PinNo matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.PinPretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, ‘Make me feel important’. Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.PinDon’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.PinGive yourself something to work toward – constantly.PinMost people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.PinAerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.PinI believe that you should praise people whenever you can; It causes them to respond as a thirsty plant responds to water.PinWe 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.PinIf you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.PinThe definition of successful people is simply ordinary people with extraordinary determination.PinGod didn’t have time to make a nobody, only a somebody. I believe that each of us has God-given talents within us waiting to be brought to fruition.PinYou can do anything in this world that you want to do, if you want to do it badly enough.PinAn average person with average talents and average ambition can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society; if that person has clear focused goals.PinGod first, then family, then career.
PinSuccess, in many cases, is failure turned inside out.PinA good goal is like a strenuous exercise – it makes you stretch.PinFor every failure there’s an alternative course of action. You just have to find it.PinHonesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.PinEvery achievement, big or small, begins in your mind.
“Some 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 Ash
PinNever give up, because you never know if the next try is going to be the one that works.PinYou 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.PinPeople who succeed have a goal, a dream and make their plans and follow them.PinThe greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything.PinSandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.PinIdeas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.PinEven the smallest achievements pave a way to great success.PinDon’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.PinEvery failure, obstacle or hardship is an opportunity in disguise.PinThose who are blessed with the most talent don’t necessarily outperform everyone else. It’s the people with follow-through who excel.PinBe 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.PinBefore your dream can become a reality, you have to see it in your own mind; see its fulfillment, whatever it may be.PinWe treat our people like royalty. If you honour and serve the people who work for you, they will honour and serve you.PinA mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.PinNothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.PinIt is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.PinThere are two things people want more than sex and money… recognition and praise.PinEveryone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.PinGod does not ask your ability Or your inability. He asks only your availability.
Mary Kay Ash (Mary Kathlyn Wagner) Short Biography
Born 12 May 1918 in Hot Wells, Texas, United States, Mary Kathlyn Wagner, also known as Mary Kay Ash, was a businesswoman, entrepreneur, and the founder of Mary Kay Inc.
Ash graduated from high school in 1934 and found a job working for Stanley Home Products as a salesperson 5 years later.
She was so good as a salesperson that in 1952 she was pirated by World Gifts. Ash was an employee at the company for more than a decade but decided to quit when men she had trained were chosen over her to receive promotions.
After leaving World Gifts in 1963, Ash decided to write a book for women on the topic of business. But working on the book had turned into a business plan for her own company.
Ash opened her first store; Beauty By Mary Kay, in Dallas on September 13, 1963, with 9 saleswomen working for her.
She successfully made a profit of nearly $1 million in the first year alone. Ash was known to employ marketing strategies that she would use to uplift her employees such as employee incentives.
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