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I have never yet met a successful person who hasn't had to overcome either a little or a lot of adversity in his or her life. If life there is a lot of lumps and bumps... a lot of throttling up and a lot of throttling down.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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Failure is not falling down but staying down.
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You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up.
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Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. If it's written down, you can look it up. Just be damn sure you write it down.
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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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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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Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don't focus on work or solving problems constantly.
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Worrying makes you cross the bridge before you come to it.
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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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