Brian Tracy Quotes

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Deploy yourself carefully to maximum advantage; always invest your energies where you can get the highest return.
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The amount you are worth today, divided by the amount of years you have been working, tells you how much you have traded your years for so far.
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Describe your product in terms of what it “does,” not in terms of what it “is.”
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You will always be compensated in direct proportion to the value of your contribution. If you want to get more out, you must put more in.
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Design your ideal home in every respect; determine how much it will cost and how long it will take you to acquire it.
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Tune in to your customer’s favorite radio station, WIIFM: “What’s in it for me?”
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Analyze the trends in your industry and your career. Where are you likely to be in three to five years?
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Make a list of all the reasons you want to be a major success in your field; reasons are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.
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Apply “zero-based thinking” to every part of your life; what would you not get into today if you had it to do over?
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Listen to stress and use it as a friend to tell you what parts of your life are out of alignment with your true nature.
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Dress conservatively for maximum credibility in any business situation.
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Imagine that you have no limitations on what you can be, have or do. If you were completely free to choose, what changes would you make in your life?
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Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.
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Expand your vocabulary; learn and use new and better words every day.
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Identify your weakest skill are, and make a plan to become very good in that one skill that is holding you back.
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Get the feeling; imagine that you have already succeeded before you go in.
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Invite feedback from others on your performance; you can only get better when people will evaluate you honestly and tell you what they see.
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Stand in front of a full-length mirror every morning and ask yourself if you see a top professional looking back at you.
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Know your product cold; learn it inside out. Product knowledge builds self-confidence and personal power.
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Develop your assets. Your most valuable asset is your reputation, how you are known to your customers.
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Face the facts; ask your last 10 noncustomers why they didn’t buy from you.
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Develop a meaningful competitive advantage as a salesperson; what do you have the potential to do better than anyone else?
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Develop trust with your customers by asking good questions and listening attentively to the answers.
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Commit yourself to becoming one of the outstanding sales professionals of your generation.
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Win in competitive markets by continually analyzing your competition, and by positioning your product as the superior choice.
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Help your customer to identify his or her real needs before you ever mention your product or service.
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Never assume you understand what your customer has just said; paraphrase and feed it back to him in your own words.
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Never come across as impatient; always be relaxed, cheerful and positive-even if you’re all wound up inside.
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Do your own market research; ask your last 10 customers exactly why they bought from you.
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View your prospect as if you were a doctor and he was a patient; do a thorough examination and diagnosis before you recommend a prescription.
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Approach selling as a profession, like law or medicine. See yourself at the same level as the best people in your community.
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Offer your customers a long-term relationship, then do everything possible to build and maintain it.
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Present your product or service as an improvement on what the customer is already doing. Remember that people are fearful of change.
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Don’t be afraid to ask, “Why don’t you give it a try?”
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Develop wisdom in sales by reflecting on your experience and learning everything you can from every call.
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Be an agreeable person; never argue with a customer, even if he or she appears to be dead wrong.
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Remember, rule number one in selling is, “The customer is always right.” Rule number two is, “When in doubt, refer back to rule number one.”
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Arrive punctually for every appointment; if you are not early, you’re late. Always give yourself a cushion of 10 minutes.
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Express your admiration for the traits, possessions or accomplishments of your customer. Little things mean a lot.
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Introduce the continuous improvement process into every aspect of your sales work; resolve to become better, in some way, every day.
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