Sunday, August 31, 2008

Continuous Learning

Throughout the developed world, we have moved from an era of manpower to an era of mind power. We have moved from the use of physical muscles to the use of mental muscles. Today the chief sources of value in our society are knowledge and the ability to apply that knowledge in a timely fashion. In the information age, knowledge is king, and those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

When you learn and practice the techniques for rapid learning, when you join the learning revolution, you will learn how to unlock the incredible powers of your mind. You will learn how to become smarter—faster than ever before. You will learn how to become a master of your fate rather than a victim of circumstances. You will learn how to take complete control of your present and future destiny so that you can accomplish and achieve anything you want in life.

Knowledge is doubling every two to three years in almost every occupation and profession, including yours. This means that your knowledge must double every two to three years for you to just stay even. People who are not aggressively and continuously upgrading their knowledge and skills are not staying in the same place. They are falling behind. You see this demonstrated all over the place with massive lay-offs, declining wages, and growing insecurity in the workforce. You see it in the increasing bewilderment and despair on the part of people who are being displaced from low-skill jobs which have either moved overseas or disappeared altogether. We are in the midst of a societal revolution where unionized industrial workers are becoming a smaller and smaller percentage of our workforce each year.

As recently as the 50s and 60s it was common to believe that you finished your schooling, got a job with a large company and stayed with that company for the rest of your life. This was based on the old paradigm of learning. In this old paradigm, life was divided into three parts. First were your "learning" years, during which you got your education, however extensive or limited. Then came your "earning" years. This was the period of time during which you worked for a living. After that came your "yearning" years. This was the period of retirement which would be paid for by Social Security, savings, and pensions.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

The Priceless Gift

Only a few people have it. More than half the population would like to get it. The future of America depends on it.

This priceless gift is the ability to create good paying jobs. It's rare and fragile. It's fleeting and precious. It's the foundation of our economy and our only hope for a good future.

It's only fitting that the wealthiest man in America prior to his death was a down home, soft spoken, pick-up driving retail store owner named Sam Walton.

We've all read his story, how he started off and went broke running a small store in a small town in Arkansas.

We know how he traveled around the country looking for better ways to provide his customers with good merchandise at "everyday low prices."

Sam Walton not only revolutionized retailing by giving people what they really wanted.
He also created tens of thousands of jobs all over America.

Men and women like Sam who have that rare mix of courage, creativity and courage are national treasures.

Anyone can work, but very, very few people have the entrepreneurial ability to create jobs.

Our responsibility as a nation is to create the climate of incentives, encouragement and respect that these special driven individuals require to do their thing.

Political and economic policy is good only if it supports and encourages the creation of the companies and jobs of tomorrow.

The kindest thing you can do for another is to give him or her boundless opportunities for meaningful work, self-sufficiency and personal pride.

Use this question as your yardstick to measure a political policy: "Does it help or hinder business growth and job creation?"

If it does, it's good. If it doesn't, it's bad for the future of America. Think about it.

Friday, August 29, 2008

The Rejuvenating Power of Relaxation

Most successful people can be characterized as having very high levels of energy. Since energy is the fuel with which everything is achieved, there seems to be a direct relationship between energy levels and levels of accomplishment. It is hard to imagine a tired, burned-out person achieving much in life. On the other hand, energetic, positive, forward-moving individuals seem to get and enjoy far more of the things life has to offer than does the average person.

We have been led to believe that there is basically one kind of energy. We supposedly replenish this energy by sleeping at night, and during the day, we use it up again. It is as though we are machines powered by batteries, and each night we recharge our batteries for seven or eight hours. However, there are some problems with this view of energy. The biggest problem is that it does not deal with the fact that there are actually three different kinds of energy, each of which is necessary for maximum performance.

The three main forms are physical energy, emotional energy, and mental energy. Each of these energies is different, but they are interrelated, and they depend on each other.

Physical energy is raw energy, coarse energy, bulk energy, what we call "meat-and-potatoes" energy. Your physical energy is what you use to do physical labor. It is the primary energy applied by men and women who earn their livings by the sweat of their brow.

Physical energy is an unrefined form of energy. People who work at hard physical jobs usually eat large quantities of food and burn up this food energy in the course of their working day. At the end of the day, they are physically tired, and they spend the evening and night replenishing themselves with food and rest so that they can get up and work again the next day. This is the situation of more that three quarters of the world's population.

The sad fact is that if you use up all your energy in physical work, you have no energy left for higher purposes

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Becoming a Master of Persuasion

Persuasion power can help you get more of the things you want faster than anything else you do. It can mean the difference between success and failure. It can guarantee your progress and enable you to use all of your other skills and abilities at the very highest level. Your persuasion power will earn you the support and respect of your customers, bosses, coworkers, colleagues and friends. The ability to persuade others to do what you want them to do can make you one of the most important people in your community.

Fortunately, persuasion is a skill, like riding a bicycle, that you can learn through study and practice. Your job is to become absolutely excellent at influencing and motivating others to support and assist you in the achievement of your goals and the solving of your problems.

You can either persuade others to help you or be persuaded to help them. It is one or the other. Most people are not aware that every human interaction involves a complex process of persuasion and influence. And being unaware, they are usually the ones being persuaded to help others rather than the ones who are doing the persuading.

The key to persuasion is motivation. Every human action is motivated by something. Your job is to find out what motivates other people and then to provide that motivation. People have two major motivations: the desire for gain and the fear of loss. The desire for gain motivates people to want more of the things they value in life. They want more money, more success, more health, more influence, more respect, more love and more happiness. Human wants are limited only by individual imagination. No matter how much a person has, he or she still wants more and more. When you can show a person how he or she can get more of the things he or she wants by helping you achieve your goals, you can motivate them to act in your behalf.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

The Discipline of Reading

Some things in life are optional, and some things in life are mandatory. Taking your next vacation to the Caribbean is optional. Building a personal library and becoming an excellent reader is mandatory. It is no longer something you can choose to do or not do. It is absolutely essential and indispensable for your success.

A great many people do not read very much. Fifty-eight percent of adult Americans never read a nonfiction book from cover to cover after they finish school. The average American reads less than one book per year. In fact, according to a Gallup study of the most successful men and women in America, reading one nonfiction book per month will put you into the top 1 percent of living Americans.

It takes regular, persistent reading and studying for you to improve, to move to the front of your field. It is not optional.

There are a variety of reasons why people don't read as much as they should. One is that probably 50 million Americans have been graduated from high school with poor reading skills.

Another reason why people don't read is because they have not been told how important reading is. Lifelong learning, lifelong reading is the minimum requirement for success in any field today. If you are in sales, management, service, administration or any other field that relies on the written word to convey information and data, your ability to read well is absolutely critical to your success.

Some people don't read because they are simply lazy. They are surrounded by so many distractions, especially television, radio, socializing and other activities, that they just never get around to doing any serious reading. They are so busy and caught up in day-to-day activities and amusements that they put off reading and then never get around to it. If continued, this pattern could have devastating consequences.

Another reason why people don't read is that they probably are not working in the right field. One of the best tests for compatibility with your work is your desire to read and learn more about it. If you are doing the job that is right for you, you will naturally be eager to read everything that you can possibly find about your field. You will want to get better and better. You will be hungry for new knowledge. You will be determined to become excellent. And every single bit of new information motivates and stimulates you and makes you excited about learning even more.

However, if you are in the wrong field, you will look upon reading about it as drudgery. If the reading and studying is a required condition of your job or profession, you will do it, but only under duress. You will want to get it over with, like a visit to the dentist. If, for any reason, you are not eager to learn more about what you are doing, it could very well be that you are wasting your time and your life in the wrong field.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Drink Kyani For Great Health

Harv Eker made a fortune in the health field last century. I just discovered a small, company that will revolutionize the health and wellness industry in this century.

The company is named Kyani and I'm convinced that its products will lower cholesterol, improve sleep and heal old injuries.

The products are all natural and derived from the harsh climate of Alaska.

The company also sells Omega 3 pills that are used in conjunction with the blueberries.

The Omega 3 is known to reduce the risk of cancer.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

T Harv Eker's Millionaire Mind: The Secret Psychology of Wealth

Your financial blueprint is made up of the "programming" you have received in the past, especially as a young child.

If you have been set in the wrong direction, with negative associations or emotions around money you must reset if you are ever going to get more money. T Harv Eker's Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals how to set your blueprint for success.

Your blueprint is like a thermostat. If the temperature in the room is 72°, chances are the thermostat is set for 72°. Is it possible that because the window is open, and it's cold outside, the temperature can drop to 65°? Of course, but what will eventually happen is the thermostat will kick in and bring the temperature back to 72°.

The only way to permanently change the temperature in the room is to reset the thermostat.

Similarly, the only way to change your level of financial success on a "permanent" basis is to reset your financial thermostat, otherwise known as your money blueprint.

Monday, August 18, 2008

"How to Develop a Millionaire Mind"

"There is a secret psychology to money," says T. Harv Eker, internationally known speaker and author of 11 top-selling books and courses, "Most people don't know about it, that's why most people never reach their financial potential."

Eker explains, "Your outer world is simply a reflection of your inner world! A lack of money is not a problem, it is merely a symptom of what's going on underneath! The fastest and only way to permanently change your financial situation on the outside, is to first change it on the inside." Eker should know, using this strategy he went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years!

"Give me 5 minutes," says Eker, "and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life! How? By identifying your 'personal money and success blueprint'." According to Eker we all have a money and success blueprint already ingrained in our subconscious. "It's imperative to recognize what your own financial blueprint is set for. Is it success, mediocrity or failure, struggle or ease, high or low earnings, consistent or inconsistent income, spending or saving, picking winning investments or picking losers?"

When asked how you can tell, Eker explains, "One way is to look at your results! If the temperature in a room is 72 degrees, chances are the thermostat is set for 72. Regardless of whether you are making $20,000 or $100,000 per year, unless you raise your 'internal money blueprint' you will never substantially raise your income or net worth."

"Unfortunately for most people," says Eker, "your current blueprint will stay with you for the rest of your life, unless you identify it and change it. There is a powerful, one evening seminar that will do just that. It's called The "Millionaire Mind, The Secret Psychology of Wealth." In this seminar you will learn how to completely recondition yourself for financial success. For many people, the change will be immediate and permanent."

Here's just a portion of what you'll learn!

* The 5 critical ways rich people think differently than the poor & middle class.
* The hidden cause of almost all financial problems.
* How your childhood conditioning is affecting you financially today.
* Why knowledge & skill do not create wealth.
* How to attract so-called "luck" with money and success.
* How to train your "mind" to work for you instead of against you.

"Money miracles can occur when we get out of our own way," says Eker. "The problem is, by ourselves, we can never see what's holding us back from reaching our full potential. Einstein said it best, "you can't solve a problem with the same mind that created it." The information in this course is extremely powerful! If you learn the strategies and use them, your financial life will change forever."

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

Initially, T. Harv Eker's Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth seems cast from the same mold as Loral Langemeier's The Millionaire Maker (my review): full of vague promises, unsupported claims, and thinly-veiled sales pitches for products and seminars. It's true that Eker is guilty of some of these faults. But ultimately I could not help but like the book once I stopped thinking of it as a personal finance guide and began to consider it as a motivational tool.

I'm sure that many people would dismiss Secrets of the Millionaire Mind as useless. There's not a lot of concrete information here about how to improve the details of your financial life. (Though the scant advice presented is sound). Instead, this book encourages readers to adopt mental attitudes that facilitate wealth. It's about changing your psychological approach to money, success, and happiness.

Eker believes that we each possess a "financial blueprint", an internal script that dictates how we relate to money. This blueprint is created through lifelong exposure to money messages from friends, current events, entertainment programs, and, especially, our family. Unfortunately, our blueprints usually contain errors that prevent us from achieving our dreams.

Eker lists seventeen ways in which the financial blueprints of the rich differ from those of the poor and the middle-class.

1. Rich people believe: "I create my life." Poor people believe: "Life happens to me." (This is HUGE. Every successful person I know is control of her life. Unhappy people are constantly complaining to me how this, that, or the other thing prevents them from doing something.)
2. Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game to not lose.
3. Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.
4. Rich people think big. Poor people think small.
5. Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles.
6. Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people. (This is important, too — it seems to hold true among my friends.)
7. Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people. (Another important one.)
8. Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value. Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.
9. Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems.
10. Rich people are excellent receivers. Poor people are poor receivers.
11. Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.
12. Rich people think "both". Poor people think "either/or".
13. Rich people focus on their net worth. Poor people focus on their working income.
14. Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.
15. Rich people have their money work hard for them. Poor people work hard for their money.
16. Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them. (This is big for me right now. I've accomplished most of the goals I set for myself, and need to set some new ones. But I have this nagging fear, because I'm moving into the unknown. Eker says that successful people act in spite of this fear. They move beyond worry, they "fake it til they make it", learning as they go. Unsuccessful people do nothing at all.)
17. Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.

Out of context, some of this advice seems glib. In the book, however, Eker explains each point, demonstrating how successful people discard limiting beliefs while the unsuccessful succumb to them.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

"Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it!

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments?

The shocking answer is: None of the above!

In his groundbreaking "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind", T. Harv Eker states: "Give me five minutes, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life!" Eker does this by identifying your "money and success blueprint." We all have a personal money blueprint engrained in our subconscious minds, and it is this blueprint, more than anything, that will determine our financial lives. You can know everything about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of finance. But if your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money-and if somehow you do, you will most likely lose it! The good news is that now you can actually reset your money blueprint to create natural and automatic success.

"Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" is two books in one. Part I explains how your money blueprint works. Through Eker's rare combination of street smarts, humor, and heart, you will learn how your childhood influences have shaped your financial destiny. You will also learn how to identify your own money blueprint and "revise" it to not only create success but, more important, to keep and continually grow it.

In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen "Wealth files," which describe exactly how rich people think and act differently than most poor and middle-class people. Each Wealth File includes specific steps for you to practice in the real world in order to dramatically increase your income and accumulate wealth.

If you are not doing as well financially as you would like, you will have to change your money blueprint. Unfortunately your current money blueprint will tend to stay with you for the rest of your life, unless you identify and revise it, and that's exactly what you will do with the help of this extraordinary book. According to T. Harv Eker, its simple. If you think like rich people think and do what rich people do, chances are you'll get rich too!

Using the principles he teaches, T. HARV EKER went from zero to millionaire in only two and a half years. Eker is president of Peak Potentials Training, one of the fastest growing success training companies in North America. With his unique brand of "street smarts with heart," Eker's humorous, "cut-to-the-chase" style keeps his audience spellbound.

People come from all over the world to attend his sold-out seminars, where crowds often exceed 2,000 people for a weekend program. So far, Eker's teachings have touched the lives of more than a quarter million people. Now, for the first time, he shares his proven secrets of success in this revolutionary book.

Friday, August 15, 2008

T Harv Eker

T. Harv Eker is the son of European immigrants who came to North America with only thirty dollars to their name. He grew up in Toronto, but spent most of his adult years in the United States.

Money was scarce throughout his childhood, so at thirteen, Eker began his work career. As a teen he delivered newspapers, scooped ice cream, sold novelties at fairs, and suntan lotions at the beach. After a year at York University, he decided to take time off to pursue his dream of becoming a millionaire.

During his early adult years, he lived in five different cities, including Lake Tahoe and Ft. Lauderdale. He had a variety of jobs and started more than a dozen different businesses, but regardless of what he did, or how hard he worked, he just couldn't achieve success.

Finally after many years of frustration, Eker hit the jackpot. He opened one of the first retail fitness stores in North America and grew the business to ten stores in only two and a half years. He then sold part of the company to a Fortune 500 corporation.

With the sale, Eker reached his dream. He was finally a millionaire; however, in less than two years, the money was gone. Through a combination of poor investments and unchecked spending, Eker was back at his original net worth … again.

It was at that point that Eker began developing his theories about people's mental and emotional relationship to money. He realized that his "inner-money thermostat" was set for a specific amount of financial success, and that everyone else had a financial set point too. His most profound discovery was that this money blueprint could be changed. Using the principles and practices found in his book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, Eker reset his own blueprint to not only create success, but to keep it and grow it, and become a multi-millionaire.

During his years of struggle, Eker vowed that should he ever get rich, he would help others do the same. He has kept his promise. Today, he is the president of Peak Potentials Training, one of the largest and fastest-growing seminar companies in the world. He has already touched the lives of over 250,000 people, helping them move closer to their goal of true financial freedom.

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth

T Harv Eker's claim to fame is that he took a $2,000 credit card loan, opened "one of the first fitness stores in North America," turned it into a chain of 10 within two and a half years and sold it in 1987 for a cool (but somewhat modest-seeming) $1.6 million.

Now the Vancouver-based entrepreneur traverses the continent with his "Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar," on which this debut motivational business manual is based.

What sets it apart is Mr Eker's focus on the way people think and feel about money and his canny, class-based analyses of broad differences among groups. In rat-a-tat, "Let me explain" seminar-speak, Harv asks readers to think back to their childhoods and pick apart the lessons they passively absorbed from parents and others about money.

With such psychological nuggets as "Rich people focus on opportunities/ Poor people focus on obstacles," Eker puts a positive spin on stereotypes, arguing that poverty begins, or rather, is allowed to continue, in one's imagination first, with actual material life becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

To that end, T Harv Eker counsels for admiration and against resentment, for positivity, self-promotion and thinking big and against wallowing, self-abnegation and small-mindedness. While much of the advice is self-evident, Eker's contribution is permission to think of one's financial foibles as a kind of mental illness—one, he says, that has a ready set of cures...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

T. Harv Eker - FROM ZERO TO MILLIONAIRE IN ONLY 2 1/2 YEARS!

Using the principles he teaches, T. Harv Eker went from zero to millionaire in only 2 1/2 years! He combines a unique brand of 'street-smarts with heart'. T. Harv Eker is the founder and president of Peak Potentials Training, the fastest growing personal development company in North America.

Eker's high-energy, 'cut-to-the-chase' style keeps his audience spellbound. T. Harv Eker's motto is "talk is cheap" and his unique ability is getting people to take "action" in the real world to produce real success.

Eker is the author of the best-selling books, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind and SpeedWealth. He has also developed several highly-acclaimed courses such as The Millionaire Mind Intensive, Life Directions, Wizard Training and Train the Trainer. He is also the producer and trainer of the world-famous Enlightened Warrior Training.

T. Harv Eker is the son of European immigrants who came to North America with only thirty dollars to their name. He grew up in Toronto, but spent most of his adult years in the United States.

Money was scarce throughout his childhood, so at thirteen, Eker began his work career. As a teen he delivered newspapers, scooped ice cream, sold novelties at fairs, and suntan lotions at the beach. After a year at York University, he decided to take time off to pursue his dream of becoming a millionaire.

During his early adult years, he lived in five different cities, including Lake Tahoe and Ft. Lauderdale. He had a variety of jobs and started more than a dozen different businesses, but regardless of what he did, or how hard he worked, he just couldn't achieve success.

Finally after many years of frustration, Eker hit the jackpot. He opened one of the first retail fitness stores in North America and grew the business to ten stores in only two and a half years. He then sold part of the company to a Fortune 500 corporation.

With the sale, Eker reached his dream. He was finally a millionaire; however, in less than two years, the money was gone. Through a combination of poor investments and unchecked spending, Eker was back at his original net worth … again.

It was at that point that Eker began developing his theories about people's mental and emotional relationship to money. He realized that his "inner-money thermostat" was set for a specific amount of financial success, and that everyone else had a financial set point too. His most profound discovery was that this money blueprint could be changed. Using the principles and practices found in his book, Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, Eker reset his own blueprint to not only create success, but to keep it and grow it, and become a multi-millionaire.

During his years of struggle, Eker vowed that should he ever get rich, he would help others do the same. He has kept his promise. Today, he is the president of Peak Potentials Training, one of the largest and fastest-growing seminar companies in the world. He has already touched the lives of over 500,000 people, helping them move closer to their goal of true financial freedom.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Zig Ziglar - Wikiquote

* You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

* What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as who you become (by achieving your goals).

* Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

* F-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c !

* You are WHAT you are, You are WHERE you are, because of what you put in your mind. You can CHANGE what you are, You can CHANGE where you are, by changing what you put in your mind.
* It is your attitude, not your aptitude, that determines your altitude.

* Expect the best, prepare for the worst.

* Remember that life is hard, but when you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.

* There's been 11 billion people to walk the face of this earth, but there's never been one like you! - Zig Ziglar

* Go with the flow..

* "People who truly understand God's purpose for their lives know that we are called to be intimately involved with one another."
o From "Better than Good" by Zig Ziglar

* "Direction Creates TIME...Motivation creates ENERGY"

* "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." Zig Ziglar

Monday, August 11, 2008

Zig Ziglar

Born Hillary Ziglar in southern rural Alabama, "Zig" Ziglar and family soon moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, and the salesman, motivational speaker and born-again Christian hasn't looked back. As a child of the depression, Ziglar says he struggled with basic insecurities and small expectations for years. After a discharge from the Navy in 1946 Ziglar studied at the University of South Carolina. However he soon abandoned his studies and began selling aluminum pots door to door for the Wearever Aluminum Company.

But he still struggled: "During the [first] two and a half years all I did was prove they had been right not to hire me in the first place. It was really a question of survival. When our first baby was born, I had to literally go out and sell two sets of cookware in order to get her out of the hospital." Ziglar's turnaround came during a regional sales meeting when a Wearever executive pulled him aside and told Ziglar, who was shocked that the executive even knew his name, that he had been wasting his time for the past two and a half years. Although Ziglar thought he was hearing a prelude to a dismissal, the executive told him that if he'd only recognize his ability, he'd become "a great one." Soon thereafter Ziglar was 2nd of some 7,000 Wearever salesmen.

Ziglar's second revelation came in 1972 while floating in his trademark arrow-shaped swimming pool of his suburban Dallas home. Reflecting on his recent experience of being born again in Tullahoma, Tennessee, he said to himself, "Lord, I know you put this whole big universe together, and I know that someday you're going to take it down." Then, after a shooting star passed his gaze, Ziglar heard the following from the heavens above: "That's right boy, and don't you ever forget it." This would not be God's only direct contact with Ziglar: later Ziglar would hear The Creator interrupt his telephone call to tell him that if Ziglar "would leave it up to [Him, He] would take care of [the] little things for [Ziglar]."

And Ziglar's works reflect the beliefs of a born-again Southern Baptist who frequently chats with God. The best selling See You at the Top warns that "our creator decreed that the man is the head of the household" while Confessions of a Happy Christian admonishes that "[i]n Rome and Greece and all of the other eighty-eight civilizations that fell, homosexuality was the final straw." Horoscopes are "Satan's daily bulletin, published in Hell." Still, the main focus for Ziglar's written works has remained improving the self-esteem and results of sales people across the world. If the electronic presence of his name (which has spread like a rash over the Internet) should give any indication, Ziglar's fans are devout and numerous.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Winning with a Balanced Goals Program

"It's true that you were born to win. Unfortunately, many have been conditioned to lose," says Zig Ziglar. In his own unique way, Zig shares with you why you must have a goals program. Christian Motivation Vol 2 encompasses the financial, physical, mental and spiritual aspects of life, helping you to establish God-directed goals for your personal, family and career life. In these 12 exciting lessons, you'll learn how to win big here and how to be an even bigger winner in the hereafter. It's practical, biblically-based, psychologically sound and physiologically accurate. Here's a program that will help you get more of the things money will buy and all of the things money won't buy. Zig is persuasive when he shares with the listener Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. The messages are positive, encouraging, exciting and include specific directions on how to achieve total, balanced success in your life. Volume II includes: Why Do You Play the Game?, The Power of Words, The Most Important Goals, Our Most Important Weekly Goal, You Can Be a Great One, You Gotta Have a Goals Program, Why Don't You Have a Goals Program?, Exactly How To Set Your Goals, Reaching Your Goals, Living Well and Finishing Well, Reaching Significant Goals and Christ is the Foundation.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Winning with a Balanced Life

The Bible says in Proverbs 15:23, "A man has joy in an apt answer, and how delightful is a timely word!" Well, how about 12 timely messages chock full of words of wisdom and inspiration from America's leading teacher of motivation, Zig Ziglar? Take delight in learning truths that can literally transform your life from ordinary to extraordinary! These messages will encourage you and build you up. Christian Motivation For Daily Living: Winning With A Balanced Life can help you discover the inner peace and true happiness that comes from living the abundant life God planned for you. Volume I includes: Forgiveness is the Key, Maybe It's Not Your Fault, What and Where is "The Top", Relationships Make the Difference, Building Winning Relationships, On Earth as it is in Heaven, What is Success?, Employment Security in a No-Job-Security World, Recognizing, Developing and Using Your Gifts, A Formula for Success, To Serve or Be a Servant? and The Choice is Yours.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Christian Motivation

Zig Ziglar's magnificent Three Volume CD series (18 CDs total), Christian Motivation For Daily Living consist of lessons learned from 77 years of living. And if you're one of the first 25 people to buy this product, you will receive a free copy of Zig's recording of Proverbs.

The 3-volume set of Christian Motivation For Daily Living is jam-packed with wisdom and inspiration from America's leading teacher of motivation. Zig shares from his heart in these life-changing messages while he explains how his Christian faith has been the Difference Maker in his business, social and family life.

When Zig says "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want," it is essentially a paraphrase of The Golden Rule. He believes and teaches that our obedience to God's command to love one another is the cornerstone to our business, family and social relationships.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Zig Ziglar Biography

Zig Ziglar truly is the epitome of the American Dream come true. Early on in life, his father's death compelled him to be not only hard working, but compassionate. For all his current success, Ziglar did not inherit his professional status, nor was it an accident. After struggling early in his sales career, this Yazoo City, Mississippi native put in the time, discipline, and energy to become a sales champion.

If one were to look for Ziglar's motto, he'd probably say something like "Everything in life that you want is yours as long as you help enough people get what they want". Over the last 30-plus years, businesses and organizations have implemented this precise principle and grown more profitable by working to improve the lives of their most important element: their people.

After establishing himself as a brilliant salesman, Ziglar took his philosophy on the road in 1970 and began a full time speaking career. This led to the formation of a multi-million dollar company built on the same message he expounds to his audience: hard work, common sense, fairness, integrity, commitment, and a sense of humor are key ingredients in personal and professional success. This message transcends cultural, age, and occupational boundaries.

Many have found their lives changed after listening to a Ziglar seminar, and with good reason, his lectures are accessible, humorous, and ultimately life affirming. Since he began in the early 70's, a massive bibliography of audio titles by Ziglar have come out at a regular pace. Now with LearnOutLoud.com, you too can benefit from Ziglar's message in the best way possible!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Zig Ziglar - Success

Too many people spend more time planing how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.

You enhance your chancesfor success when you understand that your yearning power is more important than your earning power.

The price of success is much lower than the price of failure.

When management and labor (employer and employee) both understand they are all on the same side, then each will prosper more.

When we clearly undertsand that thereis no superior sex or superior race, we will have opened the door of communication and laid the foundation for building winning relationships with all people in this global world of ours.

The only way to coast is down hill.

Remember there is plenty of room at the top-but not enough to sit down.

Selling is essentially transfernce of feeling.

If you will pump long enough, hard enough, and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.

You don't "paythe price"for success-you enjoy the benefits of success.

Success is one thing you can't pay for. You buy it ontthe installment plan and make payments every day.

Ability is important in our quest for success, but dependability is critical.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Zig Ziglar - Self Image

If you don't like who you are and where you are, don't worry about it because you're not stuck either with who you are or where you are. you can grow. You can change .You can be more than you are.

Some people find faultlike there is a reward for it .

Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can't do.They don't know what they want because they don't know what's available for them.

Man was designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

You were born to win, but to be the winner you were born to be you must plan to win and prepare to win.Then and only then can you legitimately expect to win.

When your image improves, your performance improves.

The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love.

It's not what you know, it's what you use that makes a difference.

Success is not measured by what you do compared to what others do, it is measured by what you do with the ability God gave you.

Before you change your thinking, you have to change what goes into your mind.

You are what you are and where you are because of what has gone into your mind. You can change what you are and where you are by changing what goes into your mind.

Don't be distracted by criticism.Remember-the only taste of success some people have when they take a bite out of you.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Zig Ziglar - Integrity Character

If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.

If people like you they'll listen to you, but if they trust you they'll do business with you.

Ability can take you the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to his or her commitment to excellence, regardless of his or chosen field of endeavor.

Keep your thinking right And your business will be right.

When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner .

What you do off the job is determining factor In how far you will go on the job.

You build a successful carreer, regardless of your field of endeavor, by the dozens of little things you do on and off the job.

When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level.

With integrity you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide.With integrity you will do the right thing,so you will have no guilt.With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best.

When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.

When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.

What comes out of your mouth is determined by what goes into your mind.

You can get everything money will buy without a lick of character, but you can't get any of the things money won't buy- happiness ,joy, peace of mind, winning relationships, etc., without character.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Zig Ziglar - Hope

Our children are our only hope for the future, but we are their only hope for their present and their future.

When you put faith, hope and love together you can raise positive kids in a negative world.

Failure is an event, not a person.Yesterday ended last night.

There are seldom.If ever, any hopeless situations, but there are many people who lose hope in the face of some situations.

YOu cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.

Character gets you out of bed; commitment moves you to action .Faith, hope, and discipline Enable you to follow through to completion.

The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Zig Ziglar - Happiness

I"m so optimistic I'd go after Moby Dick in a row boat and take the tartar sauce with me.

Most of us would be upset If we were accussed of being "silly" comes from the old English word "seilig" and it's literal definition is"to be blessed , happy, healthy and prosperous."

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want the most for what you want now.

Be helpful.When you see a person without a smile ,Give him yours.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Zig Ziglar - Guidance

If you're sincere, praise is efective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.

Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it's free-but it can't go anywhere.

Many marriages would be better if the husband and wife clearly understood that they're on the same side.

The more you express gratitude for what you have the more you will have to express gratitude for.

Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

It's not the situation, but wheather we react (negative) or respond (positive) to the situation that's important.

There's not a lot you can do about the national economy but there is a lot you can do about your personal economy.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.

You can finish school, and even make it easy -but you never finish your education,and it's seldom easy.

The best way to make your spouse and children feel secure is not with big deposits in bank account, but with little deposits of thoughtfulness and affection in the"love account."

You've got to be before you can do, and do before you can have.

All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.

Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night's sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.

Most x-rated films are advertised as "adult entertaintment,"for "mature adults," when in reality they are juvenile entertainment for immature and insecure people.

You don't drown by falling in water; you only drown if you stay there.

When you give a man a dole you deny him his dignity, and when you deny him his dignity you rob him his destiny.

Remember, you can earn more money, but when time is spent is gone forever.