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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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Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them.
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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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Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.
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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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Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game.
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