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Don't equate activity with efficiency.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.
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Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.
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In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.
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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 want to stay youthful, stay useful.
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A student of life considers the world a classroom.
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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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If you walk backwards, you will never stub your toe.
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Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.
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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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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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The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
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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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Surrounding yourself with creative, imaginative people is a good strategy for success whether you're an entrepreneur seeking innovation or an artist looking for inspiration.
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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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It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.
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You're a lot better off being scared than being bored.
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