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Signature Qualification CA that Empowers to Lead PAKISTAN Iftikhar Ahmed, FCA Jeddah, KSA If you look at the correlation of a person achieving great success in their work or various aspects of life and becoming rich or powerful, you will discover that they found and executed the formula of thinking big. Which in turn have assisted them in becoming an expert in the field, live the life of their dreams, and unlimited financial freedom. Big thinking needs the person to dream big. Once you are done with it, upsize it. Make your dream as majestic as you can. Often we shrink our dreams and objectives according to our present circumstances, which lead you to limit things. You should not allow this. You tend to be attracted towards the life you are always thinking about. So start now, supersize your dreams and objectives, as your life can rise as high as your thought process will permit it. Thinking big directs in adopting positive action and attitude which in turn makes it possible to accomplish. Thinking big can help you to overcome your failures and weaknesses and could help in rebuilding yourself which would facilitate in succeeding at your task. Adil Farooq Qureshi, ACA Rawalpindi Of course, thinking big leads to success. But then, success has different meanings for different people though one thing is for sure ̶ thinking big prepares you for success. It inculcates the habit of analysing situations and people around you, especially your supervisors and preempting inquiries/questions that might be put up to you while reviewing work or project, etc. The more you correctly foretell the queries you are going to face, the better you understand your supervisor’s working methodology and the larger the scope of responsibilities. This, in turn, prepares you for succession, which we all aspire, or at least should. In fact, organisations should make this quality a part of developmental program for each department and in their reports appraise the supervisors on how far they have been able to develop such abilities or skills. Qasim Abbas, FCA Toronto, Canada Yes, thinking big definitely leads to success, subject to firm determination, well planning and proper implementation with struggle. The result is a definite success. Thinking big is the foundation of success in any field. The most practical example is the vision of Pakistan, which was the result of big thinking and firm determination of the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, resulting the creation of Pakistan. Thinking big is every human being’s inborn and democratic right. Practically, it can be considered as a foundation of success, if it is well planned with firm determination and struggle. Thinking big as wishful thinking is a waste of time as per the famous English proverb: “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, day dream and build castles in the air.” Let me reiterate that my own rags to riches story was the result of thinking big published in The Pakistan Accountant (April-June 2017). The bottom line is that think big for achieving success, not merely as day dreaming. Awais Farooq, ACA Sialkot From my point of view yes, surely it does. All the innovation/progress in this world has been possible due to thinking big and out-of-the-box. From a touch screen mobile to satellite communication, all has been a result of thinking big and doing more. It develops a clear path or road map for one to follow. It helps to identify the ways in which things are done and most importantly, the ways in which things aren't done. Thinking big develops confidence and a positive attitude. Thomas A. Edison was once asked about his failures while inventing the bulb, and he said: "I didn't fail. I just found 10,000 ways in which a bulb cannot be made." There is a saying I truly believe in: "If you only do what you can, you will never be more than what you are now." 36 The Pakistan Accountant October - December 2017