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If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind.

Harvey Mackay

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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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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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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You'll always get the good news it's how fast you get the bad news that counts.
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Make your decisions with your heart, and you'll end up with heart disease.
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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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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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To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.
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Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.
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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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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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It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.
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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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No company has a permanent consumer franchise. No one has the only game in town. The never-ending cycle of destruction and change inherent in a capitalist economy always provides new opportunities for those with determination, goals and concentration.
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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.
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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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One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.
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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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It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas.
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There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don't be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.
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