Developing the Qualities of Success. Zig Ziglar

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      Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered after the Battle of Gettysburg, which, as you know, took place during the war of northern aggression. Two hundred and sixty-two words, that’s all there are in that address. Two hundred and two of them… one syllable. Simple. Direct. John 3:16. Twenty-five words; twenty-one of them one syllable. I believe in keeping it simple. I believe in making it so plain that nobody can miss what is being said.

      Now, you’ve gotten organized and accepted the responsibility and made the commitment. Most people are about as committed as a Kamikaze pilot on his 39^th mission—I mean, they just don’t really take it seriously. I remember January 7, 1992, I rode past the Plano, Texas, recreation center— that’s where I do my exercises and weight-lifting. The reason I rode past was because there wasn’t a parking space. I was back over there the next day and this time I squeezed in, but in the Nautilus room they had lines behind every machine—three, four, five, six deep. Well, you can’t exercise three minutes and rest fifteen, so I went back outside to the desk and I asked the young man, “Shawn, what on earth’s goin’ on?” Shawn laughed and said, “Oh, Zig, don’t give it a thought. Give us about three weeks. This’ll be back to normal. These are our New Year’s resolution people.”