Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals 2001

223 Pages·2001·0.44 MB·English

by  Brian Tracy

More advance praise for Focal Point:
“Brian Tracy has done it again: He’s written the authoritative guide
to personal effectiveness. In the age of distraction, Focal Pointwill
show you how to focus on what really matters to produce the
results that really count.”
—Mark Sanborn, speaker and author of Upgrade!
Proven Strategies for Dramatically Increasing
Personal and Professional Success
“I couldn’t have written it better myself!”
—Lee Iacocca, retired Chairman,
Chrysler Corporation
“This book is invaluable! Get it. Consume it. Live it! My business
and personal results have been dramatically improved. Yours can
be too!”
—Ty Boyd, founder,
The Excellence in Speaking Institute
“Focal Pointhits the bull’s-eye. In typical Brian Tracy style, this
isn’t some pep-talk motivational “you can do it” book; this is the
real step-by-step stuff. You can’t miss when you follow this proven
system. Most importantly, Focal Pointis an owner’s manual for
fulfilling life, not just a get-rich system . . . though you’ll certainly
achieve abundant wealth by implementing this practical strategy.”
—George R. Walther, author,
What You Say Is What You Get With
Power Talking
“The more successful you are, the more you need this book. The
major choice today is between the good, better, and best activities
and decisions about time. This book helps you cut through the
clutter to the core opportunities!”
—Dianna Booher, author, E-Writing,
Communicate With Confidence and
Get a Life Without Sacrificing Your Career
“Brian Tracy is the world’s leading authority on getting results in
your life. No other individual has studied and taught the tech-
niques to help you achieve your true potential as much as Brian
Tracy. The best of his studies are in this book. You owe it to your-
self to read it.”
—Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE; author,
Get What You Want; past President,
National Speakers Association
“Focal Pointis articulated genius converging the synergy of focus,
goal setting, time management, and strategic planning to leverage
personal presence, persona, and power for significance in life and
living.”
—Naomi Rhode, CSP, CPAE Speaker Hall of
Fame; past President, National Speakers
Association; cofounder, Smart Practice
“Tracy again delivers his amazing sense of relevance in Focal Point.
His goal is unabashedly large — answers on how to achieve suc-
cess without sacrificing a balanced and happy life — and he meets
it admirably. No one else writing today is as skillful in supporting
intelligent advice with meaningful examples that ‘strike home’ and
compel the kind of change that leads to happiness — self-directed
change.”
—Jim Tunney, Ed.D.; coauthor, Chicken Soup
for the Sports Fan’s Soul
“Personal success and Brian Tracy are synonymous. Nobody I
know can teach you more about how to achieve and succeed than
Brian. He makes the case clearly and then proves it in his own
remarkable life. If he recommends it, do it. He knows what he’s
talking about.”
— Jim Cathcart, author, The Acorn Principle
“Brian Tracy’s poignant counsel and lucid insights provide us with
the formula for personal and professional success that is both sci-
entifically accurate, and yet practical.”
—Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.; President,
The Heritage Foundation
Focal Point
Focal Point
A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double
Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals
Brian Tracy
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tracy, Brian, 1944–
Focal point: a proven system to simplify your life, double your productivity, and
achieve all your goals / Brian Tracy.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8144-7129-3
1. Success—psychological aspects. 2. Success in business. I. Title.
BF637.S8 T635 2001
158—dc21 2001046150
© 2002 Brian Tracy.
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This book is dedicated to my dear friend and
business partner, Vic Conant, a fine man,
a tremendous support in good times and bad,
and a never-ending source of optimism,
intelligence, and common sense.
Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter One: Unlock Your Full Potential 7
Chapter Two: Double Your Productivity 29
Chapter Three: Simplify Your Life 43
Chapter Four: Tap Your Most Precious Resource 57
Chapter Five: Practice Personal Strategic Planning 83
Chapter Six: Supercharge Your Business and Career 101
Chapter Seven: Improve Your Family and Personal Life 117
Chapter Eight: Achieve Financial Independence 133
Chapter Nine: Enjoy Superb Health and Fitness 147
Chapter Ten: Become Everything You Are 159
Capable of Becoming
Chapter Eleven: Make a Difference in Your Community 175
Chapter Twelve: Spiritual Development and
Inner Peace 187
XI
XII Contents
Seven Lessons for the Twenty-First Century 199
Focal Point Advanced Coaching and Mentoring Program 203
Appendix: List of Values 205
Recommended Reading 209
Index 213
About the Author 221
Focal Point