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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
Businessman
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Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.
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You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up.
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Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.
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There will always be someone with a cuter girl, a bigger car, a bigger home, but that does not matter. You measure your own performance by your own potential. That's what makes a successful person.
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Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.
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Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.
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Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.
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Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.
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Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game.
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Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.
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It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it's risky not to take a risk.
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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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Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
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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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Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs us of our skills, our judgment, and blinds us to creative solutions.
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For the real winners, there are no finish lines.
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We all start out in life with one thing in common We all have the same amount of time. It's just a matter of what we do with it.
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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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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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