“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
“it's impossible to remain angry or blame other people for problems in your life when you are saying , "I am responsible”
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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
“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
“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”
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Brian Tracy
“A person who really likes himself or herself has high self-esteem and therefore a positive self-concept. When you really like yourself in a particular role, you perform at your best in that role.”
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Brian Tracy
“Future intent influences and often determines present actions.”
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Brian Tracy
“Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year, and will guarantee your success.”
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Brian Tracy
“The sad fact is that people are poor because they have not yet decided to be rich. People are overweight and unfit because they have not yet decided to be thin and fit. People are inefficient time wasters because they haven’t yet decided to be highly productive in everything they do.”
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Brian Tracy
“The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you
want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve.
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Brian Tracy
“It is impossible to succeed without failing.”
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Brian Tracy
“The law of increasing returns says that the more you focus on doing the few things that represent the most valuable use of your time, the better you become at those activities and the less time it takes you to accomplish each one.”
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Brian Tracy
“The Law of Forced Efficiency says, “There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important things.”
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Brian Tracy
“You can become proficient with a computer. You can become a terrific negotiator or a super salesperson. You can learn to speak in public. You can learn to write effectively and well. These are all skills you can acquire as soon as you decide to and make them a priority. Three”
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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
