“You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” - Zig Ziglar

I could never write enough or say enough about Zig Ziglar except to agree with the pros that Zig is the world’s foremost authority on motivation. An internationally renowned speaker and authority on high-level performance, His I CAN course is taught in more than 3,000 schools; and hundreds of companies and businesses utilize his tapes, books, and videos to motivate and train their employees effectively.

Like William Penn Patrick, Ziglar transformed a highly successful sales career into a new path for inspiring others to be their best. Zig, however, took the concept to great heights by the sheer magic he created in his presentations. Unlike, Erhard, Zig’s audiences were treated to the positives of self-awareness.

And it’s his quotes that make him stand out:

  • It’s your aptitude, not just your attitude that determines your ultimate altitude.
  • You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
  • You cannot tailor make your situation in life, but you can tailor make your attitudes to fit those situations.

From his website I found this information:

    Hilary Hinton Ziglar was born in Alabama in 1926 and was given his famous nickname ‘Zig’ at elementary school which he attended in Mississippi during the 1930’s. After serving in the US Navy during World war II he went to college in Jackson, Mississippi, and later to the University of South Carolina.

Zig Ziglar

    Years ago, Zig Ziglar walked away from a record-setting sales career to help other people become more successfulin their personal and professional lives. His background in successful direct sales has made Zig one of the world’s foremost Sales Trainers. Zig’s name is synonymouswith confidence, motivation and success and his beselling books include including See You at the Top, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World, Top Performance, Courtship After Marriage, Over The Top and Secrets of Closing the Sale. Nine titles have been on the bestseller lists; his books and tapes have been translated into over thirty-eight languages and dialects. Success For Dummies and Confessions of a Grieving Christian were released in 1998. The 25th Anniversary Revised Edition of See You at the Top and Staying Up, Up, Up in a Down, Down World were released in 2000. His autobiography, ZIG, was published in July 2002.”