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Failure is not falling down but staying down.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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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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Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.
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Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
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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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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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Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.
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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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The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me.
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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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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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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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Too often, sales reps simply regurgitate their presentations and expect to land the sale. It doesn't work.
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In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.
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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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Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.
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You can't buy a good reputation you must earn it.
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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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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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Say and do what you mean, but never say and do it meanly.
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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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