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ZIG ZIGLAR

Published 2022 by Gildan Media LLC

aka G8D Media

www.GandDmedia.com

THE RICHER LIFE SYSTEM. Copyright 2022 by Ziglar, Inc. All rights reserved.

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FIRST EDITION 2022

Front cover design by David Rheinhardt of Pyrographx

Design by Meghan Day Healey of Story Horse, LLC

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request

eISBN: 978-1-7225-2610-8

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Someone once said, One picture is worth 10,000 words.

But if you think about it, that individual never really read the Twenty-third Psalm, the Bill of Rights, or the Lords Prayer, or understood all of the beauties and benefits that can be communicated with the simple spoken words I love you.

I dont believe that one picture is worth 10,000 words. I believe that words are the most potent weapons we have in our entire arsenal. We can use words to move ourselves and others into a happier, more productive, and more fulfilled life.

This book is going to be an exciting event in your lifeor should I say series of events? Ill be talking about how you can get the things that you really want, and, in my mind, deserve.

This book is about you, your family, your future, and how you can get more out of all of them by giving more to each of them. Its the endor the beginning of the endof negative thinking, negative action, and negative reaction. Its the end of being influenced by little people with little minds, thinking little thoughts about the trivia that is the stock and trade of Mr. and Mrs. Mediocrity. In short, this book is the end for you of the worlds most deadly disease: hardening of the attitudes.

The first purpose of this course is to open your mind, stir your imagination, arouse your curiosity, and create dissatisfaction with your status quo. The second purpose is to identify the things you want in life and chart a course of action to get them. The third purpose is to arouse the sleeping giant inside you. The fourth purpose is to help you recognize and overcome your losers limp. I will tell many stories, because I believe stories are life itself.

Heres the first one. I was flying in from Chicago on the plane one evening, and I was seated next to an old boy. I couldnt help noticing that he had his wedding band on the index finger of his left hand. I said, Friend, youve got your wedding band on the wrong finger.

He laughed and said, Yeah. I married the wrong woman.

Of course, I have no idea whether this man married the wrong woman or not, but I do believe that many people have wrong ideas about what life has to offer.

Im convinced that life today offers more privileges, more opportunities, and more benefits than it has ever done in the history of humankind. Im going to suggest that everything that you want in life is availablemoney, health, happiness, peace of mind, security, opportunity.

You may be amazed to see that I listed money first, but I dont think you need to be. I dont think theres anything wrong with having money. As a matter of fact, I believe that people dont have more money simply because they dont understand it.

Youd be amazed at the people that still talk about cold, hard cash. Its neither cold nor hard. Its soft and warm and very comfortable, and it has such a magnificent color. I dont know if youve ever noticed this or not, but the color of money blends with every other color in existence. I find no conflict anywhere. It goes perfectly with red or blue or yellow or polka dot. Ive also discovered that the more money youve got, the better it goes with whatever else you might happen to have.

Occasionally, I hear somebody say, I dont want to make a lot of money, but I believe that a man or woman who would make a statement like that will lie about other things too.

Throughout this book, Ill be talking a lot about money, but in a different light from usual. Im going to emphasize one point, as Ive done many times: you can get everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.

I believe money is a yardstick. It cannot be our god. If you make money your god, then youre in trouble, because the Bible tells us, He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase (Ecclesiastes 5:10).

When billionaire H. L. Hunt died, somebody asked, I wonder how much money old man Hunt really left. Somebody else said, He left it all.

No, you cant let money become your god. Yet at the same time, I believe youre morally obligated to earn as much money as you legitimately and honestly can, because this is the way to render a great deal more service to your fellow man. If you earn money under the right principles, it is a magnificent thing to have.

Furthermore, I dont know what your experience has been, but Ive both had money and havent had it, and it is better to have it. Just dont let it be your god. Get as much money as you want, but dont ever let it get you, because the moment it does is the moment when youve got too much.

Im also going to talk about peace of mind. I do not believe that we can have complete peace of mind until we have once and for all resolved the question of eternity. Once youve got that settled, the other things tend to be fairly easy. Peace of mind comes naturally when you can go to bed knowing that you dont have to worry about anything all night long, because the Lord will be up all night anyhow, and when you dont have to worry about tomorrow because even though we do not know what tomorrow holds, we know Who holds tomorrow.

I will also talk about health, both physical and mental. As a matter of fact, there are three times as many people in hospitals for emotional disturbances than there are for physical disturbances. Theyre suffering from what I call stinkin thinkin. One purpose of this book is to give you a thorough checkup from the neck up because if we can do that, well eliminate many of the problems that people have in life.

Ill also talk about physical health, because I believe its important to be physically healthy. At one point in my life, I lost thirty-seven pounds. But the only thing Im really going to tell you about dieting is, stay away from cottage cheese. This is not necessarily scientific, but over the years I have become convinced that cottage cheese must be the most fattening food in existence. Thats because I dont see anyone but fat folks eating it. So by law of elimination, stay away from cottage cheese.