I want the last cheque I write to bounce.
Chuck FeeneyRead
If you don't sell, it's not the product that's wrong, it's you.
Interpretation
Personal responsibility is key to success; if failure occurs, it reflects on oneself rather than the product.
This quote by Estee Lauder emphasizes the importance of personal accountability in the realm of sales and success. It suggests that when products don't sell, individuals should introspect rather than blame external factors; thus, success often hinges on one's own efforts, attitudes, and approaches rather than the quality of the product itself.
In practice
In a sales workshop discussing the importance of personal responsibility for your own success.
I want the last cheque I write to bounce.
To be a movie star, you have to invent yourself.
It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.
These three things-work, will, success-fill human existences. Will opens the door to success, both brilliant and happy. Work passes these doors, and at the end of the journey success comes in to crown one's efforts.
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it!
There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission - a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he will find greatness. It is his finest hour.
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