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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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Mary Kay Ash
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 12
Died: 2001
Died: November 22
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Mary Kathlyn Wagner
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Fake it till you make it.
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If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.
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Left unattended, problems only intensify.
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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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Think in terms of what's good for the other person and success will seek you out.
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