“The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.”
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Brian Tracy
“An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.”
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Brian Tracy
“The fact is that your productivity begins to decline after eight or nine hours of work. For this reason, working long hours into the night, although it is sometimes necessary, means that you are usually producing less and less in more and more time. The more tired you become, the worse the quality of your work will be and the more mistakes you will make. At a certain point, you can reach “the wall” and simply be unable to continue, like a battery that is run down.”
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Brian Tracy
“How shall we live in order to be happy?” Your ability to ask and answer that question correctly for yourself—and then to follow where your answer leads you—will largely determine whether you achieve your own happiness, and how soon.”
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Brian Tracy
“Success is the ability to solve problems as well. A goal or an objective unachieved, in any area, is merely a problem unsolved. This is why a systematic approach to problem solving, one that works at a higher level and more consistently, is absolutely vital for you to achieve the maximum success that is possible for you. Think”
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Brian Tracy
“Never talk about the content. Talk about the outcome.”
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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
“The law of correspondence says your outer world is a mirror of your inner world. Your outer world corresponds to your inner world. Your outer world of your relationships—especially with your children and spouse—simply corresponds to how you feel about yourself, how you’re doing”
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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
“The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers.”
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Brian Tracy
“THE FIRST SECRET of self-made millionaires is simple: Dream Big Dreams!”
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Brian Tracy
“When everything is laid out neatly and in sequence, you will feel much more like getting on with the job.”
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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
“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
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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