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You can beat 80% of the competition just by showing up.

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Harvey Mackay
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: January 1
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You can't be passionate when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your job, product or cause all the time. There's no off switch on a tiger.
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Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.
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Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.
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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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We all start out in life with one thing in common We all have the same amount of time. It's just a matter of what we do with it.
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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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One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new.
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If you don't climb the mountain, you can't see the view
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The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if you've spent your whole career in a corporation.
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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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Anyone who has been in business can tell war stories about the bumps in the road. But if they've outlasted the competition, ask for their stories about survival. They've figured out how to turn disappointments into opportunities.
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Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his ego. He knows he'll win more, and go further, with associates who not only can keep up with him but who also are capable of teaching him something.
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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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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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Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.
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One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
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Just because an employee does things differently doesn't mean he or she won't do the job right or as well. If you establish expectations of the goal and the standards to follow, then methodology shouldn't be an issue.
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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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Failures don't plan to fail they fail to plan.
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Would you like to go to a doctor who had taken his last medical course in 1948? You have to keep changing and keep learning so that you are constantly challenging yourself, adding a few new songs to your program every chance you get. If you don't, the world will pass you by.
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