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Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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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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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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Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.
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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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our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
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Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
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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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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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Your day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence others is to smile at them.
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If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind.
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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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By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
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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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Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in your life, with the possible exception of your kids
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Failure is not falling down but staying down.
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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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It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.
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Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.
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