“An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.”
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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
“Get it 80 percent right and then correct it later.”
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Brian Tracy
“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”
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Brian Tracy
“Make a decision today that, from now on, you are going to eliminate all the “if only’s” from your life.”
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Brian Tracy
“The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing.”
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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
“All change is from the inner to the outer. All change begins in the self-concept. You must become the person you want to be on the inside before you see the appearance of this person on the outside.”
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Brian Tracy
“Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing.
If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.”
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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
“If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings. ”
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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
“Any goal can be achieved if you break it down into enough small parts.”
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Brian Tracy
“The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you
help others, the more they will want to help you.”
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Brian Tracy