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Brian Tracy's Little Silver Book of Prosperity
Book by Tracy, Brian
122 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
About the author
Brian Tracy
1,501 books5,335 followersBrian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.
He 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.
Brian 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 community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in San Diego, California.
His most popular training programs are centered around teaching authors how to write a book and helping public speakers create successful careers.
He 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.
Brian 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 community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in San Diego, California.
His most popular training programs are centered around teaching authors how to write a book and helping public speakers create successful careers.
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December 19, 2017
This is a book comprised of a variety of quotes and little sayings, designed to be inspirations for daily life, particularly as it applies to the business world.
I would say that more than half of these quotes are innocuous, generic, harmless. Their general message, to me, is somewhere between "meh" and "somewhat positive." Overall, not much different than what I would expect from a book of quotes.
Yet the rest of these quotes, I feel, could go one of two ways. Either they will uplift you, or they will trod on you. And what, in my opinion, is the defining line here? Generally, from my perspective, these quotes would be uplifting to straight, white, male, neurotypical readers; that is to say, probably those that comprise a majority of the business world, those who the book was aimed at. Most of these quotes are about self-confidence, sticking to your values, and portraying yourselves to others. They present absolutes; for example, that 'if you portray yourself in the way you wish to be seen, that is the way you will be seen.' I agree with the sentiment... that you should act in a way consistent with what you want to achieve! But in the countless ways its listed, this is simply not true for a large portion of the population. If I, a woman, portrayed myself to others as I wanted to be seen, there is a good chance I would be interpreted instead as arrogant, overconfident, and probably a b***h. I won't speak for other groups, but I would suspect that those in minority groups, such as race, would find similar experiences.
The quotes in this book also absolutely DO NOT encourage self-care, in fact expressing probably the furthest opposite that you could find. One example is the encouragement that the only way to win is to "work hard, show up early, stay late, work weekends," etc. etc. when in reality the opposite is true-though hard work is very important, study after study shows that self-care, taking a break, taking a vacation... those are important parts to being successful as well!
Then there are quotes like this...
"You can never really feel terrific about yourself, you can never really feel like yourself genuinely and accept yourself as a worthwhile person, until you have become good at what you do." (p.36)
Umm... what? I am a student. What I do right now is work hard on taking tests, writing papers, and studying my material. I would say I have become very good at it. That is far from what makes me feel good about myself as a person! What *does* make me feel good as a person? Helping out, volunteering, reading my favorite books, talking things out with my friends, with my family.
Overall, though this book was a quick and easy read, I came in with a lot of apprehension, and came out feeling worse. Maybe I read too much into it, but overall, this is mostly just a generic, meh book, which contains a lot of mostly bland messages, mixed in with some potentially very harmful ones. Seek your inspirational quotes elsewhere.
I would say that more than half of these quotes are innocuous, generic, harmless. Their general message, to me, is somewhere between "meh" and "somewhat positive." Overall, not much different than what I would expect from a book of quotes.
Yet the rest of these quotes, I feel, could go one of two ways. Either they will uplift you, or they will trod on you. And what, in my opinion, is the defining line here? Generally, from my perspective, these quotes would be uplifting to straight, white, male, neurotypical readers; that is to say, probably those that comprise a majority of the business world, those who the book was aimed at. Most of these quotes are about self-confidence, sticking to your values, and portraying yourselves to others. They present absolutes; for example, that 'if you portray yourself in the way you wish to be seen, that is the way you will be seen.' I agree with the sentiment... that you should act in a way consistent with what you want to achieve! But in the countless ways its listed, this is simply not true for a large portion of the population. If I, a woman, portrayed myself to others as I wanted to be seen, there is a good chance I would be interpreted instead as arrogant, overconfident, and probably a b***h. I won't speak for other groups, but I would suspect that those in minority groups, such as race, would find similar experiences.
The quotes in this book also absolutely DO NOT encourage self-care, in fact expressing probably the furthest opposite that you could find. One example is the encouragement that the only way to win is to "work hard, show up early, stay late, work weekends," etc. etc. when in reality the opposite is true-though hard work is very important, study after study shows that self-care, taking a break, taking a vacation... those are important parts to being successful as well!
Then there are quotes like this...
"You can never really feel terrific about yourself, you can never really feel like yourself genuinely and accept yourself as a worthwhile person, until you have become good at what you do." (p.36)
Umm... what? I am a student. What I do right now is work hard on taking tests, writing papers, and studying my material. I would say I have become very good at it. That is far from what makes me feel good about myself as a person! What *does* make me feel good as a person? Helping out, volunteering, reading my favorite books, talking things out with my friends, with my family.
Overall, though this book was a quick and easy read, I came in with a lot of apprehension, and came out feeling worse. Maybe I read too much into it, but overall, this is mostly just a generic, meh book, which contains a lot of mostly bland messages, mixed in with some potentially very harmful ones. Seek your inspirational quotes elsewhere.
March 12, 2016
love the quotes! Great inspiration!
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