"Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons; great achievements are not possible without them."
Brian Tracy
Author, Speaker
Brian Tracy is a renowned author and speaker known for his expertise in personal development and success strategies.
- Born
- January 5, 1944
- Quotes
- 785
- Rank
- #328
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"Your success will be affected by the quality and quantity of new ideas you suggest."
"Proper business planning demands that you focus on the self-interest of the customer at all times."
"My favorite word is clarity...clarity...clarity. And the critical clarity is what is the transformation that is going to take place in the customer's life or work when they buy and use your product? And how profound is that? How important is that? You know the old saying, "If you could come up with a cure for cancer you'd be a billionaire by the end of the week" because of that profound result."
"I work with people who come up with an idea and people throw money at it. They say, "Geeze, can I give you some money? Can I get a piece of that?" So, if your concept is good everything else becomes much easier. If your concept is unclear, then everything else is harder"
"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."
"And I love to speak - I am very good at it. And if you love to do something, you're very good at it, and also you are paid well, why would you not do it? Why would you stop?"
"Network marketing itself is always one-on-one. It's also called relationship marketing. You can't recruit en masse through thousands of e-mails."
"There's an interesting study that says wealthy people get up three hours before their first outside appointment."
"Your solution for a customer has to be either amazingly valuable to someone who will pay an enormous amount of money for it or has to be valuable to an enormous number of people who pay a small amount. And also the person you're talking to-especially if you want to raise capital or raise support-has to personally say, "I want that. I like that. That sounds really great. I want that for myself.""
"Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to customers."
"You can accomplish virtually anything if you want it badly enough and if you are willing to work long enough and hard enough."
"All wealth comes from adding value, from producing more, better, cheaper, faster, and easier than someone else."
"If you do not do the thing you fear, the fear controls your life."
"Money is hard to earn and easy to lose. Guard yours with care."
"We cannot get what we've never had, unless we're willing to do what we've never done."
"Implement your plans with courage and persistence. Have complete faith in your ability to succeed and never, ever give up."
"Everything that you do or say that raises the self-esteem of another raises yours as well."
"One good idea is all you need to start a fortune."
"Positive thinkers think and talk continually about solutions, and negative thinkers continually talk and think about problems. Keep your mind solution-focuse d rather than problem- focused."