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
jobs curiosity attention
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.
jobs opportunity maintaining-the-status-quo
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.
bridges worry crosses
Worrying makes you cross the bridge before you come to it.
stories milk disappear
The annals of business are filled with stories of companies that thought they had it made and could milk their enterprises without having to bother about improving their products or services. It's amazing how fast they found their markets disappearing.
way doe reason
When an employee asks why the company does things a certain way, and you can explain the logical reason, then the employee knows what she's doing is valid.
emotional careers corporations
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.
leadership years people
It all comes down to this: If you want one year of happiness, grow grain If you want 10 years of happiness, grow trees If you want 100 years of happiness, grow people
success effort lessons
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.
attitude positive-attitude technology
All the technology in the world will never replace a positive attitude.
motivational destination ifs
If you have no destination, you'll never get there.
leadership troops looks
Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders.
looks dollars problem
Most business problems can be solved if you can teach yourself to look beyond the dollar sign.
disappointment way obstacles
Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way.
moving selling conversation
As a salesperson, you will be judged by your ability to keep a stalled conversation moving along briskly.