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Some of the most successful people managers are also the best listeners.

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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People
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to lead.
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Leaders teach. They motivate. They care. Leaders make sure that the way to success is always broad enough and straight enough for others to follow.
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It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.
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I believe that there is no such thing as a subordinate. If the air-conditioning ceases to work in our building, then the repair technician becomes more important than the chairman of the board. We're all people working together toward a common objective.
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I have learned to imagine an invisible sign around each person's neck that says 'Make me feel important.
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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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One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
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Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.
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I believe that you should praise people whenever you can it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.
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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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My goal in life is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared
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I believe that in order to be a good leader you must understand the value of praising people to success.
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God didn't have time to make a nobody, only a somebody.I believe that each of us has God-given talents within us waiting to be brought to fruition.
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Dare to risk public criticism.
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People fail forward to success.
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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
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Some people drift through their entire life. They do it one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time. It happens so gradually they are unaware of how their lives are slipping away until it's too late.
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A woman who will tell her age, will tell anything.
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You never really fail until you stop wanting.
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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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