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Your past is not your potential.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
Businessman
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Journalist
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If you wish others to believe in you, you must first convince them that you believe in them.
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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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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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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
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You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.
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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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Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out.
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Anyone who has been in business can tell war stories about the bumps in the road. But if they've outlasted the competition, ask for their stories about survival. They've figured out how to turn disappointments into opportunities.
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There's a place in the world for any business that takes care of its customers-after the sale.
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We all start out in life with one thing in common We all have the same amount of time. It's just a matter of what we do with it.
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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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You're a lot better off being scared than being bored.
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When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.
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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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our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read
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None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.
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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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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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In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.
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I know that you don't know, but you don't know that you don't know! By that I mean there are three reasons why individuals and businesses fail: 1. Arrogance 2. Arrogance 3. Arrogance.
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