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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Mary Kay Ash
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Mary Kay Ash
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 12
Died: 2001
Died: November 22
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Mary Kathlyn Wagner
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Don't let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible
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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
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Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
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Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking.
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I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important, and with that in mind I regard everyone as special. A manager should feel this way about people, but it's an attitude that can't be faked. You've got to be honestly convinced that every human being is important.
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Fear is faith that it won't work.
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If you have an idea and I have an idea - then we EACH have JUST ONE idea...but if you share your idea with me and I do the same...we EACH have TWO ideas!
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There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.
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The greatest polution problem we face today is negativity.
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It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.
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Make every day count. Make every hour count. Make every minute count. And don't stop until you have exercised your full potential, realizing your impossible dream and fulfilling your total destiny to become the person that you, and only you , are capable of being.
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An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.
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Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
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My company mascot is the bumblebee. Because of its tiny wings and heavy body, aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly. But the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it flies anyways.
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For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
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Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.
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Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
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A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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