Articles by Brian Tracy
The Three Factors of Time
Saturday, August 8, 2009 22:40 No CommentsOrganize Your Life Around Your Family, Your Career and Your Personal Goals You need to stand back on a regular basis and analyze yourself, your life and your time usage. You need to become a master of your time rather than a slave to continuing time pressures.
The Efficiency Curve
Friday, August 7, 2009 22:34 No CommentsThe more you discipline yourself to working non-stop on a single task, the more you move down the “Efficiency Curve.” You get more and more high quality work done in less and less time.
Three Principles for Great Success
Thursday, August 6, 2009 12:00 No CommentsGet Better Results than Ever Before There are several principles of military strategy that you can apply to your business, every single day. These can help you to think better and get better results than ever before.
The Major Obstacle to Financial Success
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 1:00 No CommentsThe major mental obstacle to financial success is that some people believe that they don’t really deserve to be rich.
Dealing With Overwhelm
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 1:00 Comments OffToo Much to Do, Too Little Time The most common form of stress that managers experience is the feeling of being overwhelmed with far too much to do and having too little time to do it in. In fact, “time poverty” is the biggest single problem facing most managers in America today. We simply do [...]
The Power of Pausing
Monday, August 3, 2009 5:28 1 CommentAll the top salespeople ask good questions and listen carefully to the answers. One of the most important skills of listening is simply to pause before replying. When the prospect finishes talking, rather than jumping in with the first thing that you can think of, take three to five seconds to pause quietly and wait.
Self-Discipline for Success
Thursday, July 30, 2009 18:40 No CommentsThere is one special quality that you can develop that will guarantee you greater success, accomplishment and happiness in life. Of a thousand principles for success developed over the ages, this one quality or practice will do more to assure that you accomplish wonderful things with your life than anything else. This quality is so [...]
Problem Solving Discussions
Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:08 No CommentsSolve Problems and Make Decisions More Effectively in Discussions With Other People Your ability to communicate is the most important skill you can develop to get on to the fast track in your career. Perhaps the most important thing you do in business is to solve problems and make decisions, both by yourself and with [...]
Leveraging Your Financial Potential
Thursday, July 30, 2009 3:38 1 CommentKnow the Right People One of the greatest forms of financial leverage is contacts. Knowing the right people and being known by them can open doors for you that can save you years of hard work. The quality and quantity of your contacts and your relationships will have more to do with your success than [...]
Plan and Prepare in Advance
Saturday, July 25, 2009 2:39 No CommentsUse A Time Planner A time planner, broken down by day, hour and minute, organized in advance, can be one of the most powerful, personal productivity tools of all. It enables you to see where you can consolidate and create blocks of time for concentrated work.