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The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

2226 | Zig Ziglar: “Peace of Mind is Part of True Success — Not Just Money in The Bank.”

The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks

Sean Croxton

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Education

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Zig Ziglar shares a powerful true story that challenges our definition of success. When one man reevaluates his role model through eight core areas — happiness, health, prosperity, security, peace of mind, friendships, family, and hope — he discovers what truly matters.

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Yo, today's QOD is, peace of mind is part of true success, not just money in the bank.

0:08.3

Here we go.

0:36.5

Thank you. Welcome back to the quarter of the day show.

0:37.7

I'm your host, Sean Croxon, and Sean Crorockson.com. We got Zig Ziglar on the show, wrapping up the week. And he is going to

0:44.2

deliver the perfect reminder that success isn't only about money. Zig Ziglar is coming up.

0:53.4

Let me share with you a true story out of my notebook of life.

0:57.9

A number of years ago got an incredible letter from a gentleman in Toronto with a substantial

1:03.7

check in it.

1:05.0

He said, my friend Steve Walker, is following the wrong role model.

1:11.0

He's working himself to death, his family is falling apart.

1:14.8

His health is in danger, and he's modeling himself out of his boss,

1:19.2

and he trusts you and respects you.

1:22.7

If you will give us one hour, I will fly him to Dallas and give you this check. Wouldn't you love to have a friend

1:30.4

like that? I sent the check back and I said, come on down. Steve and I had quite a little talk.

1:37.3

And in our talk, I asked him why he had such a role model. What about this man that made him so completely important in his life?

1:47.5

And he said, well, he's the most successful man I have ever known. And I said, well, Steve,

1:53.2

what do you call success? Now, it took several minutes for him to go down the list. But the

2:00.0

interesting thing is, though they're not in the same order that I have put them,

2:04.4

or we list them now, these are the eight things that he said he really considered to be successful.

2:12.4

If a man was happy and healthy and at least reasonably prosperous and secure.

2:18.1

If he had friends and peace of mind and good family and relationship

2:21.3

and the hope that future is going to be better,

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