Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackayis a 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
Harvey Mackay quotes about
- thank-you
- thanksgiving
- understanding
- toes
- walks
- backwards
- persistence
- effort
- permanent
- turtles
- sticks
- necks
- efficiency
- shuffling
- activity
- life-is-too-short
- said-life
- would-be
- live-life
- ratios
- want
- chance
- changing-your-life
- things-in-life
- individual
- accepting
- reputation
- good-reputation
- priorities
- might
mistake same-mistakes one-mistake
One mistake will never kill you. The same mistake over and over again will.
gossip might corporations
If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World!
mistake past worry
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.
things-in-life individual accepting
One of the most difficult things in life for any individual or business is to accept and adopt change.
toes walks backwards
If you walk backwards, you will never stub your toe.
positive-thinking two perspective
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.
thank-you thanksgiving understanding
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.
mistake trying different
Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.
priorities might helping
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.
live-life ratios want
If you want to double your success ratio, you have to double your failure ratio.
life-changing book two
our lives change in two ways :through the people we meet and the books we read
life-is-too-short chance changing-your-life
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it.
friday monday morning
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.
turtles sticks necks
Be like the turtle. If he didn't stick his neck out, he wouldn't get anywhere at all.