About the Author
Dirk Zeller started his entrepreneurial career more than 50 years ago with lemonade stands. He has been creating his own economy through numerous businesses since he was 24 years old. For more than 30 years, he has signed both the front and back of each paycheck he earned. He founded Real Estate Champions and Sales Champions in 1998. Both are recognized as leading organizations in sales training and coaching in the business-to-consumer selling fields.
Dirk is one of the most sought-after speakers in success, time management, peak performance, and sales in the world. He has presented worldwide to hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs, salespeople, and senior executives. Dirk has been awarded the CSP (Certified Speaking Professional) award from the National Speakers Association. Only 11 percent of speakers achieve this lofty award.
Dirk has authored several best-selling books on sales, success, productivity, and time management:
- Your First Year in Real Estate
- Success as a Real Estate Agent For Dummies
- Telephone Sales For Dummies
- The Champion Real Estate Agent
- The Champion Real Estate Team
- Successful Time Management For Dummies
- Thriving in the Marketplace For Dummies
- Selling All-in-One For Dummies
- Effective Time Management For Dummies
- Running a Great Meeting in a Day For Dummies
- Success Habits For Dummies
Dirk considers his most significant achievements to be a successful marriage of 29 years (and counting) to his wife, Joan. He is blessed by his two adopted children: Wesley, 17, and Annabelle, 13. He and his family reside in Bend, Oregon.
You can reach Dirk at
Sales Champions
5 NW Hawthorne Avenue, Suite 200
Bend, OR 97703
541-383-0505[email protected][email protected]
Dedication
No one accomplishes great things in a vacuum or all by themselves. So many people have contributed to my success in life. I must acknowledge a dear friend, Zig Ziglar, who wrote the original Success For Dummies book. Zig was instrumental in his guidance and words of wisdom to me entering the professional speaking arena in 1998. He was a wonderful mentor and friend.
My most influential and significant mentor and friend has always been my father, Norman Zeller. I dedicate this book to him as a small token of thanks for the success principles he taught and demonstrated to myself and others through his daily living. I was able to observe first-hand through his words, but most importantly through his actions, many of the principles and strategies in this book. He rose from being raised in a home with dirt floors to becoming a successful dentist, businessman, real estate investor, husband, father, and friend. His loyalty and commitment to my mother through her 40-year battle with multiple sclerosis in nearly 50 years of marriage until her death established a foundation that I have been blessed to build upon. He continues to live out his life principles every day, at 87 years of age, as he tends to his farm and lives life on his terms. Dad, you are truly amazing, and it’s my honor to be your son!
Author’s Acknowledgments
Any success in life is always a collaborative effort; so is a book. While I receive the unfair lion’s share of the credit, countless others are behind the scenes making me look good. There are many who I am blessed to work with in accomplishing a project like Success Habits For Dummies.
To the team at Real Estate Champions and Sales Champions, an incredible group of people who change people’s lives each day, you are the best. Thank you to our support staff of Julie Porfirio, who has faithfully worked with me for more than 20 years, and Julie Tracy, who has been the wearer of many hats in her tenure and is invaluable. Thanks also to our coaches and salespeople, who really change the lives of everyone they touch.
I also need to thank the team at Wiley: Tracy Boggier, acquisition editor, and Tim Gallan, project editor. You are truly a pleasure to work with on each Dummies book I write.
Finally, I must thank my personal clients along with our Real Estate Champions and Sales Champions clients. You constantly challenge us and want passionately to achieve greater success, which drives us to work so hard to stay ahead as we build new programs and intellectual property to enhance your business and lives. You inspire our passion and create our success. It’s a blessing and honor to occupy a front-row seat in your success show!
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
Acquisitions Editor: Tracy Boggier
Project Editor: Tim Gallan
Technical Reviewer: Anthony Santero
Production Editor: Magesh Elangovan
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