Zig Ziglar – Author
Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse
you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving
yourself. - Zig Zigler
Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (1926-2012) was an
American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. In 1931, when Ziglar was
five years old, his father took a management position at a Mississippi farm,
and his family moved to Yazoo City, Mississippi, where he spent most of his
early childhood. The next year, his father died of a stroke, and his younger sister
died two days later.
Ziglar served in the United States Navy during World War II,
from 1943 to 1945. He was in the Navy V-12 Navy College Training Program and
attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina.
Ziglar later worked as a salesman in a succession of
companies. In 1968, he became a vice president and training director for the
Automotive Performance Company, moving to Dallas, Texas. - Wikipedia
