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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
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When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.
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When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.
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Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.
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The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.
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I have never yet met a successful person who hasn't had to overcome either a little or a lot of adversity in his or her life. If life there is a lot of lumps and bumps... a lot of throttling up and a lot of throttling down.
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You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up.
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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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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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Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.
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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
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Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success.
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If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again.
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Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.
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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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Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
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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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Learn from the past, but don't live there. Build on what you know so that you don't repeat mistakes.
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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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