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Everyone is personally responsible with finding that certain something that drives them to get up in the morning and start their day. Some find that impulse in money and fame, while others prefer less materialistic incentives, such as art or gardening.

Your choice in motivation is yours and yours alone. Circumstances can often make finding your incitement a daunting task, but not if you’re determined to take hold of your day, and your life implicitly. This guy probably said it best:

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.

–Zig Ziglar

If it sounds like something out of a self-help book, there’s a fair chance it actually is. Ziglar (November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012) was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.

Born in Coffee County in southeastern Alabama, he was employed as a salesman in several companies, and became a vice president and training director for the Automotive Performance company in 1968 when he moved to Dallas, Texas.

He reportedly fell down a staircase in 2007 and injured his head, which left him with short-term memory loss. Despite the accident, Ziglar continued to travel around taking part in motivational seminars until 2010. He died two years later from pneumonia in a hospital in Plano, Texas.

Some of his more notable works include Confessions Of A Happy Christian (1978), Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World (1985), Over the Top (1994), and Better Than Good: Creating a Life You Can’t Wait to Live (2006).