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Brian Tracy (born January 5, 1944) is a Canadian-American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and bestselling author. Rising from humble beginnings as a salesman, he built a global training empire through Brian Tracy International. He has authored over 70 books including the famous "Eat That Frog!" and has trained millions of professionals worldwide in sales, time management, and personal development. His practical strategies for business success have made him one of the most influential figures in the personal growth industry.

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Famous Brian Tracy Quotes

“There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.”

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“Learn from the experts. Study successful men and women and do what they do and you'll be successful too.”

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“No matter how successful you've been in the past the question is what's your next miracle.”

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“I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and then determine how you will achieve them (what skills you will have to learn, what actions will you have to take). And these are totally under your control. These are not dependent upon anyone else.”

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“To be successful, you need to really work hard. And every study in the last 50 years says that successful people say, "I am not smarter than anybody else. I just want to work harder and longer."”

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“How often does the tightrope walker balance when walking across the tightrope? All the time! It is the same thing if you really want to have a successful career, and you want to have a happy home life. It is a matter of balance.”

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“Most successful businesses in the country were started on a kitchen table. As long as people have needs unmet or problems unsolved, there are business opportunities.”

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“Many successful people get up before 6am in the morning. They have rituals. They exercise, stretch, organize their day, and walk through that series of rituals.”

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“I believe in the perfect outcome in every area of my life! Expect to be successful! Expect to win!”

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“The primary reason for underachievement and failure is that the great majority of people don't decide to be successful.”

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Book:Getting Rich Your Own Way: Achieve All Your Financial Goals Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

Source: Getting Rich Your Own Way: Achieve All Your Financial Goals Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

“There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character.”

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“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.”

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Book:The 21 Success Secrets of Self-made Millionaires: How to Achieve Financial Independence Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible: Easyread Large Bold Edition

Source: The 21 Success Secrets of Self-made Millionaires: How to Achieve Financial Independence Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible: Easyread Large Bold Edition

“The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, the other guy has the best territory. The Successful Salesperson says, every territory is the best one. The Unsuccessful Salesperson says, that company will never buy. The Successful Salesperson says, I can make that company buy.”

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“Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?”

“Successful people are simply those with successful habits.”

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“Successful people tend to become more successful because they are always thinking about their successes.”

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“If you envy successful people, you create a negative force field of attraction that repels you from ever doing the things that you need to do to be successful. If you admire successful people, you create a positive force field of attraction that draws you toward becoming more and more like the kinds of people that you want to be like.”

“One of the marks of successful people is they are action oriented. One of the marks of average people is they are talk oriented.”

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“All successful people, men and women, are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”

“No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.”

“Many of the most successful men and women in the world never graduated from college. They attended the school of life instead.”

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“The quality of love and the duration of a relationship are in direct proportion to the depth of the commitment by both people to making the relationship successful. Commit yourself wholeheartedly and unconditionally to the most important people in your life.”

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“Never consider the possibility of failure; as long as you persist, you will be successful.”

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“If you conduct yourself as though you expect to be successful and happy, you will seldom be disappointed.”

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“The essence of a successful business is really quite simple. It is your ability to offer a product or service that people will pay for at a price sufficiently above your costs, ideally three or four or five times your cost, thereby giving you a profit that enables you to buy and to offer more products and services.”

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“What are the critical success factors of your job? What must you be absolutely, positively excellent at doing to be successful?”

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Book:Mastering Your Time

Source: Mastering Your Time

“The predominant quality of successful people is optimism.... Your level of optimism is the very best predictor of how happy, healthy, wealthy, and long-lived you will be.”

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Book:Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals

Source: Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals

“Assume that whatever situation you are facing at the moment is exactly the right situation you need to ultimately be successful. This situation has been sent to help you become better, to help you expand and grow.”

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“I found every single successful person I've ever spoken to had a turning point. The turning point was when they made a clear, specific unequivocal decision that they were going to achieve success. Some people make that decision at 15 and some people make it at 50, and most people never make it at all.”

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“You are where you are and what you are because of yourself, nothing else. Nature is neutral. Nature doesn't care. If you do what other successful people do, you will enjoy the same results and rewards that they do. And if you don't, you won't.”

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Book:Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals

Source: Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals

“If you expect to be successful, you will eventually be successful. If you expect to be happy and popular, you will be happy and popular. If you expect to be healthy and prosperous, that is what will happen... Always think and talk positively about the future. Start every morning by saying: 'I believe something wonderful is going to happen to me today.' Then, throughout the day, expect the best.”

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“The law of cause and effect: If you do what other successful people do, you will eventually get the results that other successful people get.”

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Book:The 21 Success Secrets of Self-made Millionaires: How to Achieve Financial Independence Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible: Easyread Large Bold Edition

Source: The 21 Success Secrets of Self-made Millionaires: How to Achieve Financial Independence Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible: Easyread Large Bold Edition

“There is an interesting point about the price of success: It must always be paid in full-and in advance. Everyone wants to be successful. Everyone wants to be healthy, happy, thin, and rich. But most people are not willing to pay the price.”