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It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.
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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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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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Failures don't plan to fail they fail to plan.
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The longer they keep you waiting, the more they want to deal.
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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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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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To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.
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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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Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
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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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I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.
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Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best.
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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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No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.
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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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Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.
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For the real winners, there are no finish lines.
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Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time.
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Ideas without action are worthless.
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