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We live in the most technologically advanced period of history in the most technologically advanced world. With the advent of mobile phones, killer apps, internet speeds that stagger the imagination, and nearly any bit of information, products, and solutions only one click away, how can it be that remaining optimally productive is such a challenge for so many? In a word: DISTRACTION. In Get It Done Now!, Brian addresses this challenge of distraction in its many forms and shows you how to focus on your most important task so you can get it done now!

The idea of being successful is an attractive dream that fills us with positive emotions. However, the actions required to be successful at work, in our relationships, in sports competition, are often difficult and lengthy. Therefore, even though we want to be successful, happy and influential. very few of us take the specific actions that will actually move us directly toward those goals. So what do we need to bridge the gap between what we say we want, and what we must do to achieve it? We need goal-oriented motivation.

Some sav success is based on luck. But high achievers don't leave their success to chance. They guarantee their future by applying the proven laws of success. When you apply these laws, you will unlock the most potent forces in the universe. You control your luck. What's the key? If you want to succeed, do what successful people do. It's that simple. In this book, Brian Tracy shows how to put the laws of luck to work for you.

Tired of ending each day feeling like you accomplished nothing that truly mattered? Your biggest goals keep getting pushed aside by endless distractions? Legendary success and productivity coach Brian Tracy reveals the game-changing secret: eat your frogs first. Tackle your most challenging, most important task at the start of each day—everything else becomes easier.

The title comes from the story of the Phoenix—a Greek legend of a bird/dragon that arises from the ashes of its predecessor—being born again. It relates to the situations people may be in now—low achievement, lack of success, mediocrity.

Restless cowpoke Perley Gates wanted nothing more than to track down the grandfather who abandoned his family years ago. What he found was the crazy old sidewinder barely hanging on after a Sioux massacre. The old man’s dying wish was to make things right for deserting his kin — by giving his strong-willed grandson Perley clues to the whereabouts of a buried fortune in gold. 

It all started with a contract signed by him, then by me, while our families watched. While my father sat silent, a man defeated, giving his daughter to the Benedetti monsters. I obeyed. I played my part. I signed my name and gave away my life. I became their living, breathing trophy, a constant symbol of their power over us. That was five years ago. Then came the time for him to claim me. For Salvatore Benedetti to own me. I had vowed vengeance. I had learned hate. And yet, nothing could have prepared me for the man who now ruled my life.

Notes From The Author: The following is a short story I wrote in the Elantris world back in January of 2006. At that point, Elantris had only been out in stores for about seven or eight months, but I actually hadn't written anything new on the story or world since 2000, when I'd finished the...

I'm the first-born son of the mafia king. The favorite. Destined to rule, I'm a dangerous man, a ruthless one. But in my world, you have to be. Then Natalie stumbles into my life. Wrong place. Wrong time. Twice, fate put her in my path. Twice, fate placed the innocent lamb at the mercy of the monster. I gave her a chance to walk away. Told her it would be better for her if she did. But she didn't listen. And now it's too late. Because I'm not good. I never wanted to be. And I won't let her go anymore. See, I'm not the hero. When I touch her, it's with dirty hands.

In Think Big, Brian Tracy will explain a series of simple, practical, proven methods, techniques, and strategies used by all high-achieving men and women in every field to accomplish far more than they or the people around them have ever dreamed possible. It’s time to break the bonds of limited conventional thinking and expand your mind and your ambitions to the point where you can greatly exceed any goal that you’ve ever set for yourself.

Legendary time management and personal development expert Brian Tracy presents his simple, powerful, and effective system for setting and achieving goals. Each chapter introduces a principle key in reaching your goals, along with a toolkit full of both comprehensive insights and actionable steps.

Throughout history, the world’s most admired generals have used basic principles of strategy to achieve great military successes, often against overwhelming odds. You can use these principles to achieve success in every area of life.

Lucas Carr went to Glenbury Hall, an old country manor house turned hotel. He signed in at reception, took his key, and went upstairs to his room. But he never got there. Somehow he vanished along the way, with not a single clue to suggest what might have happened to him. Lucas belonged to the same mysterious organization that employs Ishmael and Penny, so they are sent in to solve the mystery. But when they arrive at grim and isolated Glenbury Hall, they discover it has a reputation as one of the most haunted old houses in England.

In this book, you’ll learn about the success principles that have been the hallmark of all great achievers. Brian calls them “universal laws” because they work for anyone, anywhere, anytime, and they will work for you.

In the Wild-West wilderness of the Frontier, a sheriff has been tasked with escorting the captured servant of the vampire Nobility to the authorities in the Capital. Unfortunately, the stagecoach route they must follow crosses into the territory of the servant’s master, the dread Duke Sinistre!

In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska’s ice. Thus was Dr. Blue’s Incredible Bone-Shaking Drill Engine born. But on its first test run the Boneshaker went terribly awry, destroying several blocks of downtown Seattle and unearthing a subterranean vein of blight gas that turned anyone who breathed it into the living dead. 

Whether you’re an entrepreneur or working for a company, you’re in business for yourself. You are selling products and services. You have to persuade buyers—employers as well as customers—that what you’re offering is worth more than what they’re paying. In this lively, concise, but thorough guide to the basic principles of business, Brian Tracy takes you through the skills you need to succeed, no matter who you are or what you’re doing.

One of the hallmark's of Brian Tracy's philosophy is that you are 100% responsible for the results in your life. While Brian Tracy has discussed this philosophy since the 1980's, it is increasingly out of place in our current cultural moment. Today there are numerous voices telling you that any of your struggles or challenges are due to other people or societal conditions that are beyond your control. But, as you'll hear in this life-changing book, the philosophy of complaint and "blaming others" is ultimately a dead-end path that leads to despair.

In writing this book, Brian Tracy had one goal: to show you too can earn money faster and easier than ever before. If you simply study his ideas in this book and apply them to your life and your business, you too can get rich now.

Rather than accepting a marriage arranged by his mother, the powerful military matriarch of Westwind, Creslin chooses exile, setting out to find his own identity and developing his magical talents through conflict with the enigmatic white wizards of Candar. What Creslin doesn't know he stands in the way of their plot to subjugate the world.