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Who Is Brian Tracy?
Brian Tracy (born January 5, 1944) is a Canadian-American motivational public speaker and self-development author. He is the author of over eighty self help books that have been translated into dozens of languages.
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The 10 Best Brian Tracy Books of All Time
Why these best Brian Tracy books and not others? The best Brian Tracy books below are the top picks from my long list of all Brian Tracy’s books, ranked by a combination of Goodreads rating, number of Goodreads reviews and publication date. The aim is to surface what’s most loved, what’s most popular and what’s proven timelessly relevant.
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Brian Tracy Quotes
Difficulties come not to obstruct, but to instruct.
“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.”
“I had fallen into the mental trap of assuming that people who were doing better than me were actually better than me. What I learned was that this was not necessarily true. They were just doing things differently, and what they had learned to do, within reason, I could learn as well.”
“The ability to concentrate single-mindedly 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.”
“The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.
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.”
“Your success in life and work will be determined by the kinds of habits that you develop over time. The habit of setting priorities, overcoming procrastination, and getting on with your most important task is a mental and physical skill.”
“All improvements in your outer life begin with improvements on the inside, in your mental pictures.”
“One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not be done at all.”
“Motivation requires motive.”
“There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.”
“You can use three questions on a regular basis to keep yourself focussed on completing your most important tasks on schedule.
The first question is, ‘What are my highest value activities?’
The second question is, ‘What can I and only I do that if done well will make a real difference?’
The third question is, ‘What is the most valuable use of my time right now?'”
“Fully 85 percent of your happiness in life will come from happy relationships with other people, especially those closest to you, as well as the members of your family. The critical determinant of the quality of your relationships is the amount of time that you spend face-to-face with the people you love, and who love you in return.”
“It is the quality of time at work that counts and the quantity of time at home that matters.”
“Get it 80 percent right and then correct it later. Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes. Don’t expect perfection the first time or even the first few times. Be prepared to fail over and over before you get it right.”
“Feed yourself as you would feed a world-class athlete before a competition because, in many respects, that’s what you are before starting work each day.”
“It is not what happens to you but the way that you interpret things that are happening to you that determines how you feel.”
“It turns out that optimists have four special behaviors, all learned through practice and repetition.
First, optimists look for the good in every situation.
Second, optimists always seek the valuable lesson in every setback or difficulty.
Third, optimists always look for the solution to every problem.
Fourth, optimists think and talk continually about their goals.”
“I have several friends who have become best-selling authors by simply resolving to write one page or even one paragraph per day until the book was completed.”
“One of the best work habits of all if to get up early and work at home in the morning for several hours. You can get three times as much work done at home without interruptions as you ever could in a busy office where you are surrounded by people and bombarded by phone calls.”
“If you do what other successful people do, over and over again, nothing in the world can stop you from eventually getting the same results that they do. And if you don’t, nothing can help you.”
“Small differences in ability can lead to enormous differences in results.”
“There are two major obstacles to making and closing any sale. They are both mental. They are the fear of failure and the fear of rejection.”
“This fear of failure and disappointment is the number one reason why customers do not buy. So, one of the most important things you can do in the process of building trust and credibility is to reduce the customer’s fear to the point where he has no hesitation about going ahead with your offer.”
“Perhaps the two most fundamental qualities for success in sales are boldness and persistence.”
“The primary emotion in sales success is enthusiasm. Enthusiasm accounts for 50 percent or more of all sales ability. One of the very best definitions of a sale is ‘a transfer of enthusiasm.'”
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