Brian Tracy Quotes
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Describe your product in terms of what it does not in terms of what it is.
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Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!
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The value of a relationship is in direct proportion to the time that you invest in the relationship.
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Dedicate yourself to continuous personal improvement you are your most precious resource
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Start with a picture of your goal as already achieved in the future, and work back to the present. Imagine the steps that you would have taken to get from where you are now to where you want to be.
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Turn your stumbling blocks into steppingstones to success.
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Think, walk, talk and act like a nonsmoker and you will soon be one
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Praise is a powerful people-builder. Catch individuals doing something right.
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All improvement in your life begins with an improvement in your mental pictures.
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If you think education is expensive, you should try ignorance
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Throughout my career, I have discovered and rediscovered a simple truth.It is this: the ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely, is the key to great success, achievement, respect, status and happiness in life.
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When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up.
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Develop a clear vision for your organization. Where do you want to be in five years?
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Outstanding leaders have a sense of mission, a belief in themselves and the value of their work.
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The tendency to follow the path of least resistance guarantees failure in life.
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One of the most important rules of personal effectiveness is the 10/90 rule.
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There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.
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It doesn't matter where you came from, it doesn't matter how poor you are, it doesn't matter where your family was. It all doesn't matter. You can achieve anything if you have really clear goals and if you work really hard to learn what you need to learn.
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You cannot control all of what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward all of what happens to you...You can choose to be happy and grateful rather than disappointed and bitter, by focusing on how it could have turned out worse but didn't, rather than how it could have turned out better but didn't.
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Every great human achievement is preceeded by extended periods of dedicated, concentrated effort.
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At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.
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All the businesses from the beginning of history have struggled with product development (assuming there is a market, doing the market testing and so on). But now they start with customer development. Get the customer who says, "Yes. I want that. I need it. I wanna use it. I'll pay for it." And then you go back and work with your engineers. It is changing the world!
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A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions. There is something about a well-worded question that often penetrates to the heart of the matter and triggers new ideas and insights.
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The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.