Zig Ziglar’s Success Habits: Your Journey to the Top

Personal development icon Zig Ziglar told SUCCESS in October 2008, “I’m a constant learner. You need to be a constant student because things change and you have to change and grow. And I emphasize the word grow,” he says. Here are Zig Ziglar’s five habits for your journey to the top:

1. Be a constant leader. Seek out information that you can learn and teach to others.
2. Encourage others and help them get what they want.
3. Express gratitude. “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions,” Ziglar says. “The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.”
4. Recognize the value of relationships and their role in creating balanced success.
5. Be consistent in your words and actions. “When you make a promise, keep it.”

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4. Donna says:

   May 10, 2011 at 5:00 am

   "Believe in yourself, dedicate yourself to continual learning and help others." So simple. I always like to hear about Zig so I found the rest of the article at http://www.successmagazine.com/Zig-Ziglars-Lesson… Good stuff. Ian, I found your insights on TV are interesting as well.

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   Ian Kirk Reply:
   May 10th, 2011 at 5:37 pm

   Thanks Donna for your feedback!!!

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   Ian Kirk Reply:
   May 10th, 2011 at 5:37 pm

   Thanks Donna for your feedback!!!

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5. Barry @ A Leader Quo says:

   May 5, 2011 at 4:58 pm

   Thanks for this, Shelby! I think it's interesting that Zig's five tips for developing yourself are all based on relationships with others (teaching, encouraging, supporting, etc.). And he's exactly right! Although we can all assess our development in own little worlds, the key to the best development, and real world success, is getting becoming a better person in the world of people. Great reminder!

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6. Ian Kirk says:

   May 4, 2011 at 1:31 pm

   http://www.treehugger.com/tv-zombies-on-the-march.jpg[/img]” rel=”nofollow”>]http://www.treehugger.com/tv-zombies-on-the-march.jpg[/img] The majority of the population is stuck in a rut of sleep, work, TV, then sleep again. What many fail to realize is that everything you allow yourself to see, hear, and feel is stored in your subconscious.

   I was always scared of my grandfather on my dad's side of the family as a child, because he was always just plain mean to everyone especially from my perspective to me and my sister. He also was very bitter and watched a ton of TV everyday. I didn't realize it at the time but I do now, that he was put in that state by what he exposed himself to on a day to day basis. You maybe saying to yourself that it was not the TV it was something else. Well I disagree, because I saw the same pattern in my father until he was exposed to personal development at the age of 62. Now he spends more time reading then watching and when he does watch he is a student not a Zombie.

   Having the consent discipline to be a student of life is the pathway to fulfillment. It's the only way that you can be a contributor instead of a leach. Zig is a great example of a life long learner, a charismatic individual who was a contributor, and fun to be around. I think if you took his TV to Educational Development time ratio and compared it to my grandfathers it would be the exact inverse of each other. This is an important lesson that we should all learn from and apply to our lives.

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