Better Than Good

I remember seeing Zig Ziglar speak at a motivational seminar back in the 80's. We all got pumped for success as he gave his famous water pump illustration. One has to expend some effort and keep priming the pump. If you don't give up, the water will eventually begin to flow and your hard work will become effortless.

Zig was a wonderful man and a model of true success. No, it's not because he made so much money, but it's because he cared about others. He often told his audiences, "You can can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."

Zig was a better than good man, because he had his priorities straight. He understood that true wealth didn't consist in just money. He wasn't selfish. He believed in giving your best in life in order to receive the best.

Ziglar traveled all over the world, teaching, training, and encouraging millions. He's been called "the quintessential motivational genius of our times." His book, Better Than Good: Creating a Life You Can't Wait to Live, is an excellent introduction to his motivational teaching.

The title comes from the way Zig would answer the question, "How ya doing?"

"Better'n good," he'd say.

He didn't believe just saying it would make it so, but he did believe in the power of positive affirmation. Too often we hurt ourselves by speaking constant streams of negativity. Words have a powerful effect in our lives. If you want to live "better than good," it begins with making some mouth adjustments.

It then takes three key necessities that the book goes into detail about:

• Passion
• Peak Performance
• Purpose

Passion

In our day, passion is often lacking. Many are just trapped in a rat race, and the younger generation is growing numb with apathy. You may not be able to change your circumstances, but you can change your attitude. Zig counsels how to do this. He talks about how to develop passion. And he gives wise advice on how to handle stress, which is a passion killer.

You may not be able to immediately change your circumstances, but if you enlist passion, you might be surprised with the changes that eventually come.

Peak Performance

Peak Performance is possible for anybody, not just the gifted and talented. It's not about gifts and talents, but about planning. Often people struggle because they are working with a poor system. They have the wrong habits. They think in the wrong direction. Zig talks about the adjustments that are easy to make to get you working in peak performance.

Purpose

Discovering your purpose will do wonders for making your life better than good. Everybody has a God given purpose. No one is exempt, no matter how purposeless they may feel. The problem is that some people don't know how to find it. They have bought into lies. They have thought negatively about themselves.

Others have just been too self-absorbed. The key to finding purpose is in doing what you can to help or serve others.

Thus it comes back full circle to what Zig said, "You can can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want."

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May it all go better than good for you!