“The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.”
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Brian Tracy
“Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.”
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Brian Tracy
“Rule: Resist the temptation to clear up small things first. Remember, whatever you choose to do over and over eventually becomes a habit that is hard to break. If you choose to start your day working on low-value tasks, you will soon develop the habit of always starting and working on low-value tasks. This is not the kind of habit you want to develop or keep. The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you will be naturally motivated to continue. A part of your mind loves to be busy working on significant tasks that can really make a difference. Your job is to feed this part of your mind continually. Motivate”
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Brian Tracy
“The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and
respect yourself.”
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Brian Tracy
“knowing how to deal with change effectively is a primary requirement for living successfully in perhaps the most exciting time in all of human history ”
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Brian Tracy
“Excellence/Perfection is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.”
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Brian Tracy
“Epictetus, a Greek philosopher, once wrote, “Circumstances do not make the man. They merely reveal him to himself.”
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Brian Tracy
“People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.”
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Brian Tracy
“The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.”
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Brian Tracy
“feel their self-worth is pretty high, so that they can achieve; so that they can take on the world—so”
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Brian Tracy
“Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.”
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Brian Tracy
“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
“The most important success principle of all was stated by Elbert Hubbard, one of the most prolific writers in American history, at the beginning of the twentieth century. He said, ‘Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”
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Brian Tracy
“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.”
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Brian Tracy
“Your life only gets better when you get better.”
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Brian Tracy
