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Timeless

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2023

Read this as a teen over 25 years ago. Just bought a couple copies for my boys.

Its a easy, systematic approach to goal setting you can utilize your entire life.

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jason

It’s alright.

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2021

This book is kinda decent if you have unlimited time to learn the ten thousand techniques it offers. It’s more of a program to dedicate your life to the book itself. Also, it is all about business, not much about solitary goals. But I am still not sure if you need a program this complex. Most people don’t have this kind of willpower.

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Brian "Mr Repetitive" Tracy

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2011

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 over again: "I feel terrific, I feel terrific, I feel terrific, I am worth a million bucks right now, I can be anything I want," and such inane affirmations and so 60s nonsense. But his feel-good pop psych is just that: feel-good pop psych.

His claim to education is having read a pile of success books. He gives a nod to the father of this genre, Napolean Hill, and to Steven Covey, Norman Vincent Peel, Earl Nightingale, all masters of RA-RA.

Like everyone else in this business, he tells his rags to riches story and tries his best to persuade us that everyone on the planet can get everything they want -- love, money, fame, health, success, etc -- the package everyone is after -- if they buy his pile of assorted merchandise, in which you would not find a single original idea. In other words, he is peddling repackaged borrowed "wisdom", in effect, spurious solutions.

He churns out books (52+ and counting), CDs, seminars, webinars, repeating the same old tired "laws of this and that". He repeats the 80/20 idea like a prayer.

Since the old man discovered the internet, he has got someone to set up a slick site and if you opt in, he'll spam you with hard-sales 365 days a year. He cross-sells for kickbacks other "stars" in this racket. He excels in mass producing inane stuff. If you want real wisdom, pick up a copy from your local library of the works of the real luminaries, from Marcus Aurelius to the old Greek philosophers or even a good biography of a high achiever or two.

If you buy the jaded systems promoted and sold as if they are unique pearls of wisdom from the mouth of Mr Tracy Tricks, you'd be a sucker . (Tracy, of course, knows a sucker is born every minute.) His goal-achievement stuff is so 70s. He markets himself as Mr Fix-It for all the problems that best life and the man with the golden keys (for sale of course) to everything we desire. In other words, a classic phony.

But he is excellent at one thing: selling tinsel-wrapped dodgy merchandise. Of late, he is planting in his stuff a caveat to seek advice from "competent professionals". That is good: if you treat Tracy's stuff as gospel, you are bound to come a-cropper. Take everything he says with a large dose of salt, especially in areas of finance. For one thing, do not follow his advice to concentrate your forces (a simplistic borrowing from military strategy) in financial planning. Better follow grandma's advice of not putting all your eggs in one basket. And if you are seeking psychotherapy, totally ignore this dangerous ignoramus!

Tracy is and old school salesman. Don't mistake him for a premier thinker, expert or learned counselor. He is none of that. But his greed knows no bounds. Make him richer with your hard-earned bucks if you want. But I'm done!

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Waste of time and money

Reviewed in India on February 15, 2023

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Waste of time and money

Harsh

Useless Crap . Waste of time and money

Reviewed in India on July 4, 2021

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Waste of Money. Nothing useful given in the book. The author just keeps repeating the same things over and over again. I won't recommend to anyone. Summary of the book: Decide what you want in your Life and Make a Plan with Specific Dates for each Purpose !

Ranjeet sahu

Not a good book

Reviewed in India on November 19, 2018

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Not at all a good book.just simply written points which u can get from google easily...this book doesnt explain anything.....

Eranna

Book not delivere. But status is delivered

Reviewed in India on April 21, 2019

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Book was delivered, but status indicating delivered. Not a good experience

Rahul Banerjee

Amazing!!

Reviewed in India on July 17, 2015

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The book hasnt been delivered to me and it is showing as delivered. Amazing!!!

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