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One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
Businessman
Businessperson
Journalist
Kill
Mistake
Never

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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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All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
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You're a lot better off being scared than being bored.
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Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.
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You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up.
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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
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The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
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I've known entrepreneurs who were not great salespeople, or didn't know how to code, or were not particularly charismatic leaders. But I don't know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination.
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A dream is always a bargain no matter what you pay for it
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Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.
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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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Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.
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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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The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if you've spent your whole career in a corporation.
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Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don't focus on work or solving problems constantly.
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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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