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We fall forward to succeed.

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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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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Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.
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There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.
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The greatest polution problem we face today is negativity.
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Dare to risk public criticism.
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Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
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God does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
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Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.
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In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.
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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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Believe in yourself and know that you can do anything in this world that you want to do if you want to do it badly enough and you are willing to travel the road. Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
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What you believe, you can achieve.
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