{"id":8189,"date":"2023-02-09T12:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T19:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8189"},"modified":"2023-02-09T12:56:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T19:56:03","slug":"zig-ziglar-and-the-power-of-setting-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=8189","title":{"rendered":"Zig Ziglar and the power of setting goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I&#8217;ll give you a man that can make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I&#8217;ll give you a stock clerk.&#8221; &#8211; J.C. Penny<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My dad almost always had a Zig Ziglar tape playing in the car when I was growing up. These simple principles of setting and achieving goals have stuck with me almost my entire life &#8211; and have lead me along a tremendously successful career that I could have never imagined as a small kid growing up in rural Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can attest that by following his simple and time proven method of goal-setting, I have achieved many of the biggest goals I have wanted in my life. Give it a listen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ae-VJ_lauCw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kiQV0oTyd98?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/su2UuP3aqZg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I&#8217;ll give you a man that can make history. Give me a man without a goal, and I&#8217;ll give you a stock clerk.&#8221; &#8211; J.C. Penny My dad almost always had a Zig Ziglar tape playing in the car when I was growing up. 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