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
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
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
None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone’s help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you.
Harvey Mackay
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
Harvey Mackay
A great accomplishment shouldn’t be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.
Harvey Mackay
Life isn’t fair. It’s true, and you still have to deal with it. Whining about it rarely levels the playing field, but learning to rise above it is the ultimate reward.
Harvey Mackay
It doesn’t matter whether you are pursuing success in business, sports, the arts, or life in general: The bridge between wishing and accomplishing is discipline.
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
Most fears of rejection rest on the desire for approval from other people. Don’t base your self-esteem on their opinions.
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
Positive thinking is more than just a tagline. It changes the way we behave. And I firmly believe that when I am positive, it not only makes me better, but it also makes those around me better.
Harvey Mackay
A student of life considers the world a classroom.
Harvey Mackay
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters.
Harvey Mackay
I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.
Harvey Mackay
You can’t buy a good reputation; you must earn it.
Harvey Mackay
When you have a dream that you can’t let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you’re willing to do that.
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
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
Exploring how you could make a bad situation worse can sometimes tell you what not to do.
Harvey Mackay
Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.
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
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
Like it or not, life is a series of competitions. You may be competing for a grade, a spot on a team, a job, or the largest account in town. The higher your self-esteem is, the better you get along with yourself, with others, and the more you’ll accomplish.
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
A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers.
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
As you schedule individual tasks, give yourself a cushion. Mark the due date a few days ahead of the actual deadline so you have time to deal with changes or last-minute emergencies.
Harvey Mackay
Ethical decisions ensure that everyone’s best interests are protected. When in doubt, don’t.
Harvey Mackay
My Golden Rule of Networking is simple: Don’t keep score.
Harvey Mackay
The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.
Harvey Mackay
To me, job titles don’t matter. Everyone is in sales. It’s the only way we stay in business.
Harvey Mackay
If you believe, as I do, that your employees truly are your most valuable asset, you will do whatever you can to help them do their jobs as well as possible.
Harvey Mackay
You don’t need a big close, as many sales reps believe. You risk losing your customer when you save all the good stuff for the end. Keep the customer actively involved throughout your presentation, and watch your results improve.
Harvey Mackay
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.
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
Southwest Airlines is successful because the company understands it’s a customer service company. It also happens to be an airline.
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
I’ve known entrepreneurs who were not great salespeople, or didn’t know how to code, or were not particularly charismatic leaders. But I don’t know of any entrepreneurs who have achieved any level of success without persistence and determination.
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
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
There is a time to provide advice and offer an opinion, and there is a time not to. Don’t be too quick to offer unsolicited advice. It certainly will not endear you to people.
Harvey Mackay
Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don’t focus on work or solving problems constantly.
Harvey Mackay
By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.
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
Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory.
Harvey Mackay
Direct your energy toward achieving a goal, and tackle the problems with an emphasis on edging closer to a successful result.
Harvey Mackay
You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.
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
You learn how to be book smart in school, but you better not forget that you also need to be street smart.
Harvey Mackay
Delegating doesn’t mean passing off work you don’t enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.
Harvey Mackay
Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.
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