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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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There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone.
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You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up.
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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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Many, perhaps most, people who lose their jobs are mistaken about the reason for which they lost their jobs. Some will say that they're failures, others that their boss had it in for them, and others yet that they were sure their career ended because of a stupid faux pas they made at the company picnic.
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Goals give you more than a reason to get up in the morning they are an incentive to keep you going all day.
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One of the most difficult things in life for any individual or business is to accept and adopt change.
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When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well.
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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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Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.
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Ideas without action are worthless.
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No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.
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Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.
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The first successful salesperson was not a man, it was Eve.
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