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Motivation
By Zig Ziglar
As my daughter, Cindy, and I were walking and, as always, having a wonderful time being together, she told me that when she first started using the Performance Planner our company sells, she did not like it, considered it a burden and had a tendency to leave it... more
Date created: Apr 17 2013 - 10:59am
Motivation
By Zig Ziglar
As my daughter, Cindy, and I were walking and, as always, having a wonderful time being together, she told me that when she first started using the Performance Planner our company sells, she did not like it, considered it a burden and had a tendency to leave it behind... more
Date created: Apr 16 2013 - 8:32am
How Old Are You?
By Zig Ziglar
You probably know some people in their forties who are "old," and others who are in their seventies and yet are "young." I say that because I believe most of the readers of this column have confidence in Webster's Dictionary. Not once does Webster refer to the... more
Date created: Apr 9 2013 - 8:34am
The Power of Attitude
By Zig Ziglar
John Maxwell says, "Never underestimate the power of your attitude. It is the advance man of our true selves. Its roots are inward, but its fruit is outward. It is our best friend, or our worst enemy. It is more honest and more consistent than our words. It... more
Date created: Apr 2 2013 - 7:15am
Love Your Job
By Zig Ziglar
Unfortunately, significant portions of working Americans don’t really like their jobs, feel they are "dead-end," and that they are "stuck" with them. Fortunately, a change in attitude towards your job will increase your effectiveness on that job and open the door for a... more
Date created: Mar 22 2013 - 2:48pm
Is It ALL Your Fault?
By Zig Ziglar
All of us, and I believe that includes you, have asked the question, "Do I have what it takes to 'succeed,' or am I destined to a life of mediocrity?"
Since you're reading this column on encouragement, naturally I believe you're a person of above-average... more
Date created: Mar 19 2013 - 10:01am
Three Steps to Win in Life
By Zig Ziglar
Step One: Planning to Win
There are lots of steps and sub-steps you have to put together when you begin to plan your success, but a few things are foundational. Planning has to be based on getting a clear vision of what you want, because without a vision you... more
Date created: Mar 11 2013 - 2:05pm
We All Make Mistakes
By Zig Ziglar
Tom is all grown up now, but I remember one Sunday, at the end of church services, when he was seven-years-old, he was quite tired. As we were singing the final song, his head dropped forward into the song book. I gently lifted it and told him we could not see... more
Date created: Mar 5 2013 - 8:28am
Sticks and Stones
By Zig Ziglar
As a child I heard the statement, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me!" As an adult, however, I quickly learned that nothing could be further from the truth. A thoughtless, cruel, condemning word, especially from a person you love or... more
Date created: Feb 26 2013 - 8:12am
Character is the Issue
By Zig Ziglar
Phil Dawson is the kicker for the Cleveland Browns. When he was a 20-year-old former All-American high school football player entering his second year at the University of Texas, he was selected as the top place kicker in the country by Playboy magazine for... more
Date created: Feb 18 2013 - 11:08am
My Most Unforgettable Character
By Zig Ziglar
The Eartha White story appeared in Reader's Digest nearly 40 years ago. She was four-and-a-half feet tall and the daughter of a former slave. She believed that "service is the price we pay for the space we occupy on this planet." She lived by the... more
Date created: Feb 13 2013 - 8:17am
Communicators Listen and Practice
By Zig Ziglar
When you invoke the name of Martin Luther King, an image is painted in the mind of virtually everyone that he was a truly great leader and a great communicator who was the driving force behind the Civil Rights Movement. Excerpts from his speech, "I... more
Date created: Feb 5 2013 - 10:51am
She Drew the Line
By Zig Ziglar
Chances are pretty good you've never heard of Dr. June McCarroll, but she is truly one of the women who left their "mark" on the world. She was born in Nebraska and was a general practitioner who lived in California. Interestingly enough, her claim to fame... more
Date created: Jan 29 2013 - 8:34am
Language Changes
By Zig Ziglar
My trusty 1828 Noah Webster Dictionary gives some exciting and slightly different definitions of "educate" and "education." "Educate: To bring up as a child. To instruct; to inform and enlighten. To instill into the mind principles of art, science, morals, religion... more
Date created: Jan 22 2013 - 11:19am
Watch Out for Fifth-Graders
By Zig Ziglar
When my son was in the fifth grade, his teacher had a practice of inviting students' parents to speak to the class on the subject of their choice. Since I had always wanted to talk to a fifth-grade class, I took advantage of the opportunity. As you... more
Date created: Jan 15 2013 - 9:27am
Put A Little "Fizz" In Your Life
By Zig Ziglar
Coca-Cola is the best-known product in the world today, but had it not been for a couple of "little things," it might have died shortly after its birth.
The formula for Coca-Cola was discovered in 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia, by a 50-year-old pharmacist... more
Date created: Jan 8 2013 - 8:36am
Yesterday's Impossibles
By Zig Ziglar
I remember the media coverage which accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary's feat of being the first person to scale Mt. Everest. He became an instant celebrity, even though he had failed in his first effort and left five of his guides dead on the mountainside. ... more
Date created: Dec 31 2012 - 12:00pm
It's Better To Give
By Zig Ziglar
"When Wally Jansen told me about my new company's Christmas ‘trip to the island’ tradition," says Phillip Kelly, "I was intrigued. Ten days before Christmas the two hundred Puerto Rican families in this particular parish would gather and each family would place... more
Date created: Dec 24 2012 - 10:48am
Why I Believe in Christmas
By Zig Ziglar
It’s the first Christmas I can remember. It arrived just seven weeks after the deaths of my father and baby sister. To make matters worse, it was in the heart of the Great Depression. Things were tough. All of us children who were older made what income... more
Date created: Dec 18 2012 - 9:31am
Don’t Worry About Results
Editor’s Note: We will continue to share with you articles that Zig has written in the past for his newspaper column “Encouraging Word” and excerpts from his books.
By Zig Ziglar
Have you ever watched people bowl? Many of them go through a little ritual before they... more
Date created: Dec 10 2012 - 11:42am
