Golden Rule Relationships

By Zig Ziglar and Tom Ziglar

If you are hitting a relationship rough patch, it can be difficult to move forward. Sometimes people in relationships feel like all they are doing is focusing on the troubles in life - but for good reason. The thing is, relationships are oftentimes what complete people's lives. Therefore, when a relationship is hitting a rough patch, it can be quite difficult to think of anything else.

Zig Ziglar writes about the importance of relationships in Golden Rule Relationships and provides valuable insight for anybody in any relationship, from romantic to platonic. For anybody experiencing rough patches in their relationships, this classic Zig Ziglar book will be instrumental in helping to discover how you can go about sewing up the holes that may have begun to appear in your relationships.

• Language: English
• Publisher: G&D Media
• Release date: Oct 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9781722521035

Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar, uno de los conferencistas motivacionales más solicitados de los Estados Unidos, transmite su mensaje de humor, esperanza y entusiasmo a audiencias de todo el mundo. Ha escrito numerosos libros que han alcanzado categoría de éxito de librería a nivel mundial.

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About Zig Ziglar

Zig Ziglar was the top salesperson in several organizations who became a bestselling author, motivational speaker and trainer. The following e-book is taken from a popular and highly-attended seminar he presented with his son Tom Ziglar. We hope you enjoy this original lecture containing essential information that can be applied to every facet of life and business.

Introduction by Tom Ziglar

Welcome to Zig Ziglar’s GOLDEN RULE RELATIONSHIPS. I know you’re going to enjoy this e-book. I am the CEO of Ziglar, Inc., and Zig Ziglar is my father. I’d like to tell you about Golden Rule Relationships in this story that I watched play out literally hundreds of times in my life.

You see, I was the last born in our family. I’m the baby by almost ten years, so I was at home by myself from the time I was about eight years old. My sisters had moved out, so it was me, Mom and Dad. Mom had already proven that she knew how to cook so Mom would say, Hey, it’s time to go to dinner, and we would all get in the car and go to Luby’s Cafeteria. Now if you’ve never had the privilege of eating at a Southern-style cafeteria, next time you’re in the South or in the Dallas area you need to check out the cafeteria. Here’s how it works.

You get in line and go down this long buffet line. It’s incredible, all these different foods. There are servers on the other side and they serve you food, so you get your salad, you get your meat and your entrée and your vegetables and your desserts and your breads. And there are about 100 choices to choose from and you’ve got to narrow that down to the four or five or however many that you want.

It was always an amazing show because we went there two or three times a week, and Mom and Dad knew everybody at Luby’s. So Mom would walk in -- and Dad called her the happy hugger. She hugged everybody -- so she’s hugging the cashier and she’s hugging the lady who was driving the cart of drinks they used to roll around and serve you at your tables. Then we would get in line.

When I was younger, I never noticed this, but sometime around age 12 or 13, I realized that Dad was different. You see, Mom would go first down the line, I would go second, and then Dad would go third and we’d each have our own tray. I noticed that Dad would give a motivational talk to every server in line. No matter who they were, no matter how long they worked there, he’d asked them how they were doing and he’d give them a word of encouragement. He’d ask them about their family. I want you to know that the people who worked in this line came from all backgrounds, many of them immigrants to our country, most of them trying to get an entry-level job. Life had been hard on many of them; this wasn’t the first place you would think to go and work.

And I noticed the smiles on their faces. Dad would give them this motivational message, and as he was talking to them they would start piling the food on his plate. Every time we got through the line, I noticed that Dad would have two or three times as much food on his plate as we would. You see, he was practicing his philosophy: you can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

When he walked into that place, everybody smiled. Everybody wanted to be a part of his world. He was practicing Golden Rule Relationships. So, you see, I learned about life in a cafeteria line. The way you treat people, the way you respect