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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.
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You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist.
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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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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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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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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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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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Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.
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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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Your past is not your potential.
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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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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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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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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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In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences.
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Believe in yourself, even when no one else does.
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By getting your customers to agree with you in small steps along the way, you have a better chance of reaching agreement when it's time to do business.
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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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To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business.
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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
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