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Brian Tracy (born in Canada in 1944) is a self-help author who has recorded many of his works as audio books. His presentations and seminar topics include leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness, and business strategy. He is now a much-sought-after speaker. He is now the Chairman of Brian Tracy International, a human resource company based in Solana Beach, California, with affiliates throughout the United States and thirty-one other countries.

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[edit] Early Life

After dropping out of school before graduation, Tracy spent several years as a laborer. He then got a job on a tramp steamer and traveled around the world for eight years, eventually visiting more than eighty countries on five continents.

Since he could no longer find a job as a laborer, he went into sales, struggling at first. He decided to ask other successful salesmen and then emulate them. By the end of his first year, he attained the status of top salesman. After his second year, he was made a Vice President in charge of 95 people. At the time he was only 25 years old. [1]

At 30, Tracy decided to return to school and attended the University of Alberta, eventually earning a Master's Degree in Business.[citation needed]

[edit] Professional Life

Beginning in 1981, Tracy assembled his "success system", which was initially called "The Phoenix Seminar." Three years later, in 1985, he released an updated version of this seminar as a self-help audio tape entitled "The Psychology of Achievement".

Tracy's book Maximum Achievement was included as one of 50 success, motivation and leadership classics in the book 50 Success Classics[2] (2004) by Tom Butler-Bowdon.

Among Tracy's many professional achievements, he is also a member of the board of trustees for the Heritage Foundation, an influential Washington, D.C.-based public policy research institute. [3]

His body of work is loosely based on a number of other success "gurus" such as Earl Nightingale, Jim Rohn and Denis Waitley. He has recently launched Brian Tracy University, an online course of study which is designed to assist entrepreneurs, business owners and sales professionals.

The Brian Tracy College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Andrew Jackson University (a distance learning school based in Hoover, Alabama), is named after him and based on his teachings.

In March 2008, Brian Tracy and some of his business partners created iLearningGlobal, which is another online learning community staffed by a faculty of world known speakers and educators.

[edit] Personal Life

Brian Tracy is currently married to his wife, Barbara; they have four children. Brian Tracy has three brothers, Arnold, Dalmar, and Paul (the names of the brothers can be seen in the dedication notes in Brian Tracy's book "Million Dollar Habits"; because he dedicates that book to his three brothers).

[edit] Books

  • Goals!: How To Get Everything You Want--Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible (2003) ISBN 978-1576752357
  • The Psychology of Selling: The Art of Closing Sales (1995) ISBN 978-0743520690
  • Focal Point (2001) American Management Association ISBN 0-8144-7278-8
  • Time Power: A Proven System for Getting More Done in Less Time Than You Ever Thought Possible (2004) American Management Association ISBN 0-8144-7247-8
  • Something for Nothing : The All-Consuming Desire that Turns the American Dream into a Social Nightmare (2005) ISBN 1-59555-038-0
  • The Power of Charm: How to Win Anyone over in Any Situation (2006) American Management Association ISBN 0-8144-7357-1
  • Eat that Frog: 21 Ways to stop Procrastination and get More Done in Less Time (2001) ISBN 1-58376-202-7
  • Get Paid More and Promoted Faster (2001) ISBN 1-58376-207-8
  • Victory!: Applying the Proven Principles of Military Strategy to Achieve Success in Your Business and Personal Life(2002) ISBN 0-8144-0750-1
  • Turbostrategy: 21 Powerful Ways to Transform your Business and Boost Your Profits Quickly (2003) ISBN 0-8144-7193-5
  • Getting Rich Your Own Way: Achieve All Your Financial Goals Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible (2004) ISBN 0-471-65264-4
  • Create Your Own Future: How to Master the 12 Critical Factors of Unlimited Success (2002) ISBN 0-471-25107-0
  • Be a Sales Superstar: 21 Great Ways to Sell More, Faster, Easier in Tough Markets (2002) ISBN 1-57675-175-9
  • Advanced Selling Strategies: The Proven System of Sales Ideas, Methods, and Techniques Used by Top Salespeople Everywhere (1995) ISBN 0-684-82474-4
  • The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success (2000) ISBN 1-57675-126-0
  • The 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires: How to Achieve Financial Independence Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible (2001) ISBN 1-58376-205-1
  • Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed (1993) ISBN 0-671-86518-8
  • Jones and the Salesman (1999)
  • Flight Plan: The Real Secret of Success (2008) ISBN 1-57675-497-9

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tracy, Brian. "Eat that Frog!". Berrett-Koehler Publishers; 2nd edition (January 1, 2007).
  2. ^ Butler-Bowdon, Tom (2004). 50 Success Classics: Winning Wisdom for Work and Life from 50 Landmark Books. London & Boston: Nicholas Brealey, p. 264. ISBN 978-1-85788-333-6.
  3. ^ Heritage Foundation Board of Trustees, heritage.org

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