“Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
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Brian Tracy
“The most important success principle of all was stated by Elbert Hubbard, one of the most prolific writers in American history, at the beginning of the twentieth century. He said, ‘Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
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Brian Tracy
“Any thought or action that you repeat over and over will eventually become a new habit.”
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Brian Tracy
“The law of Forced Efficiency says that "There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.”
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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
“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
“What excites you? What do you do well? What can you do better? In short what does success mean to you?”
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Brian Tracy
“Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.”
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Brian Tracy
“In 80 percent or more of cases, people have three goals in common: first, a financial and career goal; second, a family or personal relationship goal; and third, a health or a fitness goal. And this is as it should be. These are the three most important areas of life. If you give yourself a grade on a scale of one to ten in each of these three areas, you can immediately identify where you are doing well in life and where you need some improvement.”
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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
“The comfort zone is the greatest enemy of human potential.”
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Brian Tracy
“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.”
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Brian Tracy
“Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing.
If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.”
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Brian Tracy
“There is a special way that you can accelerate your progress toward becoming the highly productive, effective, efficient person that you want to be.”
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Brian Tracy
“Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.”
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Brian Tracy
