People often resist change when they don’t participate in the decision-making process. Some of the best leaders ‘plant the seed’ that permits others to propose the idea and take credit for it!
MARY KAY ASHDon’t let the negatives of life control you. Rise above them. Use them as your stepping stones to go higher than you ever dreamed possible.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.
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If you act enthusiastic, you will become enthusiastic. A mediocre mind that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
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People will support that which they help to create.
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Let people know that you appreciate their performance and they will respond by doing even better.
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Forcing myself to think positively did wonders for my spirit. I was able to overcome the discontent inside me, and my old enthusiasm slowly returned.
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Each of us wants to feel good about himself or herself, but to me it is just as important to make others feel the same way.
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Never give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.
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Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
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For every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
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Be a dreamer. Have a sense of greatness. It has been said that if you can dream it, you can do it. And I believe that. Before your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.
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Even the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.
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Over the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.
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Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
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True leaders establish success patterns that make everyone think success.
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An average person with average talents and average ambition can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society; if that person has clear focused goals.
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If you have an idea and I have an idea – then we EACH have JUST ONE idea; but if you share your idea with me and I do the same, we EACH have TWO ideas!
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I do believe in encouraging a person to compete with herself… at Mary Kay Cosmetics, we’ve made that philosophy a company policy.
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People are happiest when they have goals, small and large, because they can look forward to attaining them.
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There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.
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In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don’t like to do.
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A good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.
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Think in terms of what’s good for the other person and success will seek you out.
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People will support that which they help to create.
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We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don’t know where you’re aiming, you don’t have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.
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When you listen, the benefit is two fold: You receive the necessary information, and you make the other person feel important.
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