<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 size-medium" />My dictionary tells me that personality is the &#8220;personal or individual quality that makes one person be different and act differently from another.&#8221;</p>
<p>Personality is &#8220;the total physical, intellectual and emotional structure of an individual, including abilities, interests and attitudes.&#8221;</p>
<p>Personality is the sum total of all of our qualities. With this in mind, let&#8217;s explore the benefits and ramifications of a pleasing personality.</p>
<p>Today at lunch&#8230; one of the hostesses came by and, with a pleasant smile, asked us about our meal. We commented that it was delicious, and she said, &#8220;I&#8217;m really pleased. We&#8217;re glad you folks are here, eating with us.&#8221; After she left I commented to my wife that she was certainly a pleasant, attractive, personable young woman and my wife wholeheartedly agreed. <span class="post-teaser-more"><br /><br />&nbsp;=>> <a href="https://www.getmotivation.com/motivationblog/2019/08/zig-ziglar-on-positive-personality/" title="Permanent Link: On Personality By Zig Ziglar" rel="bookmark">Click to read the full article...</a> <i></span></p>{"id":3363,"date":"2019-08-02T19:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T00:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2020-12-20T22:17:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:17:38","slug":"zig-ziglar-on-positive-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2019\/08\/zig-ziglar-on-positive-personality\/","title":{"rendered":"On Personality 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 size-medium\" \/>My dictionary tells me that personality is the &#8220;personal or individual quality that makes one person be different and act differently from another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Personality is &#8220;the total physical, intellectual and emotional structure of an individual, including abilities, interests and attitudes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Personality is the sum total of all of our qualities. With this in mind, let&#8217;s explore the benefits and ramifications of a pleasing personality.<\/p>\n<p>Today at lunch&#8230; one of the hostesses came by and, with a pleasant smile, asked us about our meal. We commented that it was delicious, and she said, &#8220;I&#8217;m really pleased. We&#8217;re glad you folks are here, eating with us.&#8221; After she left I commented to my wife that she was certainly a pleasant, attractive, personable young woman and my wife wholeheartedly agreed. <span class=\"post-teaser-more\"><br \/><br \/>&nbsp;=>> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getmotivation.com\/motivationblog\/2019\/08\/zig-ziglar-on-positive-personality\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: On Personality By Zig Ziglar\" rel=\"bookmark\">Click to read the full article...<\/a> <i><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-development"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.3 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zig Ziglar shares advice on how having a positive personality can move you towards greater success in life. 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