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by Brian Tracy
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Every person carries a story about who they are. Some stories are empowering. Many are not. The story might say you are not smart enough, not talented enough, not attractive enough, or not worthy of the success you secretly desire. These stories often begin in childhood, whispered by a critical parent, a dismissive teacher, or a peer who made you feel small. Over time, the whispers become beliefs. The beliefs become habits. And the habits become the invisible walls that keep you from living the
**Author:** Brian Tracy **Estimated Reading Time:** 45 minutes
**What You'll Learn:** How to transform negative thoughts and emotions into positive ones, confront the challenges you have been avoiding, forgive yourself and others, and unlock the confident, capable person you were always meant to be.
**Who This Book Is For:** Anyone who feels held back by self-doubt, past hurts, fear of failure, or the nagging sense that they are not living up to their potential. If you have ever felt that something invisible is stopping you from being happy and successful, this book is for you.
Every person carries a story about who they are. Some stories are empowering. Many are not. The story might say you are not smart enough, not talented enough, not attractive enough, or not worthy of the success you secretly desire. These stories often begin in childhood, whispered by a critical parent, a dismissive teacher, or a peer who made you feel small. Over time, the whispers become beliefs. The beliefs become habits. And the habits become the invisible walls that keep you from living the life you want. Brian Tracy wrote *Kiss That Frog!* to help you tear down those walls. The title comes from a familiar fairy tale. A princess encounters a frog. The frog is ugly, slimy, and unpleasant. But the princess knows that hidden inside the frog is a handsome prince, waiting to be released. All she has to do is kiss the frog. The moment she does, the frog transforms into royalty. Tracy's insight is that this fairy tale is not about frogs or princesses. It is about you. Each of us has frogs in our lives. A frog is any negative thought, painful memory, limiting belief, or difficult person that we find ugly and unpleasant. We want to avoid frogs. We want to pretend they are not there. We hope they will hop away on their own. But they never do. Instead, they sit in the corner of our minds, croaking their negative messages and keeping us from becoming the person we could be. The solution, Tracy says, is not to avoid the frog. The solution is to kiss it. Kissing the frog means facing the negative thought or painful experience directly. It means looking at the thing you have been avoiding and recognizing that hidden inside it is a gift. Inside every challenge is an opportunity. Inside every failure is a lesson. Inside every painful memory is the seed of future strength. When you kiss the frog, you transform it. More importantly, you transform yourself. This book is built on a simple but profound premise: you are already a thoroughly good and excellent person. You are valuable and worthwhile…
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Kiss your frogs. Face the challenges you have been avoiding. They are rarely as bad as you fear.
Every negative experience contains the seed of an equal or greater benefit. Look for the lesson.
You have complete control over your thoughts. Use the Law of Substitution to replace negative thoughts with positive one
Forgiveness is for you, not for the other person. Let go of resentment and free yourself.
Take responsibility for your responses. You cannot control events, but you can control how you react.
"Kiss That Frog!" is a strong fit if you want practical ideas around self help, personal development, business, especially themes like you are already a thoroughly good and excellent person. your job is not to become someone else, but to become more fully; kiss your frogs. face the challenges you have been avoiding. they are rarely as bad as you fear. The MinuteRead summary distills these concepts into a focused read, whether you're deciding whether to buy the book or applying its lessons at work.
Motivated to help readers with you are a thoroughly good and excellent person; valuable and worthwhile beyond measure, Brian Tracy wrote “Kiss That Frog!” to package those ideas for a fast, focused read. In “Kiss That Frog!”, Brian Tracy focuses on you are a thoroughly good and excellent person; valuable and worthwhile beyond measure. Through “Kiss That Frog!”, Brian Tracy distills the core ideas on self help into lessons readers can absorb in a single short sitting. Readers turn to this work wh…
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