“Josh Billings wrote, “It’s not what a man knows that hurts him; it’s what he knows that isn’t true.”
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Brian Tracy
“As Pat Riley, the basketball coach, said, "Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.”
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Brian Tracy
“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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Brian Tracy
“Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the numbers, in the right orders, so you can have anything you want.”
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Brian Tracy
“The highest paid Americans read an average of two to three hours per day. The lowest paid Americans don't read at all...
...58% of adults never read another book after they leave high school—including 42% of university graduates...
...43.6% of American adults read below the 7th grade level... they are functionally illiterate... fully 50% of high school graduates cannot read their graduation diplomas, nor fill out an application form for a job at McDonald’s...”
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Brian Tracy
“the quality of your thinking is largely determined by the quantity of the information you have with which to work ”
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Brian Tracy
“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself and be lenient to everyone else.” —HENRY WARD BEECHER, NINETEENTH-CENTURY CLERGYMAN”
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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 biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current
job, industry, education, experience or interests.”
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Brian Tracy
“No person or situation can make you
feel anything-it is only the way you think about a situation that
makes you feel the way you do.”
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Brian Tracy
“Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.”
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Brian Tracy
“Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than
any other.
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Brian Tracy
“The ability to concentrate singlemindedly 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. This key insight is the heart and soul of this book.
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Brian Tracy
“Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing
difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is
simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.”
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Brian Tracy
“Your future largely depends on what you learn and practice from this moment onward.”
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Brian Tracy
