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.
MARY KAY ASHFor every failure, there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
MARY KAY ASHI believe that you should praise people whenever you can; it causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.
MARY KAY ASHRecognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.
MARY KAY ASHSome people drift through their entire life. They do it one day at a time, one week at a time, one month at a time. It happens so gradually they are unaware of how their lives are slipping away until it’s too late.
MARY KAY ASHEach 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.
MARY KAY ASHYou can eat an elephant one bit at a time.
MARY KAY ASHOne intense hour is worth a dreamy day.
MARY KAY ASHOne of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
MARY KAY ASHOver the years, I have observed that nearly all high achievers know how to make good of those 1440 minutes in each day.
MARY KAY ASHNobody wins ‘em all. If you come down on them too hard for losing, they’ll stop sticking their necks out.
MARY KAY ASHUnlike many people who start a new business, money was not my prime motivation – not that I was so well off that it wasn’t a consideration; in fact, I had put my lifetime savings on the line.
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.
MARY KAY ASHPeople 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 ASHI was taught to put my best into anything I did and I can honestly say I’ve always done that. Still, there are many times when I failed, when I was disappointed.
MARY KAY ASHNever give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.
MARY KAY ASHMy definition of happiness is having something to do what you love to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.
MARY KAY ASH