Pushing
the Envelope Push the Envelope All the Way to the Top! "Pushing the Envelope" means pushing the boundaries and pushing yourself to maximize your advantage-to be better, faster, and smarter and to get the results you want in business and in life. "Pushing" is loaded with insights gathered by Harve Mackay in his 40year career at Mackay Envelope Corp., a Minneapolis company he founded and built into a $85 million operation that he still leads. "Success is having a predetermined plan and doing it." Mackey covers tips and pointers to help you:
You'll never turn try into triumph ... without adding the umph! Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there. In his first 3 years in the auto business, Henry Ford went bankrupt twice. Coca-Cola sold only 400 Cokes in its first year. Inventor Chester Carlson pounded the streets for years before he could find backers for his Xerox photocopying process. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. Dr. Seuss's first children's book was rejected by 23 publishers. Take risks ... be like the turtle ... if it didn't stick its neck out, it wouldn't et anywhere at all. Clothes don't make the man. The man makes the man. Be a differentiator. Be creative when it's least expected. Astonish! The best way to help yourself is to help others - volunteer! SCORE, Service Corp of Retired Executives 800-634-0245 www.score.org Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. Energizer Bunny and Sir Winston Churchill=Never give up! Never, never. Show me a good phone receptionist and I'll show you a good company doesn't depend on your product, it depends on how well you know your customers.
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