Goal setting with Zig Ziglar: Lose weight, write a book, get your goal done!

Previously I reviewed what was probably the last book Zig Ziglar wrote before he died in November 2012 – namely Born to Win – Find Your Success Code.

In this video Zig Ziglar’s quotes priceless goal setting tips which helped him lose weight and write a book – after promising himself to do both for years.

The key tip is goal setting the right way – and there are similarities to my own 5 steps to goal success process with which I can  identify.

Zig Ziglar tips for Goal setting – in a nutshell

“How do you lose 37lbs and write a book?” he asks.

By choosing to have a goal to change your current approach.

Ziglar’s first quotable quote rings with truth:

choose to set goals and realize your potential – or choose not set them…and live with the consequences which will not be so good down the road

An example he says was choosing to weigh 200 lbs for many years – and finally losing it permanently only once he took these goal setting steps:

• he wrote it down
• put a date on it
• listed the obstacles to overcome
• identified people and organiszations he needed to work with
• plan of action
• set time limit
• identified the benefits

I think the quote he shares from JCPenny  is worth a mention because it underlines the consequences for ANYONE of setting – or not setting – goals.

Give me a stock clerk with a goal  and I’ll give you man who will make history – but give me a man without a goal and I’ll give you a stock clerk.

My top 5 Zig Ziglar quotes for goal setting

Here are is my top five most favorite Zig Ziglar quotes:

1. [Tweet “Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude”].
2. [Tweet “A goal properly set is halfway reached”].
3. Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the “gotta have it” scale.
4. If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
5. Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.

And a few more worth keeping: