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The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.

The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.

Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern

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Brian Tracy
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Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1944; activity date not established; Wikidata Q582473, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582473 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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