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Harvey Mackay is the author of the New York Times #1 bestsellers Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt. Both books are among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time, according to the New York Times.
Harvey's books have sold 10 million copies worldwide, been translated into 37 languages and sold in 80 countries. He writes a nationally syndicated column for United Feature Syndicate.
Harvey is also a popular and entertaining business speaker and was named one of the top five speakers in the world by Toastmasters International.
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Harvey Mackay has authored some of the best-selling business books in publishing history with more than 10 million copies sold worldwide. They have been translated into 37 languages and sold in 80 countries. All of Harvey's books are available in our online store.
Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive was a groundbreaking New York Times #1 best seller for 54 weeks.
The worldwide rights to his follow-up, Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt, sold for the biggest contract in the history of business book publishing. Within two weeks of publication, Naked Man became his second New York Times #1 best seller.
With his third book, Sharkproof: Get the Job You Want, Keep the Job You Love..., Harvey Mackay maintained his reputation as a nationally best-selling business author.
Harvey's latest book on networking, Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You'll Ever Need, made the New York Times best seller list twelve days after its release, and remained there for five months.
In Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top, Harvey shares his wit and savvy, his common and not-so-common sense with everyone who wants to succeed...at anything.
His latest book is We Got Fired! ...And It's The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Us. Harvey interviewed a fascinating cross section of high profile figures including Robert Redford, Larry King, Michael Bloomberg, Joe Torre, Donald Trump, Billy Jean King, Muhammad Ali, Lesley Visser, Bill Belichick, Bernie Marcus, Pat Mitchell, Jesse Ventura, Lou Holtz and many more.
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Harvey Mackay is one of the most sought-after and quoted public speaker by Fortune 1000 companies, colleges, celebrities, and corporate leaders around the world.
What makes Harvey Mackay's famous presentations on attaining success so entertaining, motivating, and effective?
Harvey Mackay's talks immediately enrich your audience's personal and business lives. Filled with wit, wisdom and real-life stories, his presentations are tailored to the specific goals of each group. Mackay shares the secrets of how to develop more productive relationships, survive the ever-changing job market, and outsell, out-negotiate and out-motivate the competition.
Why are millions of people inspired by Harvey Mackay?
Founder of a $100 Million Corporation
At 26, Harvey bought a failing envelope company. Harvey offers real world solutions to common business problems that every audience can relate to. The results of a visit by Harvey Mackay - sensational meetings, fired up employees and organizational goals met.
10 million business books sold
Mackay's Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive was a groundbreaking New York Times #1 best seller for 54 weeks. Within two weeks of publication, Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt became his second #1 best seller. Mackay's books have been published in 80 countries and in 37 languages, breaking sales records around the world.
Nationally Syndicated Column
Millions of people read Mackay's bull's eye—business strategies in his nationally syndicated column, which is distributed by United Feature Syndicate to 52 newspapers including the Chicago Sun Times, Arizona Republic, Orange County Register, the Newspaper Rocky Mountain News, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.One of the top five speakers in the world
The 170,000 members of Toastmasters International selected Mackay as one of the top five speakers in the world.
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We can learn a lot from dogs
By Harvey Mackay
A reader recently emailed me a sad story about a dog from the perspective of a six-year-old boy. Our family has shared our home with several loyal and lovable golden retrievers, so the story caught my attention more than most.
Harvey Mackay and his wife, Carol Ann, with their golden retrievers Sunny and Max, as well as Oscar the cat.
It told about the family dog that had cancer and had to be euthanized. The father and mother thought their son could learn something from the experience. As the dog slowly drifted away, the little boy seemed to accept the dog's transition without any difficulty or confusion. The family sat together for a while after the dog's death, wondering aloud about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than human lives. The young son already had it figured out, and announced, "I know why."
His explanation was stunning in its depth and simplicity. He said: "People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life—like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right? Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long."
We can learn a lot from dogs. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. We give dogs time we can spare, space we can spare and love we can spare. And in return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal anyone has ever made.
The veterinarian who cared for this dear family pet, and so many others, offered some other lessons that dogs can teach us: (There are 65 million dogs in the United States.)
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When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Dogs treat us like celebrities when we come home. There's nothing wrong with showing people that we care about them.
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Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. On warm days, there's nothing wrong with stopping to lie on your back on the grass. I think of Richard Gere's character in the movie Pretty Woman. He was so busy working—doing big business deals—that he never stopped to enjoy walking barefoot in green grass until Julia Roberts showed him. -
Take naps. Many of us are on overload, so in life you have to know when to throttle up and throttle down. If you can't take a nap, at least take a break. It will improve your disposition. -
Run, romp, and play daily. If you have a chance to have fun, go for it. Life presents plenty of difficult times, and we all need a break every now and then. My motto: work hard and play hard. -
Let people touch you. Don't be aloof. Allow people to get close to you. -
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do. Just make sure your bark isn't as bad as your bite. It's okay to warn people that you're upset or even angry, but keep your temper in check. -
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body. Happiness is the American way. After all, the Declaration of Independence says we are endowed "with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." So we have a right to be happy! -
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk. Exercise is always good. I've been doing it all my life. It just makes me feel better, gives me energy to work more productively and, I hope, live longer. My philosophy is: Exercise doesn't take time; it makes time. -
Be loyal. In a recent column about loyalty, I wrote that one of the first qualities that I look for in both employees and friends is loyalty. And my friends know they can expect my loyalty in return. -
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it. I'm constantly asked what the secret of success is, and persistence is at the top of the list. When you study truly successful people, you'll see that they have made plenty of mistakes, but when they were knocked down, they kept getting up ... and up ... and up. -
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently. People remember two things in life—who kicked them when they were down, and who helped them on the way up.
Mackay's Moral: My goal is to be as good a person as my dog thinks I am.
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Speaking topics Include sales, marketing, negotiation, networking, customer service, creativity, relationship-building, inspiration.
For more information about booking Harvey Mackay or to request a speaking kit, please contact Greg Bailey at 1-800-622-5299 ext. 201 or booking@harveymackay.com.
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- Harvey Mackay 
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