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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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You'll never please everyone, but you only have to please a few people to get an offer.
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By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
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The first successful salesperson was not a man, it was Eve.
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Your past is not your potential.
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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.
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There will always be someone with a cuter girl, a bigger car, a bigger home, but that does not matter. You measure your own performance by your own potential. That's what makes a successful person.
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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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Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success.
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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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Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it.
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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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You'll always get the good news it's how fast you get the bad news that counts.
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You have to look life straight in the eye. De-mystify your world. Can you really afford to believe magic is for real? Not when time is concerned.
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You can't hurry creativity, so take time to ponder your ideas. Sit back and take time to think things over. That's usually how the best ideas bloom.
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Ideas without action are worthless.
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You can't buy a good reputation you must earn it.
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If you don't climb the mountain, you can't see the view
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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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It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it's risky not to take a risk.
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Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.
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