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I'm not a what if. I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it.

Debbi Fields

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Debbi Fields
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 18
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Businessperson
Businesswoman
Oakland
California
Mrs. Fields
Debra J. Fields
Debra Jane Sivyer
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Accepting
Give
Giving
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Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them.
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All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself.
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Because what nobody ever understood is that I, too, wanted to be a somebody. But how do you go through life wanting to be a someone and not knowing how?
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There is always competition. Whatever you do, there will be competition, and you have to decide how you’re going to play. For me, I had to be the very best. I had to be the very best. Because, if I was not the very best, I would end up being number two.
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There are people out there who want to say yes. That gave me confidence to keep asking.
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Don't stop at the first no. You have to be a risk taker. If there weren't room for creativity, the patent office would close down.
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Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.
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I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience.
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We are here for a reason. We all have a gift or gifts to share. You want to look inside your heart and your soul, and you want to tap into the one thing you love to do. Develop it. Share it. Nurture it. You were meant to have that gift.
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Truly, I get high on oxygen, and once I graduate from that, what really fulfills me is doing what I love. That, to me, is absolutely priceless.
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What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself.
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If that's what everybody else is doing, that is not what I'm going to do!
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If you think you can, then you’re half way there. If you say, ‘I can’t,’ then you’re defeated.
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My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people.
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What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best - which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.
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The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.
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The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.
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I love to nurture, I love to help people. I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor.
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Being good enough never is.
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The most important thing is for you to believe in what you are doing.
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