Brian Tracy Quotes
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The only thing we know about the future is that it will be faster changing and more unpredictable than the present.
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Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
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To discover new continents, you must be willing to lose sight of the shore.
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The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize that you can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do.
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Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.
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Destructive criticism is the biggest single enemy of human potential. It is worse than cancer or heart disease. While those diseases can ultimately lead to the deterioration and death of an individual, destructive criticism kills the soul of the person but leaves the body walking around.
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Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.
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Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor.
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Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.
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To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of direction. You need a commitment to something bigger and more important than yourself. You need to feel that your life stands for something, that you are somehow making a valuable contribution to your world.
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Be prepared to ride the cycles and trends of life; success is never permanent, and failure is never final.
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Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people. Your own level of self-acceptance is determined largely by how well you feel you are accepted by the important people in your life. Your attitude toward yourself is determined largely by the attitudes that you think other people have toward you. When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up. The best way to build a healthy personality involves understanding yourself and your feelings.
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Flood your life with ideas from many sources. Creativity needs to be exercised like a muscle. If you don't use it, you'll lose it!
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Treat objections as requests for further information.
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Many successful people get up before 6am in the morning. They have rituals. They exercise, stretch, organize their day, and walk through that series of rituals.
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Use testimonial letters from satisfied customers at every opportunity.
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If rejection destroys your self-esteem, you're letting others hold you as an emotional hostage.
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Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of excuses
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The more people you contact, the higher your sales will be because of the law of probabilities.
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Demonstrate to your customer the difference between price and cost. The price is what it takes to purchase the item. The cost is the amount the customer eventually pays. They are not the same.
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Great genius you already have. The super conscious mind is invariably triggered by definition, and by decisiveness.
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Your determination to become a more optimistic person in every part of your life will do more to ensure your success and happiness than any other single quality you can develop.
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Dress for success. Image is very important. People judge you by the way you look on the outside.
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Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.