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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
Businessperson
Journalist
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Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.
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Never buy anything in a room with a chandelier.
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The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
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Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.
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Ideas without action are worthless.
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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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If you don't climb the mountain, you can't see the view
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One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.
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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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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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Friends are made by many acts...and lost by only one.
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By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
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Failures don't plan to fail they fail to plan.
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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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Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his ego. He knows he'll win more, and go further, with associates who not only can keep up with him but who also are capable of teaching him something.
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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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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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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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A dream is always a bargain no matter what you pay for it
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If you want to stay youthful, stay useful.
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