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Donors do not reward good intentions.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Donors Good Good Intentions Intentions Reward

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It is what we do with our lives that counts.

~Frances Hesselbein

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Age is irrelevant.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Age Irrelevant

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At one time, there was a stereotype that your Girl Scout leader was the mother of a Brownie, but increasingly, we are having young businesswomen and professional women who are not mothers but care about children.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: About Care Children Girl Having Increasingly Leader Mother Mothers One Time Professional Scout Stereotype Time Who Women Young Your

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Selling cookies is usually a girl's first exposure to the world of business. She learns how to meet the public, talk about a product, sell the product, and is responsible for collecting money, giving change, and delivering the product. That's quite a business venture for a 7-year-old.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: About Business Change Collecting Cookies Delivering Exposure First Girl Giving How Learns Meet Money Product Public Quite Responsible Sell Selling She Talk Venture World

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I'll meet people and tell them what I do, and their first reaction is usually, 'Oh, I love Thin Mints!' And you know, they are awfully good.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: First Good Know Love Meet Oh People Reaction Tell Them Thin You I Love

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I didn't have a career plan. But what I did was, whenever there was a door open and a new opportunity, I always looked into it and took a chance and walked through the door.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Always Career Chance Did Door Looked New Open Opportunity Plan Through Took Walked Whenever

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When people are speaking, they require our undivided attention. We focus on them; we listen very carefully. We listen to the spoken words and the unspoken messages. This means looking directly at the person, eyes connected; we forget we have a watch, just focusing for that moment on that person.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Attention Carefully Connected Directly Eyes Focus Focusing Forget Just Listen Looking Means Messages Moment Our People Person Require Speaking Spoken Them Unspoken Very Watch Words

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Listening is an art.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Art Listening

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When I choose what I do, I ask, 'Does it make a difference?'

~Frances Hesselbein

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: November 1st, 1915

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