Quotes from Brian Tracy

Successful people are those who are willing to delay gratification and make sacrifices in the short term so that they can enjoy far greater rewards in the long term.

every minute spent in planning saves as many as ten minutes in execution.

The critical determinant of the quality of your relationships is the amount of time that you spend face-to-face with the people you love, and who love you in return. The

your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop. An

Los líderes se dan cuenta de que cuanto más involucren a la gente en el diálogo sobre una idea, más probable será que se comprometan en su implementación.

The very act of visualizing yourself performing at your best prior to any event or activity will improve your performance.

Move out of Your Comfort Zone

Stephen Covey says, "If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.

empiece por la mayor, la más dura y la más importante. Disciplínese para empezar inmediatamente y luego perseverar hasta que haya completado la tarea antes de pasar a otra cosa.

This is the basic principle that underlies most religion, psychology, philosophy, and metaphysics. This law says, "Whatever you believe, with conviction, becomes your reality.

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. And you are always free to choose the task that you will do next. Your ability to choose between the important and the unimportant is the key determinant of your success in life and work.

As Henry Ford once said, "Failure is merely an opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

You can't hit a target you can't see. You can't accomplish wonderful things with your life if you have no idea of what they are. You must first become absolutely clear about what you want if you are serious about unlocking the extraordinary power that lies within you.

Cuando una persona dice trataré esta disculpándose su fracaso por anticipado.

When God wants to send you a gift, he wraps it up in a problem. The bigger the gift that God wants to send you, the bigger the problem he wraps it up in.

Decision. You must make a decision this very day, this very moment, that you are going to do whatever it takes and overcome any obstacle to become excellent.

Tu capacidad de delegar y después asegurarte de que el empleado cumple es el factor determinante de tu éxito como gerente. Con la delegación, tu potencial es ilimitado. Sin la habilidad de delegar, tendrás que hacerlo todo tú.

Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.

An average plan vigorously executed is far better than a brilliant plan on which nothing is done.

Tu mente puede contener sólo un pensamiento a la vez, ya sea positivo o negativo. Puede contener la emoción positiva de la responsabilidad personal o puede contener una emoción negativa de cualquier tipo. Y la elección siempre depende de ti. Lo único en el universo que puedes controlar es el contenido de tu mente consciente.

2. Plan every day in advance: Think on paper. Every minute you spend in planning can save you five or ten minutes in execution.

Resolve to be a master of change rather than being the victim of change

Why Women Are Wonderful Listeners In general, women are excellent listeners already. When a woman communicates, according to MRI scans, fully seven centers of her brain are involved. In men, it is only two. Men often listen halfheartedly to women, especially if the television is on. That's because men can only process one sensory input at a time. They cannot, for example, both watch television and listen to someone else speaking, which women can do much more easily.

Denis Waitley, a motivational speaker, says, "Losers try to escape from their fears and drudgery with activities that are tension-relieving. Winners are motivated by their desires toward activities that are goal-achieving.