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Goals! How to Get Everything You Want--Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible [Paperback]

Brian Tracy (Author)
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November 1, 2004
Based on more than 20 years of experience and 40 years of research, this book presents a practical, proven strategy for creating and meeting goals that has been used by more than 1 million people to achieve extraordinary things in life. Author Brian Tracy explains the seven key elements of goal setting and the 12 steps necessary to set and accomplish goals of any size. Using simple language and real-life examples, Tracy shows how to do the crucial work of determining one's strengths, values, and true goals. He explains how to build the self-esteem and confidence necessary for achievement; how to overpower every problem or obstacle; how to overcome difficulties; how to respond to challenges; and how to continue moving forward no matter what happens. The book's "Mental Fitness" program of character development shows readers how to become the kind of person on the inside who can achieve any goal on the outside.


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"Tracy's extraordinary thinking is always expressed in practical action steps." -- AudioFile, June/July 2004 --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

About the Author

Brian Tracey is the author of other bestselling book such as Maximum Achievement, The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success, and Eat That Frog!

Product Details

  • Paperback: 291 pages
  • Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers (November 1, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1576753077
  • ISBN-13: 978-1576753071
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #520,976 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Brian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.

Brian's goal is to help you achieve your personal and business goals faster and easier than you ever imagined.

Brian Tracy has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.

He has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.

He has written and produced more than 300 audio and video learning programs, including the worldwide, best-selling Psychology of Achievement, which has been translated into more than 20 languages.

He speaks to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of America's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.

Prior to founding his company, Brian Tracy International, Brian was the Chief Operating Officer of a $265 million dollar development company. He has had successful careers in sales and marketing, investments, real estate development and syndication, importation, distribution and management consulting. He has conducted high level consulting assignments with several billion-dollar plus corporations in strategic planning and organizational development.

He has traveled and worked in over 80 countries on six continents, and speaks four languages. Brian is happily married and has four children. He is active in community and national affairs, and is the President of three companies headquartered in Solana Beach, California.

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154 of 169 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Tracy's colorful quips and cheerleading helps people think in big, exciting terms. In the first three chapters, he quotes or cites himself, sales trainer Tom Hopkins, Mark McCormack, Victor Frankl (founder of logotherapy), Aristotle, Stanford University, billionaire H. L. Hunt, motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, Alexander Graham Bell, Eleanor Roosevelt, Buddy Hackett, Gary Zukav, James Allen, Edward Banfield, peak performer Charles Garfield, and Peter Drucker - an eclectic mix of anecdotes and attributions. But there is not much substance or structure. There are plenty of clichés like, "How do you eat an elephant?" Answer: "One bite at a time."

He is brief if a bit too cheerful. For example, in Chapter Six, "Decide your major definite purpose," his short paragraphs include headings like "Activate your Reticular Cortex," "Red Sports Car," "Achieve Financial Independence," "Keep Your Feet on the Ground," "Don't Sabotage Yourself," and "Be Willing to Pay the Price."

He recommends writing goals in the present tense but including a deadline, creating awkward conceptualizations of this sort: "I earn an average of $5,000 a month by December 31." You need to be persistent but flexible, full of dreams but also practical. Dependability is your most important trait but there are many others cited as important, key or critical: your ability to set goals and make plans, a sense of control, the practice of single handling, dedication, vision, visualization, e.g., "ability to visualize is perhaps the most important faculty that you possess."

His conclusions are twenty-one steps, which follow directly from his chapter titles, beginning with "Unlock your potential," "Take charge of your life," "Create your own future," and ending with "Unlock your inborn creativity," "Do something every day," and "Persist until you succeed." Perhaps you just need to read the conculsions.

The book is more about the subtitle "How to get everything you want - faster than you ever thought possible," than it is about goals, goal setting, or developing an enduring goal-setting strategy. There is plenty of stimulation for the unread and moving stories about the author's own path to success.

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96 of 106 people found the following review helpful
Great book by Tracy June 16, 2004
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Format:Hardcover
I think most people underestimate the value of goals. Most people know about goals, but how many people actually have written goals?

In this book, Brian Tracy offers a powerful program on how to set and reach your goals and in record time.

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55 of 59 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
Brian Tracy presents a simple, powerful yet effecive system for setting and achieving goals. Methods that have already worked for over a million people.By following and applying the 21 strategies that Tracy outlines, you'll be able to achieve any goals that you set for yourself, no matter how big.I also recommend Create Your Own Future: How To Master the 12 Critical Factors of Unlimited Success.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great Book, Very Motivating
I actually have this book to listen to in my car while I drive to and from work. It is very motivating, and makes great points on how you really can reach your goals. Read more
Published 1 day ago by Sterz
You always feel better after reading Brian Tracy's work
I've read several books from Brian Tracy and this is one of his best. Mr. Tracy writes with such fluidity and wisdom you can't help but feel better and motivated with every page. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Robert Kirk
Goals How to Get Everything You Want
I have always been a goal setter. Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal. This book outlines steps in how to develop goals, use goal setting in all parts of your... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Charlie
A gem in a world of self-help/motivational books full of fluff
Simply put: Even though I am a natural skeptic, my guilty pleasure are self-help books. It is my opinion that they can always teach you something, even if only small things. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Assaf Levavy
Belongs at the top of your reading list.
Over his stellar career, Brian Tracy has authored over 50 books. This one, GOALS!, was first published in 2003. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Monty Rainey
GET THIS !!!
GET THIS!!! Honestly, If things are not working for you the way that you want, GOALS may well be the reason why! More than just a audio that tells you that you must have goals... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Winner
Brian "Mr Repetitive" Tracy
Tracy is an old school ra-ra man who believes that nothing bad will happen to anyone if only they think positive and stand in front of the mirror and repeat to themselves over and... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Fully Alive
A Skeptic's Perspective:
A Skeptic's Perspective:

I am very careful when reading motivational books like this, because let's face it: these motivational authors are successful primarily because... Read more
Published 5 months ago by emloughl
A book I recommend to everyone!
I have read several, actually a whole lot of goal setting books and this one is top on my list.
Tracy offers many different angles to learning and setting your goals, so it... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kelli Sefton
WOW!
This is a great book for everyone. If you not only read this book, but also follow its suggestions, you will be more productive and reach your goals.
Published 8 months ago by jason
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Inside This Book (learn more)
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
major definite purpose, reticular cortex, organize your list, superconscious mind, clarify your values, until you succeed, key result areas
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Napoleon Hill, Law of Attraction, Thomas Edison, Twenty Answers
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