Brian Tracy Quotes

Economists say the inability to delay gratification is a primary predictor of economic failure in life.

Describe your product in terms of what it does not in terms of what it is.

Obstacles come to instruct, not obstruct.

If there is no cure, you must endure.

You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.

Fast tempo is essential for success; do it, fix it, try it!

There's only one direction you can coast-downhill.

A wish has been defined as a 'goal with no energy behind it.' Hope is not a strategy.

The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things.

Almost all stress, tension, anxiety, and frustration, both in life and in work, comes from doing one thing while you believe and value something completely different.

Imagine if your business burned down and you had to walk across the street and start again, what would you do differently?

Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?

Persistence is the measurement of your belief in yourself.

Persistence is the great measure of individual human character.

Become the very best in your business!

Combine the dual qualities of empathy and ambitionin every sales relationship.

Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it.

Entrepreneurial leadership requires the ability to move quickly when opportunity presents itself.

Success is the ability to live your life, the way you want to live it, doing what you enjoy most, surrounded by people you admire and respect.

When you see yourself as calm, positive, truthful and possessed of high character, you behave with greater strength. Other people respect you more. You feel in control of yourself and the situation.

Decide today to design and build the ideal relationship in your life. It's up to you.

All skills are learnable.

Your financial success is directly related to the size of the problem you solve for other people (solve BIG problems and you'll make BIG money).

Your physical, mental and intellectual resources - continually growing and changing - are your personal capital.

Use testimonial letters from satisfied customers at every opportunity.

The fastest way to improve your relationships is to make others feel important in every way possible.

You are not what you think you are, but what you THINK, you ARE.

Take complete control over the messages you allow into your conscious mind.

Discipline yourself to find something positive in every situation every day. You attract positivity when you are positive within.

Your mind is like a garden - unless you cultivate flowers, weeds will flourish. To keep your mind positive, substitute positive thoughts for negative thoughts.

The only real antidote to worry or problems is systematic, purposeful action in the direction of your goals.

Be intensely result-oriented in everything you do. This is a key characteristic of high performers.

You have the ability, right now, to exceed all your previous levels of accomplishment

The quality of your thinking is largely determined by the quantity of the information you have with which to work

Time management is really personal management, life management. and management of yourself.

Jim Rohn is outstanding! He is among the most polished, professional speakers in America, with a message everyone should hear.

Effective performance is preceded by painstaking preparation

Develop wisdom in sales by reflecting on your experience, and learning everything you can from every call.

Develop a benovolent world view;look for the good in the people and circumstances around you.

Develop a mentor at each stage of your career - someone who will give you guidance and advice.

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.

Every action (or inaction) involves a choice between what is more important and what is less important.

Remind yourself that problems come not to obstruct, but to instruct.

The only pressure that you use in a professional selling presentation is the presence of silence after the closing question.

If you consistently and persistently do the things that other successful people do, nothing in the world can stop you from being a big success also.

Offer your customers a long-term relationship, then do everything possible to build and maintain it.

The difference between the top performers and the average or mediocre performers is not a great, massive difference. It is just a tiny difference because the top performers do things just a tiny bit.

Every great leap in life comes after you have made a clear decision of some kind.

The key to success is to develop a winning edge.

Demonstrate to your customer the difference between price and cost. The price is what it takes to purchase the item. The cost is the amount the customer eventually pays. They are not the same.