<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://www.getmotivation.com/images/speakers_images/zig-ziglar-hs.jpg" width="160" height="160" alt="Zig Ziglar" class="alignleft" />Most parents experience the joy of watching their children turn over, then crawl, then stand up and then take those first steps. With outstretched arms they stand two or three steps away and encourage the little one to come to them. Chances are about three trillion to one that when the baby falls down the parent is not going to say, &#8220;Okay, you had your chance &#8211; you blew it!  <span class="post-teaser-more"><br /><br />&nbsp;=>> <a href="https://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/2019/02/zig-ziglar-on-failing/" title="Permanent Link: On Failing By Zig Ziglar" rel="bookmark">Click to read the full article...</a> <i></span></p>{"id":3263,"date":"2019-02-10T02:42:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T07:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2020-12-20T22:30:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:30:48","slug":"zig-ziglar-on-failing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2019\/02\/zig-ziglar-on-failing\/","title":{"rendered":"On Failing By Zig Ziglar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/images\/speakers_images\/zig-ziglar-hs.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Zig Ziglar\" class=\"alignleft\" \/>Most parents experience the joy of watching their children turn over, then crawl, then stand up and then take those first steps. 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