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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.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.
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Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.
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Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success.
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In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.
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Your past is not your potential.
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Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning they are an incentive to keep you going all day.
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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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The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
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You can't be passionate when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your job, product or cause all the time. There's no off switch on a tiger.
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One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
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When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.
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No company has a permanent consumer franchise. No one has the only game in town. The never-ending cycle of destruction and change inherent in a capitalist economy always provides new opportunities for those with determination, goals and concentration.
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Many, perhaps most, people who lose their jobs are mistaken about the reason for which they lost their jobs. Some will say that they're failures, others that their boss had it in for them, and others yet that they were sure their career ended because of a stupid faux pas they made at the company picnic.
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Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions.
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If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to help them do their jobs as well as possible.
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It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas.
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I know that you don't know, but you don't know that you don't know! By that I mean there are three reasons why individuals and businesses fail: 1. Arrogance 2. Arrogance 3. Arrogance.
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You have to look life straight in the eye. De-mystify your world. Can you really afford to believe magic is for real? Not when time is concerned.
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Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business - and you can leverage that knowledge.
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