Born to Win: Find Your Success Code

by Zig Ziglar

With the world changing as rapidly as it is, the people who are the most successful are the ones who have the greatest thirst for knowledge.

Management expert Peter Drucker said, “Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly or it vanishes.”

TAKE THE TIME YOU NEED TO GET THE KNOWLEDGE YOU NEED

Everybody should set goals that will help them become equipped with the knowledge they need to be successful.

I believe a specific amount of time needs to be reserved every day for the ac...

I used current information and material to keep the messages interesting and relevant.

Practice prepares professional golfers and professional speakers for victory, and practice will prepare you for victory, too!

Don’t look for people who will tell you what you want to hear. Look for people who will truthfully share their wisdom with you, because they want you to succeed as they have succeeded.

The first is to continually add new information that your brain can process.

New information comes by way of listening and observing.

It also comes by way o...

So the first step of brain exercise is to spend a little time each day soaking up new information through reading some good material or listening to audio messages...

For this reason, we need step two in our brain exercise program: spending quiet time with yourself solely for the purpose of thinking and meditating.

It is during this quiet time that you should focus on new, creative ideas and solutions to the problems you may encounter.

The person who makes a million dollars and ruins his health along the way is not a success.

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When you have set your goals properly and planned the action you need to take, as I have suggested in this book, it’s a waste of time, energy, and emotion to worry about the results of what you have set in motion.

My late friend Mary Crowley said, “Worry is a misuse of the imagination,”

Worry is the result of thinking and imagining what might happen in the future.

I’ve learned that if you have planned and prepared, you can have reasonable expectations about the future.

Good action today will produce good living tomorrow.

In his book I Can’t Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence,

“You were born to win, but to be the winner you were born to be, you have to plan to win and prepare to win. Then and only then can you expect to win!”

You plan your tomorrows by understanding the vision you have for success, and you set your goals to accomplish your vision.

Then you prepare and equip yourself with the knowledge, support, and tools you need to execute your goals.

When you have planned and prepared, you will earn the right to expect to win, and expecting to win means doing what it takes to recognize hope and opportunity, which will support a great, posi...

We generally get from ourselves and others what we expect.

you will either live up or down to your own expectations.

The difference between good and excellent companies is training.

Actually, companies that do not train their people and invest in their ability don’t last.

You find what you look for in life.

Never make a promise without a plan.

Happiness, joy, and gratitude are universal if we know what to look for.

I believe you can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.