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BadGimp

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18. Zig Zigler had a very positive influence on a lot of lives, including mine
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 03:20 AM
Nov 2012

He was a great man imo and he will be missed, certainly by me.

As to the ZZ haters in the house, the man is dead for heavens sake, please show some respect.. I think the giant of a man and another great motivational speaker Les Brown said it best: paraphrasing "..ya hear all the time about thousands of people dying every day cause of what they been eatin. But I am here to tell you that thousands more are dying cause of what's been eatin them".

Zig like so many of his kind have been and continue to the well of publicly available insight and learning from which people like myself have been able to turn to to learn to think differently when we lacked the guidance and leadership influence in our lives needed to help us make the choices to take control of our lives and our futures.


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R.I.P. livetohike Nov 2012 #1
He was mostly harmless BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #2
Yup. Your last sentence says it all. russspeakeasy Nov 2012 #3
His last words............. thelordofhell Nov 2012 #4
Can't say this is a great loss. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #5
I don't think I've ever read any peer-reviewed scientific data that motivational speaking Aristus Nov 2012 #6
Hated his ads. Good riddance to bad rubbish Panasonic Nov 2012 #7
I'm sure newspapers didn't. AngryOldDem Nov 2012 #22
He was just running one not more than two or three months ago - for days straight. Panasonic Nov 2012 #23
He told good stories that temporarily boosted the The Second Stone Nov 2012 #8
a) his association with (and contributions to) the most loathsome of wing-dings. HughBeaumont Nov 2012 #13
Glad to see a lot of people see through the bullshit. Prometheus Bound Nov 2012 #21
Never bought his books. Never heard him speak. davsand Nov 2012 #9
He'll be buried "In his van down by the river" byeya Nov 2012 #10
Religious Right Winger SoCalMusicLover Nov 2012 #11
saw him a few years back--i always preferred Brian Tracy dembotoz Nov 2012 #12
Forced to sit through his bullshit by my employer jaysunb Nov 2012 #14
RIP Zig AAO Nov 2012 #15
RIP to Zig. Beartracks Nov 2012 #16
At least he never delivered that horseshit from a pulpit Tom Ripley Nov 2012 #17
Zig Zigler had a very positive influence on a lot of lives, including mine BadGimp Nov 2012 #18
I have a question: Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2012 #19
eventually we all do BadGimp Nov 2012 #20
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