Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy
Canadian motivational speaker and author who spoke in more than fifty countries. His popular self-help titles include Get Paid More and Promoted Faster and The Miracle of Self-discipline: The No-Excuses Way to Getting Things Done.
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth5 January 1944
CityVancouver, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
competent
The future belongs to the competent
life selfish heart
Being happy requires that you define your life in your own terms and then throw your whole heart into living your life to the fullest. In a way, happiness requires that you be perfectly selfish in order to develop yourself to a point where you can be unselfish for the rest of your life.
success
Success comes in cans, not can'ts.
want where-you-are plans
Plan your work and work your plan. Decide in advance exactly how you are going to get from where you are to where you want to go.
design financial achieve
Design your financial future in every respect, and then make a plan to achieve it.
rejection remember fear-of-rejection
Refuse to let the fear of rejection hold you back. Remember, rejection is never personal.
goal paper soil
Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil.
home quality quantity
It's quantity of time at home and quality of time at work that counts; don't mix them up!
years keys people
A hundred years ago-even 20 or 30 years ago-it was possible, if not always easy, to close major business by calling on and satisfying a key decision-maker. Today, every piece of business entails multiple decisions, and those decisions are virtually never made by the same person. Not only do you have to contend with multiple decisions, but the people who make those decisions may not even work in the same place.
gratitude attitude attitude-of-gratitude
Develop an 'attitude of gratitude.
leadership high-standards mediocrity
Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance.
important needs worthwhile
Satisfy the deep subconscious needs of your customers - to feel important, to feel valued, respected and worthwhile
organization essentials function
Every employee must be essential to the functions of the organization.
children talking parent
Spouses should spend at least one full hour each day talking together about subjects that have nothing to do with their work or business. Children need at least ten minutes of face-to-face contact with their parents each day.