“rule, once again, is that every minute spent in planning and creating checklists will save you ten minutes in execution and getting the job done
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Brian Tracy
“Love only grows by sharing. You can only have more for yourself by giving it away to others.”
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Brian Tracy
“What one great thing would you dare to dream, if you knew you could not fail?”
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Brian Tracy
“The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.”
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Brian Tracy
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself and be lenient to everyone else.” —HENRY WARD BEECHER, NINETEENTH-CENTURY CLERGYMAN”
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Brian Tracy
“Before you begin work, always ask yourself, "Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?”
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Brian Tracy
“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
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Brian Tracy
“Your ability to think, plan, and work hard in the short term and to discipline yourself to do what is right and necessary before you do what is fun and easy is the key to creating a wonderful future for yourself.”
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Brian Tracy
“The highest paid Americans read an average of two to three hours per day. The lowest paid Americans don't read at all...
...58% of adults never read another book after they leave high school—including 42% of university graduates...
...43.6% of American adults read below the 7th grade level... they are functionally illiterate... fully 50% of high school graduates cannot read their graduation diplomas, nor fill out an application form for a job at McDonald’s...”
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Brian Tracy
“You can’t decide to value your child sometimes, and then put a game of Farmville, or golf, or a scrapbooking session before kids on other days. Values are non-negotiable like that.”
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Brian Tracy
“Awareness is the starting point of every quest and the outcome of every journey.”
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Brian Tracy
“Before you begin scrambling up the ladder of success, make sure that it is leaning against the right building.”
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Brian Tracy
“Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
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Brian Tracy
“your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop.”
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Brian Tracy
