sell the acquisitions for a profit after their asset bases had been added to. Early on, Schwartz focused on purchasing such big name companies as Purolator Courier Ltd., an in-flight catering company called Sky Chefs Inc., and Beatrice Foods. He sought to acquaint himself with companies that already had a recognized brand name that he could draw upon.

Lesson #1: A Company Is Only As Strong As The Team Behind It
“One of the hallmarks of Onex is that since I started the company in 1983, every professional who has joined the company at our Toronto head office is still here,” says Schwartz. “We’ve had no turnover.”

Lesson #2: Know When to Hold ‘Em and Know When to Fold ‘Em
In 1995, Schwartz embarked on one of his most ambitious business deals to date, and one that would forever haunt his career. That was the year Schwartz decided to put in his bid to buy the John Labatt Brewery. He had even been successful in persuading the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board to support his $2.3 billion bid to takeover the popular beer company. But Schwartz would not experience the smooth sailing he had predicted.

Lesson #3: Create Long-Term Value For Your Shareholders
Before Schwartz ever made a decision to acquire a company or not, he would always ask himself one question: what can this company become? Schwartz was not interested in making short-term profit. Instead, his number one goal centered around creating value for his shareholders. “Every decision Onex makes is made on the basis of creating long-term value,” says Schwartz. “Our philosophy is to operate like a forever owner of an asset.”
Lesson #4: Learn From Your Mistakes and Make Less
“The hardest lesson I’ve learned has been to not repeat the dumb mistakes I’ve made over the years,” says Schwartz, “which are too numerous to list.”

Canada’s Billionaire Businessman: How Schwartz Made Onex a Success
Schwartz is 66 years old this year but has no plans of slowing down. As Chairman and CEO of one of Canada’s most successful companies, Schwartz’s goals for the future remain the same as they have for the past quarter century: “More people. More transactions. Larger amounts of capital. Identical philosophy,” he says. How did this son of an auto-parts dealer become one of the Top Ten Wealth Creators in all of Canada?

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Book Review: Television Secrets for Marketing Success
Joseph Sugarman is probably best known for his BluBlocker® sunglasses, which he sold in print, by informercial, on QVC, and retail. Although this book is ten years old, his key insights are still relevant today.
How to Think and Dream Creatively: The Magic of Thinking Big
The only difference between a successful person and a non successful person is in the way that they think. Knowing that, if you could learn how to think like a successful person, wouldn’t that be a good investment in time? In re-reading The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz I realized that it is one thing to say “think like a successful person,” and it is another thing to know just exactly how to do that. “When you believe, your mind finds a way to do.” Schwartz suggests the following ways to help teach yourself how to think and dream creatively as successful people do:

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