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Brian Tracy

Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible Kindle Edition

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Why do some people achieve all their goals while others simply dream of having a better life? With over 640,000 copies sold of this classic book on how to set and achieve goals comes the newest edition by bestselling author and motivational speaker Brian Tracy.

The path from frustration to fulfillment has already been discovered. Hundreds of thousands—even millions—of people started with nothing and achieved great success. In this book, Tracy presents a simple, powerful, and effective system for setting and achieving goals—a method that has been used by more than one million people to achieve extraordinary things.

Using the twenty-one strategies Tracy outlines, you'll be able to accomplish any goal you set for yourself—no matter how big. You'll discover how to determine your own strengths, what you truly value in life, and what you really want to accomplish in the years ahead. Tracy shows how to build your self-esteem and self-confidence, approach every problem or obstacle effectively, overcome difficulties, respond to challenges, and continue forward toward your goals, no matter what happens. Most importantly, you'll learn a system for achievement that you will use for the rest of your life.

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Brian Tracy is one of the top management consultants, trainers, and speakers in the world. He took himself from rags to riches using precisely the methods explained in this book. He addresses more than 250,000 people worldwide each year, and has served as a consultant and trainer for more than 1,000 corporations, including IBM, Ford, McDonnell Douglas, Xerox, Hewlett Packard, US Bancorp, Northwestern Mutual, Federal Express, and many others. He is the author of 50 books that have been translated in 38 languages, and more than 500 audio programs.

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Success Is Goals

Welcome to the second edition of Goals! Since this book was first released in 2003, it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and been published in more than twenty languages. It has become the bestselling book on goal-achievement in history.

We have now decided to rewrite and upgrade Goals! to make it more helpful and faster acting for people living in more uncertain economic times. Three wonderful professional writers and critics have reviewed this book from cover to cover and offered excellent ideas to make it more helpful to more people. I want to thank Katherine Armstrong, Sara Jane Hope, and Janice Rutledge for their insights and wisdom. This new edition is immeasurably improved as a result.

I especially want to thank my friend and colleague Cord Cooper for going through the manuscript of the book to revise, rewrite, add new material, and generally make the entire structure more enjoyable and easier to read.

This book is for ambitious people who want to get ahead faster. If this is the way you think and feel, you are the person for whom this book is written. The ideas contained in the pages ahead will save you years of hard work in achieving the goals that are most important to you.

I have spoken more than five thousand times in fifty-four countries before audiences of as many as twenty-five thousand people. My seminars and talks have varied in length from five minutes to five days. In every case, I have focused on sharing the best ideas I could find on the particular subject with that audience at that moment.

After countless talks on various themes, if I was given only five minutes to speak to you and I could convey only one thought that would help you to be more successful, I would tell you this: “Write down your goals, make plans to achieve them, and work on your plans every single day.”

This advice, if you followed it, would be of more help to you than almost anything else you could ever learn. Many university graduates have told me that this simple concept has been more valuable to them than four years of study. This idea has changed my life and the lives of millions of other people. It will change yours as well.

The Turning Point

A group of successful men got together in Chicago some time ago to talk about the experiences of their lives. All of them were millionaires and multimillionaires. Each of them had started from nothing many years before. Like most successful people, they were both humble and grateful for what they had achieved and for the blessings that life had bestowed upon them.

As they discussed the reasons why they had managed to achieve so much in life, the wisest man among them spoke up and said that, in his estimation, “success is goals, and all else is commentary.” After a few moments of silence, each of the others nodded and agreed.

Your time and life are precious. The biggest waste of time and life is to spend years accomplishing something that you could have achieved in only a few months. By following the proven processes of goal setting and goal achieving laid out in this book, you will accomplish vastly more in a shorter period than you ever imagined before. The speed at which you move upward will amaze you and all the people around you.

Follow the Leaders, Not the Followers

By following these simple and easy-to-apply methods and techniques, you can move quickly from rags to riches in the months and years ahead. You can transform your experience from one of poverty and frustration to one of affluence and satisfaction. You can go far beyond your friends and family and achieve more in life than most other people you know.

I have found, over and over, that a person of average intelligence with clear goals will run circles around a genius who is not sure what he or she really wants.

My personal mission statement has not changed in years. It is “To help people achieve their goals faster than they ever would in the absence of my help.”

This book contains the distilled essence of all that I have learned in the areas of success, achievement, and goal attainment. By following the steps explained in the pages ahead, you will move to the front of the line in life.

For my children, this book is meant to be a road map and a guide to help you get from wherever you are to wherever you want to go. For my friends and readers of this book, my reason for writing it is to give you a proven system that you can use to move onto the fast track in your own life.

Welcome! A great new adventure is about to begin.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berrett-Koehler Publishers
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Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 9, 2010
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
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Brian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.

Brian's goal is to help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you ever imagined.

Brian Tracy has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada, and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.

He has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy, and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.

He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.

He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.

Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution, and management consulting. He has conducted high-level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.

He has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents and speaks four languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in the community and national affairs and is the President of three companies headquartered in Solana Beach, California.

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Great book! Very motivating and had applicable exercises. Felt like it spoke directly to me and addressed the issues I need to overcome....Read more

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The best motivational and practical book on goal setting and goal achieving
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Brian Tracy is a legend in the personal success, business development and motivational speaking industries. He is also one of the last living GOATS in the field and one of the most prolific people in the success and motivation industry of all time.

His book, GOALS is one of his best and most popular titles out of the 70+ books he has written. Maybe his only best seller that’s more popular is Eat That Frog, a fantastic short book about prioritization, productivity and time management.

I chose to review and recommend GOALS because I believe that something Brian said is true: “Success is goals, and all else is commentary.”

He added: “After giving countless talks on various themes, if I was given only five minutes to speak to you and I could convey only one thought that would help you to be more successful, I would tell you, ‘Write down your goals, make plans to achieve them, and work on your plans every single day.’”

Goals are that important. There is no achievement without goals.

The book teaches 21 principles, with a chapter devoted to each one. They include topics such as values clarification, the importance of belief, the power of purpose, the magic of visualization, associating with the right people, strategic planning, taking action, being flexible, overcoming obstacles, tapping into your subconscious mind, persisting until you succeed, and much more.

Brian’s tone is conversational and easy to read. His writing is energizing and inspirational. While he occasional quotes studies, his book does not read like a PhD psychologist’s book. It is not academic or theoretical. It is motivational and practical.

The only thing that really matters, says Brian, is whether an idea or strategy works in the real world. Having shared his ideas with over 1000 corporations and millions of people over forty years, there’s no doubt that the ideas he teaches work. They did for me.

I started following Brian in the early 1990s and his teachings have changed my personal and business life. When I became an entrepreneur, I learned how from Brian. When I got into sales (health club memberships), I learned how to do it from Brian. When I got into health club management, I learned how to do it from Brian. When I wanted to write my first book, I learned how to do it from Brian. When I wanted to become financially independent, I learned how to do it from Brian. When I wanted to learn the mental side of peak fitness I learned a lot of it from Brian. When I wanted to be successful in every area of my life, I learned how to do it from Brian, along with a few of his contemporaries like Earl Nightingale and Jim Rohn.

I've read about two dozen of Brian’s books and I’m certain I’ve listened to over 1000 hours of his material. (I used to commute 30 min each way to work for years and listened to him on cassette tape and then later CDs in my car).

Success in any area of life takes hard work and time. Brian says you won’t hear the word “easy” when you read his stuff. However, he does teach you how to avoid common pitfalls and mistakes so you can achieve your goals in the shortest time possible. In that sense, reading Brian Tracy’s material is like taking a legitimate shortcut.

As he says in the opening pages of GOALS, “Your time and your life are precious. The biggest waste of time and life is for you to spend years accomplishing something that you could have achieved in only a few months.”

If you want to get on the fast track to achieving your goals, then I highly recommended you read this book.

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How can I begin to review a book that is so completely life changing? As one of the many average or normal people in the world who never thought there was much value in goal setting, this has completely changed my life. It has shown me that with the right tools and a willingness to move forward in life I can achieve the things I want and desire. This book is the road map to help me get there.
I will caution you though. You will need to dig deep and be brutally honest with yourself. And if you can't you may have to ask those who know you best to be brutally honest with you. But it is all so you can assess where you are today and set goals that will move you forward tomorrow.
This book has proven to be so much more than a simple goal setting book. This book will help you define who you are today and show you how to set AND achieve the goals of what you want in life.
Bottom line, if you can make it past chapter 4 and answer all the questions completely and honestly I see nothing stopping you for having everything you set your mind to in life. Do you want to be amazing? Do you want to be at the top of you profession? Do you want to earn what those who are in the top 10% of your job earn? Do you want to have balance and happiness in your life? Do you want the tools and a plan to get all these things? THEN DO NOT MISS THIS GREAT BOOK!

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Awesome!! Goal setting was never easy for me. I am anxious to be a more productive person and business owner. Thanks Brian. Best book on goals! I love all Brian Tracy books.
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2019
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I liked how Brian used positive efforts to reach goals. I enjoyed his training. I am a firm believer in setting goals. Daily, weekly, monthly and annually.
Anyone looking for a more effective and productive solution to setting goals. I have read bits and pieces of these theories in other books but Brian had compiled all those theories and teaches them to thousands.
I thoroughly enjoy his books, audiobooks and seminars. Definitely a MUST READ for those who want to accomplish productive lives for ourself, our families and our communities!!!

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There are a lot of great ideas that you can implement straight away. From Zero-based thinking when setting your goals to creative visualisation as an essential element in calling them in. Brian Tracy has it all. It is down-to-earth, readable and usable. I have a suite of books from Brian Tracy. This one is foundational. This book, like Brian Tracy's Maximum Achievement, is worth going over again, and again. Especially, have it handy when you are actually writing you goals and refer to it again as you implement them. As Brian indicates, the goal setting process is not a one off. You will have cause to revisit and re-write your goals over, and over again.

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K. Lenoir
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Revelation on goal setting and the subconscious mind. Biggest insight on goal setting: the 3-p formula. Positive, personal, present-tense (and add a deadline/time-element). Instead of "I want to make $50,000 a year" it would be said as a goal "I make $50,000 a year."

It was big on programming the subconscious mind. 2nd biggest insight is: re-write your major/most important goals each morning and each evening. It's said that humans are a teleological organism, that we are a goal-seeking and achieving organism. What we think about most, we become or achieve, so keeping your major life goals in front of you by writing and rewriting them each morning and each evening is practical.

Would recommend to anyone. They should teach this in schools.

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This books provides an excellent framework upon which to pattern one’s thoughts, beliefs, habits, daily schedule, and outlook in order to achieve success in whatever endeavor a person undertakes. A must read and apply!

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Helped me to tap into a higher frequency
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024
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This book has helped me to tap into a higher frequency. I say this because I would have a tunnel vision when it came to my goals and aspirations but this book has helped me to see outside of the tunnel vision. Very good read and I feel that what I learned from this book will stay with me for a lifetime.

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Definitely a keeper!
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This book is definitely a keeper, and a re-read over several times. Changed a few things for me.

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A comprehensive guide to goal setting and achieving
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2024
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Brian Tracy is arguably the best mentor anyone could have when it comes to goal setting and goal achieving. By acting on the 21 steps described in this book, you can transform your life. I have just started implementing this strategy, and once I have some results, I'll update my review.

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Really great explanation on how to set goals In every area of your life, how to realise them and much more. Highly recommended.

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The single best book on goals imo! Very concise and well written. Brian truly knows what he is talking about.

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This book by B rian Tracy helps you with goal setting and using your subconcious. I liked it very much

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Awesome!! Goal setting was never easy for me. I am anxious to be a more productive person and business owner. Thanks Brian. Best book on goals! I love all Brian Tracy books.

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