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 More Quotes by Harvey Mackay More Quotes From Harvey Mackay When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience. Harvey Mackay moneyinspirationalfunny Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought. Harvey Mackay caughttaughthappiness Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object. Harvey Mackay enthusiasticaccomplishenergetic What could you accomplish if no one told you it was impossible? Harvey Mackay accomplishifsimpossible Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your staff make the job harder for everyone around them. They make difficulties out of opportunities. Harvey Mackay maintaining-the-status-quoopportunityjobs Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do. Harvey Mackay successfulworklying Don't equate activity with efficiency. You are paying your key people to see the big picture. Don't let them get bogged down in a lot of meaningless meetings and paper shuffling. Announce a Friday afternoon off once in a while. Cancel a Monday morning meeting or two. Tell the cast of characters you'd like them to spend the amount of time normally spent preparing for attending the meeting at their desks, simply thinking about an original idea. Harvey Mackay fridaymondaymorning You only get one chance to make a good first impression, and yours may be in the hands of the receptionist. Harvey Mackay first-impressionmayhands Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere. Harvey Mackay accomplishelsewherewant A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers. Harvey Mackay gratitudeattitudeappreciation It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb and take some risks. My philosophy is exactly the opposite: Sometimes it's risky not to take a risk. Harvey Mackay riskoppositesphilosophy Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his ego. He knows he'll win more, and go further, with associates who not only can keep up with him but who also are capable of teaching him something. Harvey Mackay teachingwinningmen The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me. Harvey Mackay powerfulletterstwo We all start out in life with one thing in common; We all have the same amount of time. It's just a matter of what we do with it. Harvey Mackay matterjusticelife Bottom Line: Business is all about Building Relationships! If you want to make More Money and Enjoy More Lifestyle, You Have to Build Better Relationships than the Next Person! Send Out Cards helps to do that both personally and professionally! It's the first company I have ever endorsed because it fits perfectly with my Philosophy! You would have to be Crazy not to use it! Harvey Mackay crazyphilosophycards The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge. Harvey Mackay coststudypraise Don't equate activity with efficiency. Harvey Mackay shufflingactivityefficiency 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 careersstupidjobs Don't water your weeds. Harvey Mackay proactiveweedwater Life is series of opportunities. The often neglected fact of life is that opportunities multiply as you take advantage of them. Harvey Mackay life-isopportunityfacts
