“Epictetus, a Greek philosopher, once wrote, “Circumstances do not make the man. They merely reveal him to himself.”
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Brian Tracy
“Almost all stress, tension, anxiety, and frustration, both in life and in work, comes from doing one thing while you believe and value something completely different.”
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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
“You can’t help the poor by becoming one of them.”
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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 greatest problem of human life is fear. It is fear that robs us of
happiness. It is fear that causes us to settle for far less than we are
capable of. It is fear that is the root cause of negative emotions,
unhappiness and problems in human relationships.”
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Brian Tracy
“You are where you are and what you are because of yourself. Everything you are today, or ever will be in the future, is up to you. Your life today is the sum total result of your choices, decisions and actions up to this point. You can create your own future by changing your behaviors. You can make new choices and decisions that are more consistent with the person you want to be and the things you want to accomplish with your life.”
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Brian Tracy
“If there is one thing I know, it is this, rich people are remarkably unremarkable.”
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Brian Tracy
“Get it 80 percent right and then correct it later.”
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Brian Tracy
“The only way to overcome your fears is to "do the thing you fear," as Emerson wrote, "and the death of fear is certain.”
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Brian Tracy
“The potential consequences of any task or activity are the key determinants of how important a task really is to you and to your company.”
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Brian Tracy
“There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.” —MARK TWAIN”
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Brian Tracy
“When you train yourself, through repetition and practice, to overcome procrastination and get your most important tasks completed quickly, you will move yourself onto the fast track in your life and career and step on the accelerator.”
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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
