Quotes from Brian Tracy

You can't decide to value your child sometimes, and then put a game of Farmville, or golf, or a scrapbooking session before kids on other days. Values are non-negotiable like that.

The only way to overcome your fears is to do the thing you fear, as Emerson wrote, and the death of fear is certain.

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. The biggest enemies we have to overcome on the road to success are not a lack of ability and a lack of opportunity but fears of failure and rejection and the doubts that they trigger. The only way to overcome your fears is to do the thing you fear

you. Viktor Frankl, the founder of Logotherapy, wrote that the greatest need of human beings is for a sense of meaning and purpose in life, for a goal to work toward.

The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.

The more you discipline yourself to persist on a major task, the more you like and respect yourself, and the higher is your self-esteem.

In 80 percent or more of cases, people have three goals in common: first, a financial and career goal; second, a family or personal relationship goal; and third, a health or a fitness goal. And this is as it should be. These are the three most important areas of life. If you give yourself a grade on a scale of one to ten in each of these three areas, you can immediately identify where you are doing well in life and where you need some improvement.

Before you begin scrambling up the ladder of success, make sure that it is leaning against the right building.

There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason." —MARK TWAIN

Everything is learnable, and what others have learned, you can learn as well.

The world is full of people who are waiting for someone to come along and motivate them to be the kind of people they wish they could be. The problem is that no one is coming to the rescue. These

Your ability to choose between the important and the unimportant is the key determinant of your success in life and work.

The first rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first. This

Continually upgrade your skills in your key result areas. Remember, however good you are today, your knowledge and skills are becoming obsolete at a rapid rate. As Pat Riley, the basketball coach, said, "Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

The more we spend time in defining things, the more unconscious we are of the present moment. This moment is the source of our present happiness and also the origin of the future we can create.

Where is your real power? Is it in the title you carry? Is it in the possessions you have – a nice car, a big house, money in the bank? Is it in your status? No, your power is not outside you. It's within you. External power may feed your ego, but internal power is empowering; external power is temporary, internal power is permanent; external power is limited, internal power is limitless.

Help yourself warm up and prepare mentally by repeating, "I feel happy! I feel healthy! I feel terrific!" It is not possible for you to talk positively to yourself, using words like this, without immediately feeling happier and more confident.

utilizan su tiempo mucho mejor que la persona promedio.

If you constantly think thoughts of boldness and courage and self-assertion, you become progressively bolder and more courageous and more self-assertive. The more you dwell on the person you would like to be, with the qualities you would like to have, the more you implant those deep into your subconscious mind where they become part of your ongoing evolution. What you habitually think about eventually becomes a part of your character and your personality.

A partir de este punto, vea y piense en sí mismo como dueño y señor de su propio destino, absolutamente al mando de su propia vida.

Any thought or action that you repeat over and over will eventually become a new habit.

Michael Kami, the strategy expert wrote, Those who do not plan for the future cannot have one.

The self-confidence that comes with feeling in control is why a person with a clear purpose and a plan always has an edge over someone who is vague or unsure.

Each act of self-discipline strengthens every other act of self-discipline. Every act of persistence strengthens every other act of persistence. When you discipline yourself to persist, over and over, you like and respect yourself more and more. You become stronger and more confident. Eventually, you become unstoppable.