Quotes from Brian Tracy

One Universe made up of all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of Being, and one Law, the Reason, shared by all thinking creatures, and one Truth. MARCUS AURELIUS

decision, discipline, and determination.

The biggest enemies we have to overcome on the road to success are not lack of ability and lack of opportunity but fears of failure and rejection and the doubts that they trigger.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is why most people would rather die than think.

It is rather pointless to go head to head with strong and entrenched competition. But numerous opportunities can be found in the marketplace for a company to maximize its unique qualities, differentiate its products and services, and go after a specific market segment where its competitors are weak and where you can develop superiority, where you can win battles.

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 who gets very little done.

No person or situation can make you fed anything-it is only the way you think about a situation that makes you feel the way you do.

read in your field for at least one hour every day.

Courage is a habit that is learned by acting courageously whenever the quality of courage is required.

THE FIRST SECRET of self-made millionaires is simple: Dream Big Dreams!

Facts tell but emotions sell, and most sales happen through emotion.

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.

No matter how you really feel at the moment or what is happening in your life, resolve to remain cheerful and upbeat. As Viktor Frankl wrote in his bestselling book Man's Search for Meaning, "The last of the human freedoms [is] to choose one's attitude in any given set of cricumstances.

You become what you hang around most.

Give up the drop. Become the ocean." – Rumi

Some authors suggest that you write down and review your goals once a month, others once a week. What I learned was the power of writing and rewriting your goals every single day.

If there is no solution, there is no problem.

You feel truly happy only when you are making progress step-by-step toward something that is important to you.

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

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." – Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

If there is an effect in your life that you want more of, you merely need to trace it back to the causes and repeat the causes. If there is an effect in your life that you do not enjoy, you need to trace it back to the causes and get rid of them.

Communicating is like that, because the way we communicate with our children shows how we feel about ourselves.

The key result areas of management are: Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Delegating, Supervising, Measuring and Reporting. These are the results that a manager must get to succeed in his or her area of responsibility. A weakness in any one of these areas can lead to underachievement and failure as a manager.

The cleaner and neater your work environment, the more positive, productive and confident you feel.