“Priorities versus Posteriorities Setting priorities requires setting posteriorities as well. A priority is something that you do more of and sooner, whereas a posteriority is something you do less of or later. You are probably already overwhelmed with too much to do and too little time. Because of this, for you to embark on a new task, you must discontinue an old task. Getting into something new requires getting out of another activity. Before you commit to a new undertaking, ask yourself, “What am I going to stop doing so that I have enough time to work on this new task?” Go through your life regularly and practice “creative abandonment”: Consciously determine the activities that you are going to discontinue so that you have more time to spend on those tasks that can really make a difference to your future.”
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Brian Tracy
“Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.”
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Brian Tracy
“Excellence/Perfection is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.”
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Brian Tracy
“The seventh key is that you must have a major definite purpose for your life. You must have one goal that, if you accomplish it, can do more to help you improve your life than any other single goal.”
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Brian Tracy
“Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always
find it.”
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Brian Tracy
“If there is no solution, there is no problem.”
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Brian Tracy
“Josh Billings wrote, “It’s not what a man knows that hurts him; it’s what he knows that isn’t true.”
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Brian Tracy
“There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.” —MARK TWAIN”
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Brian Tracy
“Three Steps to Mastery First, read in your field for at least one hour every day. Get up a little earlier in the morning and read for thirty to sixty minutes in a book or magazine that contains information that can help you to be more effective and productive at what you do. Second,”
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Brian Tracy
“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.”
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Brian Tracy
“An average person with average talent, ambition and education can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.”
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Brian Tracy
“The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.”
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Brian Tracy
“Almost all stress, tension, anxiety, and frustration, both in life and in work, comes from doing one thing while you believe and value something completely different.”
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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
