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Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar (born November 6, 1926) is a highly successful American author, salesperson, and motivational speaker.
Biography
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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. In 1932, his father died of a stroke (and his younger sister died two days later), leaving his mother to raise the remaining eleven children alone.
Ziglar was smaller than other children at school and often got into fights when disagreements arose, but he was a hard worker with a strong sense of morality and strong Baptist religious beliefs.
Ziglar served in the Navy and then as a salesman in a succession of companies, during which time his sales skills improved and his interest in motivational speaking grew. In 1968, Ziglar became a vice president and training director for the Automotive Performance company, and moved to Dallas, Texas, where he still lives today. In 1970, he went into the business of motivational speaking full-time.
Books and other works
Ziglar has written some two dozen books, including See You at the Top, Top Performance, and Secrets of Closing the Sale. He has also produced audio and video recordings and training manuals.
Other information
Zig Ziglar is an Evangelical Christian as well as an avid football fan. He has also taught weekly Sunday school classes at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas. His latest book (as of 2005) is Conversations with My Dog.
External links
References
- Johnson, Cecil, “Hokey narration may motivate entrepreneurs”, Knight Ridder Newspapers, April 5, 2004 (accessed May 12,2006)
American motivational writers | Business speakers | 1926 births | Living people | Self-help writers
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