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A thought by Zig Ziglar (2003-01-01) from his book, Zig Ziglar's Life Lifters (p. 95). B&H Publishing. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) And time is so important to them.   As Zig says, “Parents must take time and get more involved with their children. For a child, love is spelled T - I - M - E.” Time is important.   He also says, “A recent study by the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) found that parents are the keys to keeping their kids off drugs. However, they point out that just having mom and dad around is not the solution within itself, but what mom and/or dad do is important. That importance is dramatically increased when both mom and dad take time to build relationships with their teenagers.” He goes on,” It begins with loving them unconditionally—not because they are handsome or beautiful, not because they are obedient, etc. Any time you put a condition on your love, you are raising a child who is i

A thought by Zig Ziglar (2003-01-01) from his book, Zig Ziglar's Life Lifters (p. 94). B&H Publishing. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) So what does he mean by that? Zig says, “Sir Walter Raleigh attended a prestigious boarding school when he was a youngster. He was an excellent student and wanted to be number one in his class. However, one lad always finished ahead of him, so he determined to discover the secret. Each night when he prepared for bed, he looked across the grounds that separated his room from that of his competitor and noticed that his candle was still burning. One night he noticed that the other boy studied only about fifteen minutes longer than he did. After that, Sir Walter Raleigh studied an extra twenty minutes every night. At the end of the year he was the number one student.” He then says, “I've often wondered how many students miss out on a college scholarship because they did not study an addit

A thought by Zig Ziglar (2003-01-01) from his book, Zig Ziglar's Life Lifters (p. 59). B&H Publishing. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) I know that can be a bad thing to do sometimes but it also can be a good thing. Zig tells us, “In the late 1940s when Dwight Eisenhower was president of Columbia University, one of the problems he faced was that students ignored sidewalks and trampled the grass. Ignoring the many ‘Keep Off the Grass’ signs, the students continued to take whatever route they found convenient as they hurried from one class to another. As a result, footpaths were worn along these routes. Many of the college officials wavered between anger, frustration, and genuine concern for the appearance of the campus. Eisenhower did not get to be the allied commander in chief during the war, and later President of the United States, without his ability to see things from both sides. He came up with a simple, sensible, workab