Harvey Mackay Quotes

Failure is not falling down but staying down. ~ Harvey MacKay

Knowledge is not power unless it is used. ~ Harvey MacKay

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. ~ Harvey MacKay

Minds are like parachutes-not much good unless they are open. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you don't climb the mountain, you can't see the view ~ Harvey MacKay

Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it. ~ Harvey MacKay

No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open. ~ Harvey MacKay

If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all truly successful individuals, I'd say it's the ability to create and nurture a network of contacts. ~ Harvey MacKay

Anyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it. ~ Harvey MacKay

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

Laugh often. Starting your day with a good laugh, or at least a big smile, is as beneficial to your health as it is to your mood. Scientific studies at Northwestern University and Fordham University concluded that laughter benefits the heart, lungs, stomach and other organs. It relaxes tensions, changes attitude, and increases the body's natural painkillers. And it has no harmful side effects. ~ Harvey MacKay

Learn from the past, but don't live there. Build on what you know so that you don't repeat mistakes. Resolve to learn something new every day. Because every 24 hours, you have the opportunity to have the best day of your company's life. ~ Harvey MacKay

People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be. ~ Harvey MacKay

There's a place in the world for any business that takes care of its customers-after the sale. ~ Harvey MacKay

It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow. ~ Harvey MacKay

What motivates people to be late? ... Some people are drawn to the adrenaline rush of that last-minute sprint to the finish line. Others receive an ego boost from over-scheduling and filling each moment with an activity. ~ Harvey MacKay

Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object. ~ Harvey MacKay

You'll never learn a thing from a competitor weaker than you. ~ Harvey MacKay

All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude. ~ Harvey MacKay

Failure is no more fatal than success is permanent. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you find yourself plagued by a recurrent worry, train yourself to think of something else. Your conscious mind can concentrate on only one thought at a time, and driving the negativity away will free you up to move forward again. ~ Harvey MacKay

People become successful the minute they decide to. ~ Harvey MacKay

Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business - and you can leverage that knowledge. ~ Harvey MacKay

Failure is an attitude, not an outcome. ~ Harvey MacKay

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. ~ Harvey MacKay

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear. ~ Harvey MacKay

Customers are the reason we open our doors every day, and keep the machines humming all night long. Customers determine what we eat, where we live, whether we stay in business. ~ Harvey MacKay

No one ever went broke by saying no too often. ~ Harvey MacKay

For all the talk about the need to be a likable "team player," many people work in a fairly cutthroat environment that would seem to be especially challenging to those who possess the recommended traits. Cheerfulness, upbeatness, and compliance: these are the qualities of subordinates
of servants rather than masters, women (traditionally, anyway) rather than men. After advising his readers to overcome the bitterness and negativity engendered by frequent job loss and to achieve a perpetually sunny outlook, management guru Harvey Mackay notes cryptically that "the nicest, most loyal, and most submissive employees are often the easiest people to fire." Given the turmoil in the corporate world, the prescriptions of niceness ring of lambs-to-the-slaughter. ~ Barbara Ehrenreich

You can win more friends with your ears than with your mouth. People who feel like they're being listened to feel accepted and appreciated. They feel like they're being taken seriously and what they say really matters. ~ Harvey MacKay

Failures don't plan to fail; they fail to plan. ~ Harvey MacKay

A dream is always a bargain no matter what you pay for it ~ Harvey MacKay

The sooner you accept the fact that you will have both successes and failures, the easier it will be to get your business and personal life headed in the right direction. ~ Harvey MacKay

Never forget, the real secret of giving advice is this: Once you've given it, don't concern yourself with whether it is followed or not, and refrain from saying 'I told you so.' ~ Harvey MacKay

By getting your customers to agree with you in small steps along the way, you have a better chance of reaching agreement when it's time to do business. ~ Harvey MacKay

Worrying makes you cross the bridge before you come to it. ~ Harvey MacKay

Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you can't say yes, it's no. Don't sugarcoat it. Don't talk yourself into yes just to seem like a nice guy. No one ever went broke because he or she said "NO" too often. ~ Harvey MacKay

You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist. ~ Harvey MacKay

No company has a permanent consumer franchise. No one has the only game in town. The never-ending cycle of destruction and change inherent in a capitalist economy always provides new opportunities for those with determination, goals and concentration. ~ Harvey MacKay

I have never yet met a successful person who hasn't had to overcome either a little or a lot of adversity in his or her life. If life there is a lot of lumps and bumps ... a lot of throttling up and a lot of throttling down. ~ Harvey MacKay

A student of life considers the world a classroom. ~ Harvey MacKay

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. ~ Harvey MacKay

Our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read ~ Harvey MacKay

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective. ~ Harvey MacKay

Don't let ups and downs leave you down and out. ~ Harvey MacKay

Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life. It doesn't matter. The trick is to know in advance of making any big change that you're going to be thrown off your feet by it. So you prepare for this inevitable disorientation and steady yourself to get through it. Then you take the challenge, make the change, and achieve your dream. ~ Harvey MacKay

Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will never be free enough to take time to stop and eat the heart of the watermelon. And some of us will be rich without ever being more than a paycheck ahead of the game. ~ Harvey MacKay

Optimists are right. So are pessimists. It's up to you to choose which you will be. ~ Harvey MacKay

One sure-fire way to stay creative: force yourself to learn something new. ~ Harvey MacKay

You're as old as you behave. ~ Harvey MacKay

When you kill a little time, you may be murdering opportunity. ~ Harvey MacKay

You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen-not just money, but respect. ~ Harvey MacKay

I've learned that people will seldom let you down if they understand that your destiny is in their hands, and vice versa. ~ Harvey MacKay

Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability. ~ Harvey MacKay

Southwest Airlines is successful because the company understands it's a customer service company. It also happens to be an airline. ~ Harvey MacKay

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals. ~ Harvey MacKay

To me, job titles don't matter. Everyone is in sales. It's the only way we stay in business. ~ Harvey MacKay

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you
right. Forget about those who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would most likely be worth it. ~ Harvey MacKay

A string of successes can kill you if they make you think, 'Hey, I'm smart; I can't make any mistakes'. ~ Harvey MacKay

In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences. ~ Harvey MacKay

Make your decisions with your heart, and you'll end up with heart disease. ~ Harvey MacKay

Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your life, but you have more control than you realize, and you are responsible for your own happiness and success. ~ Harvey MacKay

For the real winners, there are no finish lines. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail. ~ Harvey MacKay

Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don't base your self-esteem on their opinions. ~ Harvey MacKay

Don't confuse visibility with credibility. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you don't take care of yourself, you can't be at your best. ~ Bo Sanchez

Remember you're not entitled to anything. You have to earn your success every day, and you will make mistakes like everyone else. ~ Harvey MacKay

Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It's the best-conditioned athlete, not the most talented, who generally wins when the going gets tough. ~ Harvey MacKay

Friends are made my many acts and lost by only one. ~ Harvey MacKay

I have ten marathons under my belt, including four New York races and one Boston. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you want people to know how much you care, show them how much you remember. Learn their names and use them often. It's an important skill to develop. ~ Harvey MacKay

Don't wait for a funeral to pay a compliment. You may not make it in time. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. ~ Harvey MacKay

The truth is, success often occurs for reasons we don't expect, under circumstances over which we have little control and sometimes unrelated to our own efforts. There is only one other lesson that success should teach us: Be as amazed by your own success as your friends are. If you truly are, you stand the best chance to repeat it. ~ Harvey MacKay

Good intentions aren't enough. People have good intentions when they set a goal to do something, but then they miss a deadline or other milestone. ~ Harvey MacKay

Many, perhaps most, people who lose their jobs are mistaken about the reason for which they lost their jobs. Some will say that they're failures, others that their boss had it in for them, and others yet that they were sure their career ended because of a stupid faux pas they made at the company picnic. ~ Harvey MacKay

There is no shame in taking pride in achievements or position. But nobody gets to the top alone. ~ Harvey MacKay

Surrounding yourself with creative, imaginative people is a good strategy for success whether you're an entrepreneur seeking innovation or an artist looking for inspiration. ~ Harvey MacKay

If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World! ~ Harvey MacKay

It isn't the quality of the ideas you have that will determine whether you make a success of them, it's the qualities you bring to those ideas. ~ Harvey MacKay

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones. ~ Harvey MacKay

When you're thirsty, it's too late to think about digging a well. ~ Harvey MacKay

Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty. Your employees should know that if they do the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount of competence and efficiency, you will support them. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you don't look ahead, you'll always be behind. ~ Harvey MacKay

Unless you work in demolition, don't burn bridges. ~ Harvey MacKay

When you're fired, you're rejected. It's as simple as that. ~ Harvey MacKay

Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. ~ Harvey MacKay

The first successful salesperson was not a man, it was Eve. ~ Harvey MacKay

Humility is becoming a lost art, but it's not difficult to practice. It means that you realize that others have been involved in your success. ~ Harvey MacKay

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it. ~ Harvey MacKay

You'll always get the good news; it's how fast you get the bad news that counts. ~ Harvey MacKay

Make the second effort your second nature. ~ Harvey MacKay

Worrying about the past or the future isn't productive. When you start chastising yourself for past mistakes, or seeing disaster around every corner, stop and take a breath and ask yourself what you can do right now to succeed. ~ Harvey MacKay

Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all. ~ Harvey MacKay

You're a lot better off being scared than being bored. ~ Harvey MacKay

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. ~ Harvey MacKay

There has been a seismic shift in the business world. The great classical business principles still hold true but they need to be fused with cutting edge internet technology. ~ Harvey MacKay

If you have no destination, you'll never get there. ~ Harvey MacKay