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Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
Businessman
Businessperson
Journalist
Acts
Friends
Lost
Many
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One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.
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I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.
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Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you'll accomplish.
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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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If you don't climb the mountain, you can't see the view
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Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
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Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. If it's written down, you can look it up. Just be damn sure you write it down.
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One of the most difficult things in life for any individual or business is to accept and adopt change.
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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'll always get the good news it's how fast you get the bad news that counts.
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Just because an employee does things differently doesn't mean he or she won't do the job right or as well. If you establish expectations of the goal and the standards to follow, then methodology shouldn't be an issue.
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Would you like to go to a doctor who had taken his last medical course in 1948? You have to keep changing and keep learning so that you are constantly challenging yourself, adding a few new songs to your program every chance you get. If you don't, the world will pass you by.
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When you kill a little time, you may be murdering opportunity.
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If you walk backwards, you will never stub your toe.
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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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Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.
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In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.
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If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World!
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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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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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