DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - He was a motivational speaker, author and American icon. Zig Ziglar has died at age 86. Nobody could use self-deprecation to get his point across like Ziglar. "By choice I ...

For many it's hard to believe he's gone. Legendary motivational speaker and business consultant Zig Ziglar died yesterday, after a 40-year speaking career that saw him travel more than five million ...

The easy thing would be to call Zig Ziglar hokey. After all anyone who calls a traffic light a “go light,” an alarm an “opportunity clock,” and said “The more you gripe about your problems, the more ...

While you may have heard of Zig Ziglar, you may not have known that he was a college dropout who first became a driven salesman for the WearEver Cookware company, and then a remarkably popular ...

Zig Ziglar died today at age 86. A World War II veteran, Zig Ziglar became the top sales person in several organizations before striking out on his own as a motivational speaker and trainer. With a ...

The man behind that famous phrase, Zig Ziglar (1926-2012), reached more than 250 million people worldwide with his sales training talks, bestselling books and unforgettable, homespun wisdom on the art ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For many it’s hard to believe he’s gone. Legendary motivational speaker and business consultant Zig Ziglar died yesterday, after a ...

DALLAS – Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who wrote more than 30 books and focused on positivity and leading a balanced life, died Wednesday in Texas. He was 86. Ziglar, who had been suffering from ...

DALLAS (AP) — Motivational speaker and author Zig Ziglar has died in Texas. He was 86. Ziglar's executive assistant Laurie Magers says Ziglar died Wednesday at a hospital in the Dallas suburb of Plano ...