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Harvey Mackay

(1932) Journalist United States

209 quotes in 1075 categories

Harvey Mackay’s voice cuts straight to the heart of everyday challenges. Across 209 snippets you’ll find his trademark blend of practical advice and humor, offering a steady hand for anyone navigating work or personal growth.

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Harvey Mackay is a journalist from the United States, best known for Swim with the sharks without being eaten alive.

Quick Facts About Harvey Mackay

Born: January 1, 1932
Nationality: United States
Profession: Journalist
Notable works: Swim with the sharks without being eaten alive

About Harvey Mackay

Harvey Mackay is an American businessman, author and syndicated columnist with Universal Uclick. His weekly column gives career and inspirational advice and is featured in over 100 newspapers. Mackay has authored seven New York Times bestselling books, including three number one bestsellers. He is also a member of the National Speakers Association Council of Peers Award for Excellence Hall of Fame.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Harvey Mackay

Make the second effort your second nature.

Effort

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You're as old as you behave.

Behave

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Don't equate activity with efficiency.

Activity

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The sale begins when the customer says yes.

Customers

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Don't confuse visibility with credibility.

Confuse

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If you want to stay youthful, stay useful.

Ifs

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Failure is not falling down but staying down.

Failure

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Failure is an attitude, not an outcome.

Attitude

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Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory.

Better

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

Climb

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You can't buy a good reputation; you must earn it.

Earn

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

Busy

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If you walk backwards, you will never stub your toe.

Backwards

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

Beats

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No one ever went broke by saying no too often.

Broke

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Happiness can be thought, taught and caught... but not bought.

Caught

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You can't be passionate when you feel like it. You have to be passionate about your job, product or cause all the…

Causes

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If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to…

Assets

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When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist.…

Being positive

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One of the most difficult things in life for any individual or business is to accept and adopt change.

Accepting

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The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if…

Careers

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Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.

Approach

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

Business

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Your day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence…

Can do

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Would you like to go to a doctor who had taken his last medical course in 1948? You have to keep changing…

Challenge yourself

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Pay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that…

Ability

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Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about those who don’t.…

Believe

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It's way easier to stay in the comfort zone, especially when things are going good than to go out on a limb…

Comfort

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There will always be someone with a cuter girl, a bigger car, a bigger home, but that does not matter. You measure…

Bigger

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Look in the mirror every day and say, I am in charge. You might not have control over every phase of your…

Control

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Many, perhaps most, people who lose their jobs are mistaken about the reason for which they lost their jobs. Some will say…

Boss

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Being rich isn't about money. Being rich is a state of mind. Some of us, no matter how much money we have,…

Ahead of the game

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Don't equate activity with efficiency. You are paying your key people to see the big picture. Don't let them get bogged down…

Afternoon

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Even when change is elective, it will disorient you. You may go through anxiety. You will miss aspects of your former life.…

Achieve

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Bottom Line: Business is all about Building Relationships! If you want to make More Money and Enjoy More Lifestyle, You Have to…

Being crazy

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Laugh often. Starting your day with a good laugh, or at least a big smile, is as beneficial to your health as…

Attitude

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Don't water your weeds.

Proactive

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I'm a little shot that just kept on shooting.

Littles

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America is ripe for a service revolution.

America

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Ideas without action are worthless.

Acting

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Harvey Mackay by topic

Inspirational (42) Success (32) Life (27) People (26) Ifs (25) Business (25) Love (21) Time (19) Failure (14) Way (13) Matter (13) Customer (12) Jobs (10) World (9) Work (9) Want (9) Successful (9) May (9) Believe (9) Positive (8) Customers (8) Chance (8)