“Several years ago on an extremely hot day, a crew of men were working on the road bed of the railroad when they were interrupted by a slow moving train. The train ground to a stop and a window in the last car— which incidentally was custom made and air conditioned—was raised. A booming, friendly voice called out, “Dave, is that you?” Dave Anderson, the crew chief called back, “Sure is, Jim, and it’s really good to see you.” With that pleasant exchange, Dave Anderson was invited to join Jim Murphy, the president of the railroad, for a visit. For over an hour the men exchanged pleasantries and then shook hands warmly as the train pulled out. Dave Anderson’s crew immediately surrounded him and expressed astonishment that he knew Jim Murphy, the president of the railroad, as a personal friend. Dave then explained that twenty-three years earlier he and Jim Murphy had started work at the railroad on the same day. One of the men, half jokingly and half seriously, asked Dave why he was still working out in the hot sun and Jim Murphy had gotten to be president. Rather wistfully, Dave explained, “Twenty-three years ago I went to work for $1.75 an hour and Jim Murphy went to work for the railroad.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude.”
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Zig Ziglar
“A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could”
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Zig Ziglar
“Good action today will produce good living tomorrow.”
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Zig Ziglar
“When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you”
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Zig Ziglar
“being a winner is much different from having the potential to win. Everyone has the potential; it’s what you do with that potential that really matters.”
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Zig Ziglar
“You can't climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.”
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Zig Ziglar
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.”
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Zig Ziglar
“(los grandes profesionales de la venta reproducen constantemente en sus mentes las presentaciones de éxito antes, durante, y después de las visitas).”
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Zig Ziglar
“You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”
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Zig Ziglar
“What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth. The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker. They are more easily excited; they are more violent and apparent, but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in mature life.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Positive thinking won’t allow you to do anything, but it will allow you to do everything better than negative thinking will.”
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Zig Ziglar
“failure is an event, it is not a person—yesterday ended last night—today is a brand new day and it’s yours.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Do more, give more, try harder, aim higher, and give thanks. The rewards will be yours.”
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Zig Ziglar
“Much about success is just the result of simply the ability to follow up, follow through, and finish what we started.”
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Zig Ziglar
