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What Sort of Info Should You Track About Connections?
Mackay’s (Borrowed) Maxim: “The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation,
Continue readingGet Ahead In Your Job With These Basics
An executive was having difficulty with her assistant, so she decided to confront her shoddy performance. “Nancy,” she began, “you don’t seem to be into your work. The letters you type are full
Continue readingLee Salz: Legendary Leader Interview
Watch on YouTube Cliff Jones: Hello everybody, I’m Cliff Jones, co-founder and managing partner at Harvey Mackay Academy, and we are thrilled to have with us today Lee Salz who is leading sales
Continue readingJoe Sweeney: Legendary Leader Interview
Watch on YouTube Cliff Jones: Hello everybody, Cliff Jones, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Harvey Mackay Academy, and I’m thrilled to have with us today for the Harvey Mackay Street Smarts
Continue readingHow to Think on Your Feet
The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. On top of it all, he was annoyed
Continue readingGolf, Life Lessons From Jack Nicklaus
Golf has been a big part of my life. When I was growing up in St. Paul, Minn., I dreamed about making a living playing golf professionally. I wanted to be the next Ben Hogan, the top golfer at that time.
Continue readingVolunteering: Doing Well By Doing Good
Mackay Maxim: Learn from Ali. Service to others is the rent each of us should pay for our room here on Earth. Doing well by doing good is an oft-overlooked part of everyday life. Volunteering, it seems,
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Watch on YouTube Cliff Jones: Hello everybody, Cliff, Jones with Harvey Mackay Academy, and we’re thrilled to have Neen James with us today. Nene, welcome. Neen James: Good day! What a treat it
Continue readingTaking a Risk is Good Business
Jack Welch, former chairman and CEO of General Electric, talked about the three jobs he had growing up in Salem, Mass.: caddying, punching holes in a piece of cork and selling shoes. He loved being out
Continue readingReciprocity: A Requirement for Strong Networking
Mackay Maxim: The really big networking mistakes people make in their lives come from the risks they never take. The Value of Reciprocity It’s important to R.I.S.K. it when it comes to networking.
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