Quotes from 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.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

The fact is that you can't do everything that you have to do. You have to procrastinate on something. Therefore, procrastinate on small tasks.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.

The better you get at your key skills, the more you accomplish in a shorter period of time.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

If you want to sail your ship in a different direction, you must turn one degree at a time.

Investigate carefully before you invest. Spend as much time researching the investment as you spend earning the money.

The only time you'll ever have is now.

You cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond, but you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being.

Poor or fuzzy communications are major time-wasters. Take the time to be crystal-clear in your communications with others.

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.

Time is your most precious resource; make every minute count.

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

The greatest poverty in America today is time poverty. People have money, but they don't have time.

One of the most important rules of personal effectiveness is the 10/90 rule.

Remember, you only have to succeed the last time.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

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.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.

Always concentrate on the most valuable use of your time. This is what separates the winners from the losers. Self-esteem is the reputation you have with yourself.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

Self-doubt does more to sabotage individual potential than all external limitations put together.