Your ability to set goals is the master skill of success. Goals unlock your positive mind and release ideas and energy for goal attainment. Without goals, you simply drift and flow on the currents of life. With goals, you fly like an arrow, straight and true to your target.
People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
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Setting clear and written goals significantly enhances productivity and achievement.
This quote by Brian Tracy emphasizes the importance of having clearly defined and documented goals. It suggests that individuals who take the time to articulate their objectives are more likely to achieve significant accomplishments in less time compared to those who operate without such clarity and focus. The underlying premise is that goal-setting serves as a powerful motivational tool, guiding actions and decision-making toward desired outcomes.
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In a motivational speech at a corporate meeting, one might say, 'As Brian Tracy reminds us, people with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter time.'
More from Brian Tracy
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Rewrite your major goals every day, in the present tense, exactly as if they already existed
Aspire greatly; anything less than a commitment to excellence becomes an acceptance of mediocrity.
Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'
Write while the heat is in you. The write who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience. To achieve something you've never achieved before, you must become someone you've never been before.
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