Brian Tracy's Blog, page 39
June 23, 2014
Brian Tracy’s Photo Contest
Greetings from the Brian Tracy Team!
What inspires you? What motivates you to achieve your goals and to keep pushing forward daily?
In honor of Brian’s 70th birthday we have wanted to do something that truly demonstrates an attitude of gratitude. After hearing so many inspiring stories from Brian’s fans, we have decided to have a photo contest so his fans can personally share with him how he has made a positive impact in their lives.
We decided to have a Brian Tracy Photo Contest so that we can...
Brian Tracy Photo Contest
Greetings from the Brian Tracy Team!
What inspires you? What motivates you to achieve your goals and to keep pushing forward daily?
In honor of Brian’s 70th birthday we have wanted to do something that truly demonstrates an attitude of gratitude. After hearing so many inspiring stories from Brian’s fans, we have decided to have a photo contest so his fans can personally share with him how he has made a positive impact in their lives.
We decided to have a Brian Tracy Photo Contest so that we can...
June 18, 2014
7 Questions for Great Leaders to Achieve Business Success
What is your vision for yourself and your business in the months and years ahead? Imagine there are no boundaries in what you can accomplish with your organization and ask yourself these 7 questions about your business.
Most great leaders think of their work as their mission. They have an overarching vision of something greater and bigger that is beyond and outside of themselves.
7 Questions for Business Leaders
It is in difficult markets that the most successful, long lasting companies, invest...
June 16, 2014
The Top 3 Negotiation Skills of Persuasive People
Some people are good at negotiating in their own interest, and some people are not. Which one of these types of people do you want to be?
One of your main jobs in life, one that will lead to increasing levels of self-confidence, is to become more effective at influencing others by learning great negotiation skills and choosing good questions to ask.
In the many studies that have been done on effective negotiators, we find that they all have basically the same qualities and characteristics.
Negot...
June 12, 2014
Climb the Corporate Ladder and Achieve Great Success
Many people seem to be promoted faster and paid more in their careers even though they don’t seem to be as competent or as capable as others. This doesn’t seem fair.
Why should some people get ahead when others, who seem to be working far harder, get passed over for promotion and great success?
Perception is Reality
The fact is, to be a great success, it is not only important that you are good at what you do, but it is also important that you are perceived to be good at what you do. Human being...
June 9, 2014
10 Tips to Increase Profits in Your Business
A general rule in your financial success in business is that you cannot increase profits directly, only indirectly. You cannot just say that you are going to increase profits of your business without some specific strategy.
The only thing that you can do to increase profits is to improve the variables that ultimately determine your level of profitability.When you improve these 10 variables about your business you will increase profits and affect your bottom line.
1) Lead generation
The process...
June 6, 2014
Maximize Your Priorities Using the “Rule of Three”
Do you have trouble prioritizing all the things you need to get done? Worry no longer! Follow the “Rule of Three” for better time management of all of the things you have to get done.
No matter how many different things you do in a week or a month, there are only three tasks and activities that account for 90% of the value of the contribution you make to your business. This is known as the “Rule of Three”.
Make a List
If you make a list of everything you do in the course of a month, it will pro...
June 5, 2014
6 Ways to Use Body Language to Get What You Want
Body language is very important in getting what you want in life, especially in selling. The message you convey in a sales conversation is 55% body language and nonverbal communication, 38% tone of voice, and only 7% in the words that you use.
Because people are highly visual, they are most affected by the predominant message that you convey, and this is usually communicated by the way you hold and use your body.
Follow these 6 tips to use body language to get what you want in any sale.
1) Walk...
May 30, 2014
How to Stop Worrying: Take Control of Your Life
Do you feel like you worry too much about every little thing that happens in your life? Are you so concerned that your worries will happen that you don’t live your life to the fullest?
The happiest people take a long-term view of life rather than allowing themselves to be caught up in the turmoil and details of each day.
They take things one day at a time. They teach themselves how to stop worrying by practicing a greater degree of detachment and thereby keep themselves calm and relaxed in the...
May 27, 2014
Use The Law of Attraction to Improve Your Leadership Skills
When you begin leading a business, you will usually be relatively inexperienced in the cut-and-thrust of business activities. Because of your lack of experience, you will go into business with the wrong people, hire the wrong people, and get involved with the wrong people at many levels.
This is normal and natural and to be expected at the beginning.The key is to always be growing, as a person and as a leader. As you continue to grow and learn, it will reflect in all parts of your life and in...
