If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
-- Mary Kay Ash
About the Quote
Whatever we think about something which requires action is true. If we think we can do something, no matter the ease or difficulty, then we can do it and get it done. If we think we cannot do something, then we won't do it and it won't get done. Both thoughts about some action were different, and in both cases they were true.
This is why we have to be careful with the thoughts and ideas we feed our minds and brains. Even for something which is outside our comfort zones and a difficult undertaking under any circumstances, we need to believe that we can handle that task and get it done successfully. It's how we grow as people.
What happens if we feed our minds and brains with garbage and thoughts of failure? We fail in ways which don't provide a path to future success. These sorts of failure reinforce negative habits and negative mental programming.
If we're going to spend time and energy and effort in thinking about something which needs to be done, we may as well think thoughts which lead to success and accomplishment.
Some Information about Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kathlyn Wagner was born in Hot Wells, Texas, US on 1918-May-12. She died in Dallas, Texas, US on 2001-November-22.
Better known as Mary Kay Ash, she was a salesperson, entrepreneur, and book author. She is best known for the cosmetics company she founded in 1963: Mary Kay, Inc.
In 1935 she married Ben Rogers. During their marriage she had 3 children. She and Ben Rogers divorced after he returned home from military service during World War II.
Her 2nd husband was chemist George Hallenbeck. They married in 1963, but he died of a heart attack after one month of marriage.
Her 3rd husband was Melville Jerome Ash. They married in 1966, and in 1980 she became a wodow for the 2nd time.
In 1939, Mary Kay Rogers became a salesperson for Stanley Home Products. One feature of her selling technique, and one which would carry over through her entire carere, is hosting parties to encourage attendees to try and buy the products featured at the parties.
Still selling merchandies for Stanley Home Products, she was hired away in 1952 by World Gifts. She spent over 10 years at World Gifts before she felt the need to quit that company after another man she had trained was promoted over her and earned a higher salary as a result.
Stanley Home Products and World Gifts had been traditional workplaces for mary Kay Rogers, and she wanted to set up her own business. In 1963, at 45 years of age and with an initial USD 5K from investors (among them, her son Richard Rogers), Mary Kay Rogers purchased formulas for skin lotions; these formulas would form the basis for the cosmetics comapny known worldwide to this day as Mary Kay.
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