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'{{short description|American author, salesman, and motivational speaker}} {{Infobox person |name = Zig Ziglar |image = Zig Ziglar at Get Motivated Seminar, Cow Palace 2009-3-24 3.JPG |caption = Ziglar in March 2009 |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|11|06}} |birth_place = [[Coffee County, Alabama]], US |death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|28|1926|11|06}} |death_place = [[Plano, Texas]], US |resting_place=[[McKinney, Texas|McKinney]], Texas |other_names = Ziglar |known_for = |occupation = Salesman, motivational speaker, author |alma mater = [[University of South Carolina]] |spouse =Jean Ziglar (married 1946–2012, his death) |children =4, including [[Julie Ziglar Norman]] |party =[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] }} '''Hilary Hinton''' "'''Zig'''" '''Ziglar''' (November 6, 1926&nbsp;&ndash; November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and [[motivational speaker]]. ==Biography== ===Early life and education=== "Zig" Ziglar was born in [[Coffee County, Alabama|Coffee County]] in southeastern [[Alabama]], to John Silas Ziglar and Lila Wescott Ziglar.<ref>[https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/225115 Entrepreneur.com]</ref> He was the tenth of 12 children.<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Cecil |title=Memoir Zigzags Through Life Of Salesman, Speaker |date=March 28, 2004 |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2004-03-28/news/0403270450_1_zig-ziglar-motivational-speaker-zig-autobiography |accessdate=29 January 2014}}</ref> 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 did not die sister two days later. Between 1943 and 1945, he participated in the Navy [[V-12 Navy College Training Program]] at the [[University of South Carolina]] in [[Columbia, South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bogunovic|first1=Dragan P.|title=Born to Be Humanist|date=October 25, 2013|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=1491829591|pages=16}}</ref> ===Career=== {{expand section|date= January 2015}} With Richard "Dick" Gardner and Hal Krause, Ziglar was a charter member in the establishment of American Salesmasters in 1963. The company's objective was to raise the image of salespeople in America by providing seminars. They began with cities across the Midwest (Memphis, Atlanta, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, etc), featuring speakers like Ziglar, [[Norman Vincent Peale]], Ken McFarland, Cavett Robert, Bill Gove, Maxwell Maltz, Red Motley and many more. They booked an auditorium, put together a slate of speakers and contacted local businesses to sell tickets. Audiences included insurance agents, car salesmen, financial advisors, entrepreneurs, small business owners and curiosity seekers. Ziglar went on to speak extensively for audiences of the National Association of Sales Education (NASE), founded by Dick Gardner in 1965, and also became a major sales trainer for Mary Kay Cosmetics. In 1968, he became a vice president and training director for the Automotive Performance company and moved to [[Dallas, Texas]]. The company went bankrupt two years later.<ref name="dallasnews.com">{{cite news|last1=Simnacher|first1=Joe|title=Zig Ziglar, Dallas motivational speaker of ‘see you at the top’ fame, dies at 86|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/obituaries/obituaries/2012/11/28/zig-ziglar-dallas-motivational-speaker-of-see-you-at-the-top-fame-dies-at-86|accessdate=18 January 2018|work=The Dallas Morning News}}</ref> Subsequently, Ziglar spoke extensively at seminars for Peter Lowe, of Get Motivated, and eventually signed an exclusive agreement to support Peter Lowe events.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} In addition to speaking, Ziglar wrote over 30 books. His first book, ''See You At The Top'', was rejected 39 times before it was published in 1975. It is still in print today.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=Joel|title=NEWSIn Memory of The Amazing Zig Ziglar|url=https://addicted2success.com/news/in-memory-of-the-amazing-zig-ziglar-r-i-p-zig-ziglar/|website=Addicted2Success.com|accessdate=18 January 2018}}</ref> In Addison TX, Ziglar employed and trained several speakers including [[Will Harris (businessman)|Will Harris.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://expertfile.com/experts/will.harris|title=Will Harris - Expert with WillPower Network {{!}} ExpertFile|last=ExpertFile|website=expertfile.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref> In 2007, a fall down a flight of stairs left him with [[short-term memory]] problems. Nonetheless, Ziglar continued taking part in motivational seminars until he retired in 2010.<ref name="dallasnews.com"/> ===Personal life=== Ziglar met his wife, Jean, in 1944, in [[Jackson, Mississippi]]. He was 17 and she was 16; they married in late 1946.<ref>{{cite news|last=Casey |first=Erin |title=Zig Ziglar's Lessons From The Top |work=Success Magazine |url=http://www.success.com/articles/37---zig-ziglar-s-lessons-from-the-top |accessdate=October 28, 2008}}</ref> They had four children: Suzan, Tom, Cindy, and Julie. Ziglar, a Baptist, integrated [[Christianity]] into his motivational work. He was also a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] who endorsed the former [[Governor of Arkansas]] [[Mike Huckabee]] for his party's presidential nomination in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Red Phillips, 'Zig Ziglar, R.I.P.', November 29, 2012 |work=Conservative Times|url=http://conservativetimeVs.org/?p=12731 |accessdate=December 11, 2012}}</ref> ===Death=== On November 28, 2012, Ziglar died from [[pneumonia]] at a hospital in [[Plano, Texas]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Lynch |first=Rene |title=Zig Ziglar dies at 86; motivational speaker inspired millions |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=November 28, 2012 |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-zig-ziglar-dies-20121128,0,3447045.story |accessdate=January 28, 2014}}</ref> ==Books== *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=See You at the Top |publisher=[[Pelican Publishing Company|Pelican Pub. Co]] |location=Gretna |year=1975 |isbn=0-88289-126-X}} *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Confessions Of A Happy Christian |publisher=Pelican Pub. Co |location=Gretna |year=1978 |isbn=0-88289-196-0}} *{{Cite book| last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale |publisher=[[Berkley Books]] |location=New York |year=1982 |isbn=0-425-08102-8}} *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World |publisher=Oliver Nelson |location=Nashville |year=1985 |isbn =0-8407-9039-2}} *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Top Performance: How to Develop Excellence in Yourself and Others |publisher=Berkley Books |location=New York |year=1986 |isbn=0-425-09973-3}} *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Over the Top |publisher=Thomas Nelson Publishers |location=Nashville |year=1994 |isbn=0-8407-9112-7}} *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Success for Dummies| publisher=IDG Books |location=Foster City, Calif |year=1998 |isbn=0-7645-5061-6}} *{{Cite book |authors=Ziglar, Zig & Hayes, John P.|title=Network Marketing For Dummies |publisher=IDG Books|location=Foster City, Calif|year=2001| isbn=0-7645-5292-9}} *{{Cite book|last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Selling 101: What Every Successful Sales Professional Needs to Know |publisher=Thomas Nelson Publishers|location=Nashville|year=2003| isbn =0-7852-6481-7}} *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Confessions of a Grieving Christian | publisher=B&H Publishing Group |location=Nashville |year=2004 | isbn=0-8054-2745-7}} *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=The Autobiography of Zig Ziglar | publisher=Random House |location=New York |year=2004 |isbn=0-385-50297-4}} *Ziglar, Zig (2004). ''Courtship After Marriage: Romance Can Last a Lifetime''. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers. {{ISBN|0-7852-6724-7}}. *{{Cite book |last=Ziglar |first=Zig |title=Better Than Good: Creating a Life You Can't Wait to Live |publisher=Thomas Nelson Publishers |location=Nashville |year=2006|isbn=978-0-7852-8919-7}} *{{Cite book |authors=Ziglar, Zig & Ziglar, Julie Norman|title=Embrace the Struggle: Living Life on Life's Terms |publisher=Howard Books |location=New York |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-4391-4219-6}} *{{Cite book |authors=Ziglar, Zig & Ziglar, Tom |title=Born to Win: Find Your Success Code |publisher=SUCCESS Media |location=Dallas |year=2012 |isbn=9780983156512}} {{Portal|Biography|Baptist|Alabama|Mississippi|Texas|World War II|United States Navy}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category}} {{Wikiquote}} *{{Official website|http://www.ziglar.com/}} *{{C-SPAN|Zig Ziglar}} *[http://proguide.io/get-motivated-today-with-tom-ziglar/ Interview with Zig's son Tom about his father] *[http://booktourradio.com/ziglar/ Interview with Ziglar's daughter Julie Ziglar Norman about her father] *{{YouTube|nuEA-dJqu78|Famous Zig Ziglar Quotes videos}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ziglar, Zig}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:American evangelicals]] [[Category:American naval personnel of World War II]] [[Category:American motivational speakers]] [[Category:American motivational writers]] [[Category:American self-help writers]] [[Category:Baptists from Texas]] [[Category:Business speakers]] [[Category:Hinds Community College alumni]] [[Category:People from Coffee County, Alabama]] [[Category:People associated with direct selling]] [[Category:Writers from Dallas]] [[Category:People from Plano, Texas]] [[Category:People from Yazoo City, Mississippi]] [[Category:American salespeople]] [[Category:Texas Republicans]] [[Category:United States Navy sailors]] [[Category:University of South Carolina alumni]] [[Category:V-12 Navy College Training Program]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Baptists from Mississippi]] [[Category:Baptists from Alabama]]'