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.

Exploring how you could make a bad situation worse can sometimes tell you what not to do.

Delegating doesn't mean passing off work you don't enjoy, but letting your employees stretch their skills and judgment.

If you want people to know how much you care, show them how much you remember. Learn their names and use them often. It's an important skill to develop.

I believe that visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals.

By getting your customers to agree with you in small steps along the way, you have a better chance of reaching agreement when it's time to do business.

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.

No one ever wants to see his or her name linked to anything bad. Conscience is like a baby. It has to go to sleep before you can.

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.

I've learned that people will seldom let you down if they understand that your destiny is in their hands, and vice versa.

Customers are the reason we open our doors every day, and keep the machines humming all night long. Customers determine what we eat, where we live, whether we stay in business.

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.

My Golden Rule of Networking is simple: Don't keep score.

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.

In a climate of tight budgets, reduced workforces and stiff competition, internal training can be a great substitute for costly offsite workshops and conferences.

You learn how to be book smart in school, but you better not forget that you also need to be street smart.

By my count, more business leaders have failed and derailed because of arrogance than any other character flaw.

Remember you're not entitled to anything. You have to earn your success every day, and you will make mistakes like everyone else.

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

An optimist understands that life can be a bumpy road, but at least it is leading somewhere. They learn from mistakes and failures, and are not afraid to fail again.