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What are the critical success factors of your job? What must you be absolutely, positively excellent at doing to be successful?
Brian Tracy
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First you put in, then you get out.
Brian Tracy
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Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.
Brian Tracy
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The best time to practice mental rehearsal is at night in bed, just before you fall asleep. The last thing you do before you doze off is to imagine yourself performing at your best the following day. You will be amazed at how often the upcoming event or experience happens exactly as you imagined it.
Brian Tracy
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Your brain has more than 100 billion cells, each connected to at least 20,000 other cells. The possible combinations are greater than the number of molecules in the known universe.
Brian Tracy
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Manage by exception.Only require reporting when there is a deviation from the plan.
Brian Tracy
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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.
Brian Tracy
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People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
Brian Tracy
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Sometimes we need to let go of things in our lives to make room for better things. Stress less and live more. Don't waste your energy, when you have the choice to be happy.
Brian Tracy
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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.
Brian Tracy
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Everything in life is a checklist, whether it's building a birdhouse or building a kitchen. If you don't have a checklist, you're much more likely to forget something.
Brian Tracy
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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.
Brian Tracy
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The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
Brian Tracy
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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.
Brian Tracy
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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.
Brian Tracy
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Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.
Brian Tracy
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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!
Brian Tracy
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Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.
Brian Tracy
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Ignorance breeds fear; the more you learn about your subject, the less fear it holds for you.
Brian Tracy
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Get the facts. Ask questions and listen intently to the answers before responding.
Brian Tracy
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Most of your happiness will come from your relationships with others. Handle them with care.
Brian Tracy
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No matter how many personal productivity techniques you master, there will always be more to do than you can ever accomplish in the time you have available to you, no matter how much it is.
Brian Tracy
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If you think education is expensive, you should try ignorance
Brian Tracy
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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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