Brian Tracy Quotes

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

If we didn't have deadlines, we'd stagnate.

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

Don't just put it off and think about it!

Whatever can be done another day can be done today.

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!

I would never finish a painting if I didn't have a deadline.

There are people who literally cannot start a project until the deadline is four hours away, even if it's a big one. And those people have a serious problem. My recommendation is set up mini-deadlines. You might say, 'Okay, here's my deadline after three days for this and there's another deadline for that and then a third deadline.'

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.

All urgent calls he shall hear at once, but never put off; for when postponed, they will prove too hard or impossible to accomplish.

I like to believe I perform better under pressure and at the last minute.

I love a daily deadline.

Live now. Procrastinate later.

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along. This applies to play as well as work. A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine. No more busy work. No more hiding from success. Leave time, leave space, to grow. Now. Now! Not tomorrow!

There are no unrealistic goals, only unrealistic deadlines.

If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

A goal without a deadline is just a dream.

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

I am most drawn to writing when I have something else urgent to do.

People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it.

I know what I want to get down and I haven't got much time to do it in.

Do not spend the day in gathering flowers by the way side, lest night come upon you before you arrive at your journey's end, and then you will not reach it.

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.