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To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.
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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
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By getting your customers to agree with you in small steps along the way, you have a better chance of reaching agreement when it's time to do business.
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I've known entrepreneurs who were not great salespeople, or didn't know how to code, or were not particularly charismatic leaders. But I don't know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination.
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I've learned that people will seldom let you down if they understand that your destiny is in their hands, and vice versa.
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There's a place in the world for any business that takes care of its customers-after the sale.
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Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
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The first successful salesperson was not a man, it was Eve.
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I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.
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Ideas without action are worthless.
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By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
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Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It's the best-conditioned athlete, not the most talented, who generally wins when the going gets tough.
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All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
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Failures don't plan to fail they fail to plan.
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One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.
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If you can't say yes, it's no. Don't sugarcoat it. Don't talk yourself into yes just to seem like a nice guy. No one ever went broke because he or she said NO too often.
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A string of successes can kill you if they make you think, 'Hey, I'm smart I can't make any mistakes'.
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Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.
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Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his ego. He knows he'll win more, and go further, with associates who not only can keep up with him but who also are capable of teaching him something.
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You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.
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