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    Get Smart: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
    Get Smart: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
    Get Smart: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
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    Get Smart: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field

    Written by Brian Tracy

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    An accessible guide on training the brain to work effortlessly in your favor-from the international bestselling author of the productivity classic Eat That Frog

    In business and in life, you must be smart to get ahead. As things shift and change quickly, you need to tap into your brain-learn how to think smartly-in order to make sure that you maximize your opportunities.

    In Get Smart!, internationally-acclaimed business guru, speaker, author, and productivity expert Brian Tracy has laid the groundwork on how to easily reconfigure your negative thinking patterns and habits, and reprogram your brain to achieve its maximum potential. In this invaluable book, readers will encounter:

    · The latest brain research on how to think, in order to get results
    · Practical, easy-to-understand advice and immediately actionable steps and exercises
    · How to train the brain to think correctly and help to create a brilliant future
    · Tapping in to the power of positive thinking
    · How to harness the true potential of the human mind
    · And so much more

    Whether your goal is making more sales, coming up with better business plans, or simply finding ways to make extra money or have more residual income, this book will serve as your personal express elevator going straight to the top!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateMar 5, 2016
    ISBN9781469096285
    Get Smart: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
    Author

    Brian Tracy

    BRIAN TRACY is the Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations. One of the top business speakers and authorities in the world today, 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 United States and more than 60 countries worldwide. He has written 55 books and produced more than 500 audio and video learning programs on management, motivation, and personal success.

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    • 5/5
      Love this book!.It is inspiring and mind blowing for people who are lost and trying to find their calling here on earth. Must read!
    • 5/5
      It's great, it's motivational and even helps with my adhd unintentionally.
    • 5/5
      I love it. Very precise and organized … … .
    • 5/5
      Interesting and improvement book, very much like it this book.
    • 5/5
      This book is a treasure chest of invaluable knowledge. I am re-reading it all over again just to absorb and practice it more efficiently. Get this book!!!
    • 5/5
      Brian Tracy really is one of the best self help authors I have read. Inspiring and practical
    • 5/5
      Bryan Tracy has been a favorite speaker and helper for me for decades. He still got it!
    • 5/5
      It is amusing and great book! More advices, I have a lot learn habbits and thinks to learn!
    • 5/5
      Great audiobook, I hope there is a real book to buy on Amazon because I definitely want to have this one on my shelf to go back when I need to remember some of the great advices that were given.
      And I love this author.
    • 5/5
      Excellent book from a great man
      To people wanting to change their lives
    • 5/5
      As always superb from Brian Tracey, worth it....... Great tips
    • 5/5
      I always love Brian Tracy books. This one is good in helping me get closer to be better.
    • 5/5
      If you want to improve your life read or listen the full Brian Tracy collection
    • 5/5
      Great great book, must read for every serious minded person.
    • 4/5
      I would give it 3.5 stars. I did enjoy it, don't get me wrong. I just found it more "motivational" than I would have liked - let's get more into the "nitty gritty" of how these things actually work and how to implement them - not just "wake up early and think successful thoughts". A good and short listen overall.
    • 2/5

      ‘Success is not an accident, failure is not an accident. You are where you are because of yourself, own thinking and behavior. If you want your future to change in a certain area, you must first change and improve your thinking and make new choices and better decisions. Fortunately, everything you are today you have learnt in early childhood as a result of input and practice and at anytime you can decide to learn new ideas and practice new behaviors and get different results.’
    • 5/5
      Everyone wants to act and think like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett. This book shows how anyone can move in that direction.What do you really, really want to accomplish, either personally or professionally? Writing that Ultimate Goal on paper, and posting it somewhere prominent, is more meaningful than simply keeping it in the back of your mind. Be sure to break that Ultimate Goal into smaller, more manageable pieces. Resolve to do at least one goal-oriented thing every day.Corporate thinkers are concerned with pleasing their bosses, following the rules and doing the absolute minimum necessary to keep from getting laid off. Customers are nothing but whiny irritants. Entrepreneurial thinkers obsess about customers all the time, they continually upgrade their skills and look for ways to become more valuable to their company. Which one are you?Is it worth it to be in motion all day, looking like a video tape stuck on fast forward, and ultimately not getting much done? On the other hand, maybe you should prioritize your tasks, doing the important ones first, and resolve to actually work while you are at work. Leave the socializing for lunch time. Also, you should resolve to check your email only at specific times during the day. Stay away from it for the rest of the day.Every policy and procedure in your company should be periodically re-evaluated, for possible changing or removing.The reason that most people stay poor is because of ingrained bad habits, like procrastination, fear of failure and lack of persistence. This book tells how to change those habits.Start with "excellent" and go from there; that is how good this book is. It is highly recommended for people from any walk of life, young or old, blue- or white-collar.
    • 4/5
      Don’t let the size of this book fool you. It may be short, but it’s packed full of helpful information. It’s short because there’s no fluff, at least, not in my opinion. I took many pages of notes from this book because there were things that I didn’t want to forget.

      Some of the advice in this book I’ve heard hundreds of times or more, but it’s worth hearing again. Most of us are very familiar with goal-setting methods. Brian Tracy gives you step-by-step instructions — writing down goals, prioritizing and executing them. We may have heard this advice hundreds of times, but I don’t think many people actually follow it.

      There’s a great section with a systematic problem solving method and one on the “Seven Rs of Superior Thinking” (rethinking, reevaluating, reorganizing, restructuring, reengineering, reinventing, regaining control).

      Not all of the advice was standard. There are exercises in this book, many questions to ask yourself, steps to take, and gold nuggets that get you to think about things a little differently.

      I loved the chapter on negative emotions: fear of all kinds, envy and resentment, jealousy, inferiority, hate, suspicion, hostility, and distrust. We’re so used to feeling these emotions that they become a part of everyday living and we think that it’s OK. We don’t have to feel this way.

      "It’s impossible to experience a negative emotion without blaming others for something that they have done or not done of which you disapprove. The minute you stop blaming, your negative emotions cease completely.”
      Taking personal responsibility is hard for most people. We blame others for a large majority of the things that happen in our lives and only occasionally blame ourselves. We’ve all been wrong in life in some way, but we haven’t truly learned to forgive and this includes forgiving ourselves. If we stop complaining, learn to forgive and let it go, we would feel so much happier and be in a healthier frame of mind, which would help us accomplish more of our goals.

      "The key to self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-respect is for you to accept 100% responsibility for everything you are and all that you will become in life. The instant you accept complete responsibility, with no excuses, you become calm, clear, and positive.”
      Rich people have different habits and a different way of thinking than poor people. I love the distinctions Brian Tracy makes in this book. Rich people make a commitment to continue learning and developing new skills. They set clear goals. They get out of their comfort zone. They eat healthy and exercise daily. They let go of their fears (especially a fear of failure). They don’t use learned helplessness (the “I can’t” attitude). They watch less than an hour of television a day! They use their time wisely and this includes not spending time with people whose lives are going nowhere.

      This is what he says about how poor people think.

      “They fail to understand the direct relationship between what you put in and what you get out. They are always seeking to get something for nothing or for as little as possible. They want success without achievement, riches without labor, money without effort, and fame without talent.”
      He reminds us that poor people gamble and buy lottery tickets.

      Get Smart! How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field is a motivating book that reminds you that if you change your habits and your thinking, you can change your life in remarkable ways. Read it. I highly recommend it.
    • 5/5
      Brian Tracy is exceptional at understanding the most critical, universal strategies for success, and then he makes them relevant and applicable for anyone. I've read several of his books and recognized many of those concepts here. True to form, this latest work is an even more compact and inspiring summary about the practices that can make anyone exponentially more successful. You won't be able to read and not come away with some inspired next step for yourself.