Leadership Shorts: Zig Ziglar
You can have everything in life you want,
if you will just help enough other people get what they want.
• The real opportunity for success lies within the person and not in the job.
• It is easy to get to the top after you get through the crowd at the bottom.
• Success is not a destination, it’s a journey.
• The most practical, beautiful, workable philosophy in the world won’t work – if you won’t.
• Motivation is the fuel necessary to keep the human engine running.
• Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!
• What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.
• Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there.
• Make motivation a habit and you will get there more quickly and have more fun on the trip.
The basic goal-reaching principle is to understand that you go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will always be able to see farther.
• You are the only one who can use your ability. It is an awesome responsibility.
• Ambition, fueled by compassion, wisdom and integrity, is a powerful force for good that will turn the wheels of industry and open the doors of opportunity for you and countless others.
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