Harvey Mackay is author of four New York Times bestsellers. His first two books—Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt—were New York Times No. bestsellers and are also listed by the New York Times among the top fifteen inspirational business books of all time.
Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty (1997) and Pushing the Envelope (1999) both cracked the New York Times top-ten list. Just released at the time of this printing was We Got Fired!…And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us—a book headed for the same lofty popularity as its predecessors. His books have sold more than ten million copies worldwide, been translated into thirty-five languages, and distributed in eighty countries.
Harvey is a nationally syndicated columnist for United Feature Syndicate; his weekly articles appear in more than fifty newspapers around the country. He also is one of America’s most popular and entertaining business speakers, having been named one of the top five speakers in the world by Toastmasters International.
He is chairman and founder of Mackay Envelope Company, a $100 million company he founded at age twenty-six. In April 2004, Harvey received the prestigious Horatio Alger Award.
He lives near Minneapolis with his wife of forty-four years, Carol Ann. They have three children, nine grandchildren, two dogs, and one cat.
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