
Official website (http://www.ziglar.com/)
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Zig Ziglar, born Hilary Hinton Ziglar in Coffee County in 1926, was an American motivational speaker, writer, and orator. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and later attended the University of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, Ziglar focused his work on positive mental attitude and motivation. He died of pneumonia in Plano in 2012.
Ziglar authored numerous works, including *Goals*, *You're a Natural Champion*, and *View from the Top*. His writings have been translated, with titles such as *Gracia diaria para maestros*. He is associated with Ziglar Inc, a personal development and sales coaching organization based in Plano, Texas.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 237
Top works
- Gracia diaria para maestros
- View from the Top Action Guide
- You're a Natural Champion
- Goals
- View from the Top
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1926
- Active to
- 2012
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,393
- Total plays
- 27,183
Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar (born November 6, 1926) is an American author, salesperson, and motivational speaker. His latest book (as of 2007) is God's Way Is Still the Best Way. Zig Ziglar was born to John Silas and Lila Ziglar in Coffee County, Alabama as the tenth of twelve children. When he was four years old, his father accepted a management position at a Mississippi farm and his family moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, where Zig Ziglar spent most of his childhood. <a href="https://www.las
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge
· 2008 · cited 1,369x
- RNase Y, a novel endoribonuclease, initiates riboswitch turnover in Bacillus subtilis
· 2009 · cited 228x
- Structural insights into the dual activity of RNase J
· 2008 · cited 163x
- Initiation of mRNA decay in bacteria
· 2013 · cited 138x
- A robust approach to high‐speed navigation for unrehearsed desert terrain
· 2006 · cited 138x
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Quotes
- “You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
- “Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”
- “The world's most deadly disease is "hardening of the attitudes."”
- “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
- “The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.”
- “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. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximum utilization of the ability that you have.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-11-06 ) November 6, 1926, Coffee County, Alabama , U.S.
- Died
- November 28, 2012 (2012-11-28) (aged 86), Plano, Texas , U.S.
- Resting place
- McKinney, Texas
- Other name
- Ziglar
- Alma mater
- University of South Carolina
- Occupations
- Salesman, motivational speaker, author
- Political party
- Republican
- Spouse
- Jean Ziglar (married 1946–2012, his death)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website

Ziglar Inc - Personal Development Training, Sales Coaching – Plano, Texas
Ziglar Is Specialized In Personal Development Training, Providing Coaching For Presentation Skills, Sales, Small Business Owners, Speakers And Much More. Get The Best From Yourself With Us!
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Coffee County
- Place of death
- Plano
- Occupation
- orator
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Official website
- www.ziglar.com
- Image
- Zig Ziglar at Get Motivated Seminar, Cow Palace 2009-3-24 3.JPG
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- Commons category
- Zig Ziglar
- date of birth
- 1926-11-06
- date of death
- 2012-11-28
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Zig Ziglar
- birth name
- Hilary Hinton Ziglar
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