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If you walk backwards, you will never stub your toe.

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
Businessman
Businessperson
Journalist
Never
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Toes
Backwards
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Leadership does not mean getting people to do their job. It means getting people to do their best.
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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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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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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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I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston.
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Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in your life, with the possible exception of your kids
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Your past is not your potential.
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Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.
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Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.
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Don't equate activity with efficiency.
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our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read
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When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.
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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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A dream is always a bargain no matter what you pay for it
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The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
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The longer they keep you waiting, the more they want to deal.
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Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs us of our skills, our judgment, and blinds us to creative solutions.
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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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In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.
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Would you like to go to a doctor who had taken his last medical course in 1948? You have to keep changing and keep learning so that you are constantly challenging yourself, adding a few new songs to your program every chance you get. If you don't, the world will pass you by.
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