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Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar

Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (November 6, 1926 - November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. Ziglar worked as a salesman in a succession of companies. In 1968, he became a vice president and training director for the Automotive Performance company, moving to Dallas, Texas.

Thursday Feb 9, 2023

Zig Ziglar: How to reach your goal

If you want to reach a goal, you must "see the reaching" in your own mind before you actually arrive at your goal.

Monday Jun 20, 2022

Zig Ziglar: Are you happy with who you are?

It makes no difference what you have, there's always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.

Monday Jun 14, 2021

Zig Ziglar: How to have everything you like

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

Monday Mar 8, 2021

Zig Ziglar: You are what you are

You are what you are and you are where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You change what you are and you change where you are by changing what goes into your mind.

Monday Feb 15, 2021

Zig Ziglar: Be tough on yourself

When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

Thursday Dec 31, 2020

Zig Ziglar: What lacks

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

Tuesday Nov 17, 2020

Zig Ziglar: Adversity and success

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.

Thursday Oct 22, 2020

Zig Ziglar: Positive thinking

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Tuesday Sep 8, 2020

Zig Ziglar about honesty and Integrity

Honesty and integrity are absolutely essential for success in life - all areas of life. The really good news is that anyone can develop both honesty and integrity.

Friday Jun 19, 2020

Zig Ziglar: How to achieve things

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.

You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.

Monday Mar 23, 2020

Zig Ziglar: Money

Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.

 

Monday Jan 27, 2020

Zig Ziglar: Failure

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street

Tuesday May 7, 2019

Zig Ziglar: Willing to learn

If you are not willing to learn,
no one can help you.

If you are determined to learn,
no one can stop you.

Tuesday Apr 30, 2019

Zig Ziglar: Success

Success means doing the best we can with what we have.

Success is the doing, not the getting;
in the trying, not the triumph.

Success is a personal standard,
reaching for the highest that is in us,
becoming all that we can be.

Monday Mar 25, 2019

Zig Ziglar: Situations in life

You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.

Monday Feb 25, 2019

Zig Ziglar: To find friends

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce.

If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.

Tuesday Jan 15, 2019

Zig Ziglar: When  you encourage others

When  you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.

Tuesday Jan 8, 2019

Zig Ziglar: True joy

True joy comes when you inspire, encourage and guide someone else on a path that benefits him or her.

Monday Nov 5, 2018

Zig Ziglar: The man who earns a million

The man who earns a million but destroys his health in the process is not really a success.

Friday Oct 5, 2018

Zig Ziglar: Being great

You don't have to be great to start,
but you have to start to be great.

Monday May 22, 2017

Zig Ziglar: Gratitude

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

Thursday Mar 9, 2017

Zig Ziglar: Be helpful

Be helpful.
When you see a person without a smile
give him yours.

Monday Sep 19, 2016

Zig Ziglar: Today

Make today worth remembering.

Wednesday May 4, 2016

Zig Ziglar: The winner

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

Friday Jun 20, 2014

Zig Ziglar: A winner

If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner.

Thursday Oct 24, 2013

Zig Ziglar: Your Attitude

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.