Chapter 6 Explore Possibility Thinking “Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said could not be done.” —SAM EWING People who embrace possibility thinking are capable of accomplishing tasks that seem impossible because they believe in solutions. Here are several reasons why you should become a possibility thinker: 1. Possibility Thinking Increases Your Possibilities When you believe you can do something difficult—and you succeed—many doors open for you. When George Lucas succeeded in making Star Wars , despite those who said the special effects he wanted hadn’t ever been done and couldn’t be done, many other possibilities opened up to him. Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), the company he created to produce those “impossible” special effects, became a source of revenue to help underwrite his other projects. He was able to produce merchandising tie-ins to his movies, thus bringing in another revenue stream t...