Robert J. Ringer (b.1939) is an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author of several best-selling self-help books. His first book, Winning Through Intimidation, was published in 1973. After the manuscript racked up 10 rejections from publishers, Ringer decided to self-publish the book. It became a bestseller, spending 36 weeks at the top of the The New York Times Best Seller list. In 2002, Ringer revised and updated the book and republished it with a new title: To Be or Not to Be Intimidated?: That is the Question. Ringer says that the change in the title was made to clarify his aim in these books, which is not so much to turn people into intimidators, but rather to give people the tools to keep others from intimidating them.
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Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success.
—Robert Ringer
Topics: Habit, Act, Success
If you’re prepared, then you’re able to feel confident.
—Robert Ringer
Topics: Confidence, Preparation, Planning
Life-complication Theory: Given a choice between an easy solution and a complicated one, the loser will usually opt to travel the complicated path. Don’t ignore a solution just because it’s simple.
—Robert Ringer
Reality isn’t the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are.
—Robert Ringer
Topics: Realism, Reality
There’s a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to want what they can’t have and not want what is readily available to them.
—Robert Ringer
Topics: Appreciation
What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected by a very small group of politically active people. A minority of the people… then elects one of these hand picked people to rule itself and the majority.
—Robert Ringer
Topics: Politics, Politicians
People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.
—Robert Ringer
Topics: Truth
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