If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
Zig ZiglarRead
You enhance your chances for success when you understand that your yearning power is more important than your earning power
Interpretation
Desiring success and having a strong motivation is crucial for achieving it, more so than merely focusing on the financial rewards.
This quote by Zig Ziglar emphasizes the importance of motivation and desire in achieving success. It suggests that having a strong yearning or passion for what you want to achieve is more critical than just focusing on the monetary aspects, as true success is driven by a genuine desire to accomplish your goals.
In practice
In a motivational speech to young entrepreneurs.
If you learn from defeat, you haven't really lost.
I read for the 'ah-ha's,' the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man - financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally.
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When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author.
My wife determined that my genius should prevail, and that my final success as an ornithologist should be triumphant.
I love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm always trying to balance that with what is really important.
I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.
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