Motivation on the Run

This article give a great overview of Zig Ziglar’s life and background. It always help to understand where you’re going when you know where you’ve been. Head on over and read the complete story.

Overcoming Adversity and Leadership: Profile of “Zig” Ziglar

This Zig Ziglar’s story:

Zig Ziglar was born in 1926, in what he termed “very modest circumstances” to a family that was “financially challenged in many ways.” He was “the tenth of twelve children born to a family living in rural Mississippi.”

He lost his father at the age of five. Zig worked from an early age to support his family. He shared that he “had what was known as an inferiority complex.” Until “Judge” Ziglar’s untimely death, he worked hard in a very depressed economy to provide for his large family. Zig said his Papa “was a thoughtful man possessed of great confidence. Everyone respected his intelligence, fairness, and judgment.”

Two days after his father’s funeral, Zig’s 14-month-old baby sister also died.