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Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.
– Bo Bennett

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.
– Bo Bennett

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.
– Bo Bennett

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.
– Bo Bennett
A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road.
– Bo Bennett
A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.
– Bo Bennett
A dream collage is pictures of your goals. It is like your future photo album.
– Bo Bennett
A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.
– Bo Bennett
A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.
– Bo Bennett
A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.
– Bo Bennett
Affiliate marketing has made businesses millions and ordinary people millionaires.
– Bo Bennett
An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.
– Bo Bennett
An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.
– Bo Bennett
Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.
– Bo Bennett
As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession.
– Bo Bennett
Be friendly to everyone. Those who deserve it the least need it the most.
– Bo Bennett
Confusing the words wish, faith and pray with each other usually just results in a minor grammatical faux pas, but when any of these words, especially hope, is confused with action, the results are much more devastating.
– Bo Bennett
Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.
– Bo Bennett
Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
– Bo Bennett
Enthusiasm is NOT the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster.
– Bo Bennett
Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness.
– Bo Bennett
Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as uncertain is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy.
– Bo Bennett
Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.
– Bo Bennett
Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive.
– Bo Bennett
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
– Bo Bennett
I am pretty sure if the TV series 'Seinfeld' was on around when Maslow was writing this hierarchy of needs theory, not missing an episode would have made it somewhere between safety and love.
– Bo Bennett
I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation.
– Bo Bennett
If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers.
– Bo Bennett
If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be.
– Bo Bennett
If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing?
– Bo Bennett
If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.
– Bo Bennett
If you want plenty of experience in dealing with difficult people, then have kids.
– Bo Bennett
In sales, a referral is the key to the door of resistance.
– Bo Bennett
It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how we recover from those mistakes.
– Bo Bennett
It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself.
– Bo Bennett
It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.
– Bo Bennett
Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.
– Bo Bennett
Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want. This is not necessarily being egocentric; it is just being human.
– Bo Bennett
Negotiating techniques do not work all that well with kids, because in the middle of a negotiation, they will say something completely unrelated such as, You know what? I have a belly button! and completely throw you off guard.
– Bo Bennett
Never expect people to treat you any better than you treat yourself.
– Bo Bennett
Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality; the way you think your customers feel about your product is not always the same as what your customers really think about your product.
– Bo Bennett
Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you don't have the time.
– Bo Bennett
One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing.
– Bo Bennett
Peeves do not make very good pets.
– Bo Bennett
People who come from dysfunctional families are not destined for a dysfunctional life.
– Bo Bennett
Remember that it is not where you come from, or not even where you are; it is where you are going that matters most.
– Bo Bennett
Resume: a written exaggeration of only the good things a person has done in the past, as well as a wish list of the qualities a person would like to have.
– Bo Bennett
Self-sabotage is like a game of mental tug-of-war. It is the conscious mind versus the subconscious mind where the subconscious mind always eventually wins.
– Bo Bennett
Show interest in ALL people, not just those from whom you want something. Making people feel important and good about themselves is just the right thing to do.
– Bo Bennett
Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.
– Bo Bennett
Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.
– Bo Bennett
Successful people radiate self-esteem, not self-disgust.
– Bo Bennett
The best way to lose a job is just not to care. When you do not care, it shows in everything you do.
– Bo Bennett
The concept of the good ol' days must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.
– Bo Bennett
The credo of the average American is all things in moderation. This is the same average American that is about 20 pounds overweight and has a one out of four chance of dying from heart disease.
– Bo Bennett
The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.
– Bo Bennett
The only place opportunity cannot be found is in a closed-minded person.
– Bo Bennett
The secret to having everything you want out of life is the realization that you really don't want most of the things you think you want.
– Bo Bennett
There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.
– Bo Bennett
Think before you act and act on what you believe.
– Bo Bennett
Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success.
– Bo Bennett
Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.
– Bo Bennett
To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.
– Bo Bennett
Traditional investment vehicles such as IRAs, CDs, stocks and bonds do have their place, but for the rich, they are used more as temporary storage facilities rather than life-long homes.
– Bo Bennett
True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.
– Bo Bennett
Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be.
– Bo Bennett
Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?
– Bo Bennett
Value people on their potential, not on their history.
– Bo Bennett
Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.
– Bo Bennett
We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources.
– Bo Bennett
When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.
– Bo Bennett
While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.
– Bo Bennett
Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.
– Bo Bennett
You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now.
– Bo Bennett
Avoiding the phrase “I don’t have time...”, will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.
– Bo Bennett