Business Success with Brian Tracy



Posted: Saturday, January 12, 2008

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A mentor that I have not yet met is Brian Tracy. I have read two of his books, and have been looking for more information recently on goal setting, priorities and success.

The books that I have read are "Eat that Frog" and "Goals". I would highly recommend both books to anyone wanting to achieve success in any area.

Eat That Frog - focuses on eliminating procrastination.

Brian's method is to tackle on the most challenging task that you must perform on a given day. This is that task that is likely to be the most critical in achieving the things that you absolutely have to do. Once the most challenging task has been dealt with, the rest of your day will be much easier, and you will feel that you are making progress.

As an example, I live in a rural area and was working on fencing with a friend. We had 3 fence post holes to dig, 2 in sandy soil, and one was between two enormous rocks. We thought that the hole between the two rocks would be the most difficult, expecting to strike rock within minutes of starting the hole. I chose to dig the hole between the rocks first. My reasoning was:

  • the rocky place looked to be the most difficult as we may strike rock;
  • we were both physically fresh at the start of the day;
  • once we had finished the hole between the rocks the remaining ones would be easy.

    As things turned out our fears about hitting rock and having to chisel through the rock were imaginary. We didn't run into any problems in digging. I guess that is another lesson on how our imagination can make potential problems become roadblocks on the way to success. We were happy after completing the first hole, because our perceived problem had been dealt with, so we were happier in digging the second and third hole, knowing that the 'difficult' one was behind us.
    Goals - presents a system for achieving goals.


    Goals provides you with a system for achieving whatever it is that you want in life. Goals works through the process of deciding what is most important to you and provides strategies for achieving those objectives. It explains how set goals and how to keep on track in achieving them.
    My day job is in IT, and some of the concepts presented are prevelent in project management, such as planning, time management and monitoring achievement against goals or tasks, but there are a number of concepts that I have not seen used in projects that would benefit timely achievement of any IT development.

    Brian discusses the use of the subconscious mind in achieving goals, and this is the area were success really happens. Our conscious mind can find a whole range of reasons why we should not achieve our goals, but we can use our subconcious as a tool to make us more successful than we had ever thought possible. Our subconscious is a most powerful goal targeting machine. If you want to understand more of how the subconscious works, get this book, or read Psyco-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, or listen to the 'Miracle Man' - Morris Goodman.

    For more information available on Brian Tracy, go to the website appearing below.

    I noticed that Brian has developed a number of online courses which will be of massive benefit for anyone wanting to achieve something either personally or professionally. For more information on Brian Tracy University, go to the website appearing below

    To your success,

    Neil Shepherd

    • Neil lives in Australia. He is a partner in an IT consulting company, and in an E-commerce and Personal Development business. Neil is trained in Business Analysis.

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