True leaders establish success patterns that make everyone think success.
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.
More Mary Kay Ash Quotes
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You must develop the ability to know the difference between a real problem and an imaginary one.
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Recognition is the most powerful of all motivating techniques.
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I 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.
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What the world thinks of me is none of my business.
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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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The first step is the hardest – making a commitment to yourself, for yourself.
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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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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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Help other people get what they want – and you’ll get what you want.
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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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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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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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Faith is a twenty-four hour a day commitment.
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You cannot keep determined people from success. If you place stumbling blocks in their way, they will use them for stepping stones and climb to new heights.
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You are the only boss you have. And I want you to be the most demanding boss that you can be. If you really want to make a success of this business, then you must put yourself on a schedule.
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