Quotes from Brian Tracy

I believe something wonderful is going to happen to me today.

They discovered that the most powerful of all motivators was described as "knowing what's expected.

It is the quality of time at work that counts and the quantity of time at home that matters.

The Keys to Courage and Confidence

The fact is that your productivity begins to decline after eight or nine hours of work. For this reason, working long hours into the night, although it is sometimes necessary, means that you are usually producing less and less in more and more time. The more tired you become, the worse the quality of your work will be and the more mistakes you will make. At a certain point, you can reach "the wall" and simply be unable to continue, like a battery that is run down.

Identify the 20 percent of your products and services that account for 80 percent of your sales and profits. How could you sell more of them?

The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

Time management is really life management, personal management. It is really taking control of the sequence of events. Time management is taking control over what you do next.

The only skill that will be important in the twenty-first century will be the skill of learning new skills. All else will eventually become obsolete.

Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along. NAPOLEON HILL

Cualquier acción que se repite a menudo se convierte en un hábito; un hábito permitido gana fuerza regularmente. Al principio no es más que una tela de araña, que se rompe fácilmente, pero si resiste, pronto nos atará con cadenas de acero.

DO WHAT THE TOP PEOPLE DO

Las emociones negativas no pueden existir a menos que puedas explicarte a ti y a los demás por qué tienes derecho a sentirte como te sientes con respecto a cierta persona o situación

Una de mis historias favoritas es sobre un joven que va a un viejo filósofo y le dice: «La vida es dura». El filósofo responde: «¿En comparación con qué?».

Make your life a masterpiece; imaging no limitations on what you can be, have or do.

Hasta ahora, ha determinado toda su vida por las elecciones y decisiones que ha hecho o dejado de hacer. Si hay algo en su vida que no le guste, usted es el responsable. Si hay algo de lo que no está contento, a usted le toca dar los pasos necesarios para cambiarlo y mejorarlo de forma que sea más de su gusto.

Para incrementar tus ingresos, debes lograr tus propósitos económicos en tu mente antes de que puedas lograrlos alguna vez en la realidad. Tu propósito debe ser elevar tu concepto de nivel de ingresos poco a poco hasta que pienses, te veas y te sientas como alguien que gana ingresos más altos.

Galileo once wrote, "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.

El tiempo fluye ininterrumpidamente de todos modos. La única pregunta es qué uso hace de él y dónde va a estar usted al cabo de las semanas y meses que pasan. Y dónde acabe depende en gran parte de la atención que preste a las consecuencias probables de sus acciones a corto plazo.

The third key is that goals must be time bounded, with schedules, deadlines, and subdeadlines. In fact, there are no unrealistic goals; there are merely unrealistic deadlines.

Perhaps the most important word in the world of work is "contribution." Your rewards, both financial and emotional, will always be in direct proportion to your results, to the value of your contribution. If you want to increase your rewards, you must focus on increasing the value of what you do. You must dedicate yourself to contributing more results to your company. And there are always three key tasks that contribute the most.

The first key is that goals must be clear, specific, detailed, and written down. A goal cannot be vague or general, like being happy or making more money.

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

The second key to goal setting is that goals must be measurable and objective. They must be capable of being analyzed and evaluated by a third party.