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Too many people spend more time planning how to get the job than on how to become productive and successful in that job.

Zig Ziglar

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Zig Ziglar
Age: 86 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 6
Died: 2012
Died: November 28
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Motivational Speaker
Writer
Coffee County
Alabama
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Many
Productive
Time
Planning
People
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Careers
Successful
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Jobs

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