Brian Tracy is one of the best personal success, motivational speakers & author of more than 60 books.
He provides top sales training & shares the skills, techniques & his thoughts to boost the sales to higher peaks.
Brian Tracy’s Quotes are filled with immense value & they contain the ideas to bring success & discipline into one’s life.
Quote 1
“Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.”
Success is a simple step process & there are no complexities involved in it. The structure of the steps remains the same but the goals vary from person to person.
Its simplicity is always taken for granted, people try very hard to succeed but it isn’t about trying hard, it is about trying with the correct method. It is about remaining disciplined & chasing the goal till the end.
The first step is to get clear on the goal, this is the vital step because this is what we will put our time & energy into. It should be a one-at-a-time goal & all the focus goes on a single goal. And this is where most people try hard to set multiple goals & then struggle to focus & get results.
Chasing multiple goals at a time is the instability of the mind.
The mind wants to run in all directions & it wants to gain everything all at once. We can see it tries to achieve everything & gets nothing.
The second step is to plan out the ways to achieve the goal. There have to be multiple steps ready for the mind so that once it goes for action it has clear steps on what to do. When one task is completed toward the goal, the other task should be ready beforehand planned & ready to be executed.
“Things have to be planned before taking action & this is a conscious way towards the goal.”
We are not blindly throwing the arrows in random directions. We are planning a clear flow & way towards the goal.
The third step is to take action & this action has to be consistent. There has to be consistency for the first 21 days & then increasing the target to 90 days & so on.
We have to invest our time to be directed only in doing activities that are in the direction of the goal.
The things that are irrelevant & junk have to be erased from daily routine. We need to check each & everything that we do & see by ourselves whether the thing which we are doing is helping us to move towards the goal.
If we are busy scrolling mobile phones for hours then we need to erase that time & move to step 2 planned ways.
By doing this simple process success becomes guaranteed & it requires patience to walk till the end.
Quote 2
“Only undertake what you can do in an excellent fashion. There are no prizes for average performance.”
Every human being has been designed by nature with various different qualities. When we are born We take these qualities with us. The secret is that no one tells us what these qualities are. They are hidden deep within our hearts.
Someone might be good at painting, another might be good at sports & another might be good at swimming. It is different for everyone, it is also different for the children of parents. The parents may have a different set of qualities & the child may have a completely different set of interests.
We need to figure it out by ourselves & enquire within to find the answer. All the answers given by outside people are not going to help. Those answers will be their answers, not yours.
Most people fail to find these qualities & the result is they work for someone else. They work for someone else’s dream & invest their 9 to 5 time in fulfilling the task that they are not interested in. This results in a life of struggles & there is no satisfaction because the thing that is loved most is yet not discovered.
“When we do something that we do not love then there is no aliveness in it.”
We just do it because we gotta do it. We do it to get it completed early & get rid of it. There is no joy, no fun but a feeling of punishment. We do this thing with an incomplete mind & focus. We may be doing this thing which we don’t love doing but the mind is somewhere else. Mind is thinking of the things that we love to do. There is no totality in effort so the performance is always low or average.
When we find the qualities that are best for us then we start working on them with joy. We do them with heart & soul into it. We want to do them more often, the time looks less & we completely utilize the time in a focused manner.
There is satisfaction & contentment because we aren’t working for someone else, no one else is telling us what to do but we are doing something that we love to do. One becomes the master of this thing because he loves to do it & hence he repeats it so many times that he tops it. His performance is filled with great quality & excellence.
Quote 3
“There are no limits on what you can achieve with your life, except the limits you accept in your mind.”
We only get what we ask for & nothing more than that. It is like ordering in a hotel & getting the exact quantity of food that was ordered, not more & not less.
The asking part is a personal decision & this decision is always hidden within the deep cores of the mind. These decisions are the opinions about ourselves & they determine the results that we are getting.
When someone has decided within himself that he is going to fail because of so & so reason then this inner decision will determine the result. No one wants to fail but these are not just verbal thoughts repeated on the surface they are limiting beliefs that have been imprinted on the mind. These inner limits are limiting the results in outer life.
“To change the outer, the inner has to be changed first.”
The limiting beliefs can be changed. There is a process through which the beliefs enter the mind & the process is the same for any belief, it may be a strong belief or it may be a weak belief.
The limiting beliefs have entered our minds through a process & there is no magic or coincidence. These limits are the prisons that we have created around ourselves & restricted our own powers to unleash.
When the beliefs are replaced then there are no limits. Then anything looks possible because that is what we believe in our inner mind.
The inner mind is simply responding to our dominant beliefs. When someone is suffering from an incurable disease, he can break this limiting belief & step ahead to get himself fit & healthy again.
When someone is in poverty, he can break his limiting belief of wealth & move ahead to a life of richness by erasing all the limits from the inner mind.
Quote 4
Avoid negative people at all costs. They are the greatest destroyers of self-confidence and self-esteem.
The negative people are interested in talking about things that we don’t want. This is exactly the opposite of what we want. They will accumulate all the negative reasons & practical examples & they will share the same with the rest of the people coming in contact with them.
They will tell you that you are going to fail, they will tell you that there is no possibility of making it happen. They will try to convince you completely that the thing cannot be done.
These negative thoughts will do such harm with no clue. These are not just thoughts but they are suggestions that are passed on into your mind.
As the negative thoughts are shared by negative people with full of emotions, they have a high chance that they will enter the inner mind & reside there creating negative life situations for you.
It is just like a programmer programming a computer with a set of instructions & the computer follows whatever code is written by the programmer without asking any questions in return. Similarly, negative people are programming our minds & opening the pathways of destruction for us. They are giving negative instructions to our mind & the mind will follow the instructions. At first negative thoughts might not look that severe but they are the seeds that become the reason for the bad things happening to us.
Negative thoughts are destroying all the good qualities within us, they are doubting our own potential. They are programming us to fail with full force.
“Avoiding negative people & negative thoughts is the most precious thing that one can do for himself.”
On the contrary, connecting with positive people & positive thoughts will uplift life because they are talking about exactly what we want in life. They are talking about the good things & positive outcomes. They are trying to convince us that great things are possible & we do have the potential to achieve our goals.
Quote 5
“Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.”
The key to bringing life changes is to change the thoughts. This has to be done by our own effort because we are the ones who are thinking every moment. And we are the ones who can change them to direct towards the thing that we want.
Changing the thoughts is not a one-night thing. People want fast results, they want it so fast that they want to see the result from day one. The quality of patience has long lost and the mind is always in a great hurry.
To bring changes in thoughts, they have to be imprinted on the subconscious mind with repetition.
New positive patterns of thoughts have to be created & worked on continuously every single day. As the days pass by & we remain disciplined, the new thought patterns become second nature. They flow naturally without any conscious effort needed anymore.
The thoughts that we are thinking every minute are creating reality in a very slow manner. Step by step they are walking towards the destination & manifestation.
What we think within is what we get outside. The life that we are living right now is the reflection of the thoughts that we are thinking. The outcome is the summary of the overall thoughts that were imagined in mind.
So the kind of life that we live depends upon the thoughts that we are thinking. Our observation of thoughts can let us know what exactly we are thinking about the most.
When we are thinking more positively good feeling thoughts then life is going to respond with good situations that will make us feel good. When the thoughts are of anger most of the time then life will respond with angry situations attracted most of the time.
The thoughts can be changed by conscious effort & if they are negative then they can be replaced with good-feeling thoughts.
Quote 6
“Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.”
Mindset is like temperature measuring equipment that can calculate whether a person is healthy or not. Succeed or failure of a person can be pre-measured by observing the mindset that one has.
Mindset determines the results beforehand, mindset comes first & based on the mindset the results follow.
Mindset is the leader & everything else follows according to the leadership of the leader. Mind is a powerful tool & how one keeps it determines his destiny.
There are various mindsets that can be seen on a normal day. The human mind undergoes various kinds of vibrations either because of the outer situations or by the instructions it receives from within. Some of the negative mindset’s qualities are anger, irritation, depression, hurries, fear, and greed.
When someone is creating a negative mindset frequently then he is bound to fail because success needs a particular peaceful mindset & changing the mindset is the key to bringing transformation in life.
So before planning to achieve something physical like money, home, job, or car, one must target the mindset as the highest goal. All other goals should be least important & the goal to master the mindset should be of the highest importance because if an accurate mindset is not there then probably one will find great difficulty in achieving material goals.
“Physical depends on the non-physical dimension & it is the blueprint of the non-physical.”
The same situation tackled with a different mindset brings different results. If a worse situation appears suddenly in front of 2 different people. The situation is the same & the first person has an angry mindset then he will act angrily & there will be a devastating outcome. The second person has a calm mind & he reacts to the worse situation in a calm way & as an outcome, the worse has to shift its direction & situation is resolved with ease.
Peaceful mind has the potential to change the life situation & this can be better understood only by personal experience. We must work primarily on gaining a peaceful mindset.
Quote 7
You determine your future by the thoughts and pictures you hold in your mind today.
Thinking thoughts with pictures is like cooking food. Firstly we take all the raw food, cut it into pieces, add the necessary ingredients, cook it on hot gas & finally the food is ready.
Thinking thoughts is a preparation for the food that will be cooked after some time & it will be manifested on the plate to eat. Thoughts that are entertained are the raw food & they will be processed when ingredients of the feelings are added up to it & then the strong vibrations will act as hot gas.
As the chef decides beforehand what he is going to cook then all the rest work is done in alignment with the recipe that was decided.
Similarly, the goals have to be decided first so that the everyday thoughts can be directed in alignment with the goals. It becomes easy when the recipe is clear & it is not changing every now & then.
All the focus of the mind can be directed to one thing at a time & all the thoughts that are in alignment with the goal can be processed & thought about in the mind.
The inner thinking of thoughts & feelings are imaginations that have an impact on the body. The body vibrates as per the feelings it is receiving in the form of inputs from the thoughts that we think.
When we think that we are not good enough then at the same time when we are feeling this, we can watch our body become depressed, blocking the free flow of energy.
“Thoughts are shaping the inner chemistry of cells & the entire inner system is affected by the feelings & vibrations.”
We should take care of our inner system by controlling our ongoing thoughts & imaginations. Ignoring the thoughts & embracing the negativity results in damaging the inner system which further results in not just physical diseases but also mental disorders.
The body vibrates at a certain frequency based on the thoughts & if the vibration of the body is very low then the body is bound to have diseases. On the other hand, when we are vibrating with positive feelings & emotions, then we connect to higher frequencies & the body rejuvenates & creates healthy cells, This results in deep healing & if there are any diseases then they disappear very fast because they cannot stay in a higher vibration environment.
Quote 8
“Refuse to criticize, condemn, or complain. Instead, think and talk only about the things you really want.”
If we analyze what goes on in our mind in a single day, we will be surprised to find that so many junk things are entertained in the mind.
Out of 100%, most people are focusing 1%, on the things that they want. They start their thinking with what they want & then a huge list of complaints or criticism follows. The journey takes different routes & directions that have no relation to the destination. One wanders in all directions except the direction of the goal.
We have been living & thinking this way because this is the only way that we know. All or most of the people surrounding us are thinking in the same way.
Everyone except a few around us are interested in talking about complains, failures, gossip, struggles & disappointment.
“Giving awareness to the negative things by thinking about them will make them grow & expand.”
When collective people talk about negative things they are expanding the negativity by giving thought to it.
As the people around us are not going to change, we can begin the change starting with ourselves by choosing to think & talk about the things that are positive & are in favor of what we want.
Focusing on the light aspect gives a motion for more light & the darkness disappears on its own without doing anything about it. Thinking thoughts in the direction of the goals & talking about the outcome & the solutions to reach the outcome attracts the outcome.
When we shape our mind to think differently then the mind also responds differently. When we input something in our mind then it processes & brings an output.
When we give it good inputs related to the things that we want then the mind will process & bring a good output. The inputs remain our choice & the inputs can be on autopilot.
When inputs aren’t good then we need to shift the inputs from autopilot to conscious good inputs. Changing the inputs in the mind is the most vital factor for achieving success in any area of life.
Quote 9
“Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.”
We do things in a certain way in our daily routine. We are used to doing things in a pattern that repeats itself. Repeating the patterns gives us a result based on that pattern.
When we want to improve something, we have to upgrade these patterns so that new sets of patterns can replace the old & simultaneously results will also change.
Results always occur as a byproduct of the patterns & they are never by chance.
There is always a better way to do things. To improve things there needs to be some change in doing the things.
In the technology world, we use a lot of mobile applications & as a part of improvement, the applications upgrade themselves frequently. They are in a continuous effort to bring something new & smart features that will help people. The improvement never holds, it expands & releasing new features is the byproduct of the new patterns of code upgraded in the application.
We can also work on our personal skills to upgrade & improve them by inculcating new patterns. There are so many personal development courses available free & paid. There are so many books available that contain a new set of patterns to bring an improvement in the skills. There are so many videos available on the internet that can demonstrate new ideas for advancement in skills.
As a tree grows a little bit every day & its growth is dependent on the water & the sunshine it receives from the sun.
Similarly, to bring growth in personal development or any other skill requires the implementation of technical steps followed by daily actions. Daily actions are the water & the sunshine that will help grow the inner tree of self-improvement.
Quote 10
“Good habits are hard to develop but easy to live with. Bad habits are easy to develop but hard to live with.”
Every “good thing” is a certain design that needs effort.
Designing a beautiful garden requires effort & care with daily nurturing. Garden cannot be by default & it is hard to be persistent on one thing & design it as per the desire.
Garden isn’t a one-night thing, it requires patience because life grows very slowly. The growth is invisible & very subtle but it is there happening behind the scenes.
“Good habits are a matter of designing life by our own hands.”
It is similar to designing a garden & the growth will be very slow & can’t be seen at first. Most people quit very early because they see no results, they are not motivated to take any further action because of no visible progress. Less people continue with their efforts knowing the life principles & they discipline themselves to be consistent in their efforts.
On the other hand, bad habits are easy to form like weeds & grass. When no one designs the garden then what happens, the weeds grow.
Bad habits arise because one has not taken the conscious steps to form good habits. The same time that is not used for developing good habits results in forming bad habits.
Bad habits develop easily & once they hold a grip then the trouble begins because bad means they will damage something about you, maybe your health, maybe your mental state, or maybe your relations.
To achieve success in life there is no other way than to develop good habits.
Failure is caused by bad habits & failure is the reason for all the worries & anger in life. Developing beautiful habits that will enhance the body, mind & soul is the most required need for every individual.
We can begin at any moment to begin changing our habits to advanced levels to gain mastery over life & become a winner.
