Sunday, October 31, 2010

What Are you Willing to Be Left Undone

Motivational Power Quote

What Are you Willing to Be Left Undone
“Only put off until tomorrow what
you are willing to
die having left undone.”
Pablo Picasso


As I see it. . . . . . . .


What are you willing to be left undone?


Putting something off until tomorrow is a common occurrence. By putting thing off they begin to accumulate and the weight of those things left undone until they becomes a burden carry.


Look at the things that have to be done and determine what the most important and then set the priorities to complete them by importance.


The acid test of leaving things undo is, are you willing to let die and leave those things undone.


Do it, and complete thing you can today.


What are you willing to left undone? The things left undone are the things that are the least important to you and your success.


If has to be done, do it.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

















Saturday, October 30, 2010

We Become Our Choices

Motivational Power Quote

We Become Our Choices
“It is our choice that shows
what we truly are,
far more than our abilities.”
Thomas A. Edison, inventor


As I see it. . . . . . . .


We become our choices.


Our choice carry us forward far more than our abilities, the choices we make will pave the road for our success journey.


Make you choices wisely, as your choices will determine your future.


Focus on the things that are important to you and your future.


Let your choices be the foundation of the future as you want it to be.


We become our choices – make your choices wisely.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author











Friday, October 29, 2010

Use the Facts You Have

Motivational Power Quote

Use the Facts You Have
“The most important thing in science
is not so much
to obtain new facts as to discover
new ways of thinking about them.”
Sir William Bragg, Nobel Prize Winner


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Use the facts you have.


When we’re reviewing our information and facts and we feel we may need additional information may be needed, normally our first step in to look for more information.


Many times the information that we’ve looking for is the facts that already have.


The next time you need more facts; discover new ways to look at the facts you have and discover new ways of thinking about the information. You’ll find many of the answers you’re looking for are there for you to see.


Use the facts you have and in those facts you will see new information when you look that facts with new thinking.


®2009, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Executive Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author









Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The Right Road is the High Road

Motivational Power Quote

The Right Road is the High Road
“Taking the high road
will always make for
a more rewarding and
sometimes difficult journey.
But you never get lost.”
Peg Woods, author


As I see it. . . . . . . .


The right road is the high road


The road we choose to travel is always our choice.


The high road represents the road of choice.


The journey on the high road may represent a challenge; to stay on course when there are a number of exits that appear to be the easier path to travel.


The easier path is one of compromising of our values and this is a path that will get us lost.


Stay the course on the high road and you will find the journey to be rewarding and you will never become lost.


The right road is the high road.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author












Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The Difference Between an Amateur and a Professional

Motivational Power Quote

The Difference Between an Amateur and a Professional
“Amateurs hope, professionals work.”
Garson Kanin, American writer


As I see it. . . . . . . .


The difference between an amateur and a professional


A professional is committed to their success and their career.


Amateurs may or may not be committed to their career.


A professional prepares themselves to succeed.


A professional is passionate about their career and performance.


Professionals will make the extra effort and will pay the price to succeed.


A professional will work hard to get better at what they do, when others won’t make the effort.


An amateur hopes.


The difference between an amateur and a professional is the ultimate professional work hard and know that you will succeed.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

















Monday, October 25, 2010

The Bridge Between Goals and Accomplishments

Motivational Power Quote

The Bridge Between Goals and Accomplishments
“Discipline is the bridge between
goals and accomplishments.”
Jim Rohn, motivational speaker


As I see it. . . . . . . .


The bridge between goals and accomplishments


Discipline is the bridge between our goals and what we accomplish.


Discipline is our inner guidance system that holds us accountable to ourselves for our actions and our thinking; it will keep us on course and at times will fire us up to get going.


Discipline directs our decisions, it filter our information that allows us to make good decisions.


Discipline is the bridge between our goals and accomplishments and a foundational block in our success.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author







Sunday, October 24, 2010

Success Is a State of Mind

Motivational Power Quote

Success Is a State of Mind
“Success is a state of mind.
If you want success,
start thinking of yourself
as a success.”
Dr. Joyce Brothers, talk show host and author


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Success is a state of mind . . . . What we think we are


The quality of our thoughts determines who we become.


Success is first achieved in our mind thought our thoughts.


Success is a state of mind think about success as an absolute. Think about the success that you want to achieve and how you will accomplish success with clarity; until the success becomes yours.


Keep the thoughts of success in your mind everyday until you have achieved the desired results.


Success is a state of mind . . . . What we think about most often we become. Keep your thoughts focused on success.


©2009, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
















Saturday, October 23, 2010

Reach Out and Dare

Motivational Power Quote

Reach Out and Dare
“Fortune sides with those
who dare.”
Virgil



As I see it. . . . . . . .


Reach out and dare


Success favors those who are willing to reach out and dare.


There may be some risks in reaching out and daring, but be willing to step outside of your comfort zone and dare to reach out for success.


Rise up above your challenges and dare to succeed.

The more you reach, the greater your success potential will be.


Be bold reach out and dare to achieve success.


®2009, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Executive Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author





Friday, October 22, 2010

Our Time is What We Make It

Motivational Power Quote

Our Time is What We Make It
“This time like all times is
a very good one
if we know what
to do with it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson,  


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Our time is what we make it.


We are all blessed with the 60 minutes each hour, the same 24 hours in our day and the same 365 day each year.


What we do with our time is a choice; we can spend our time or we can invest our time.


Time spent returns very little value and for the most part become wasted.


Time invested multiples and will continue to pay a dividend.


Our time becomes valuable, only when we respect time has a valued resource.


We have to understand how we want to invest our time.


What’s your dream, what your vision and what’s important to you? Write out your dreams as a vision and write out your plan to achieve your vision.


Life is not a dress rehearsal this is the real thing plan it and do it right.


Our time is what we make it. Have a plan; before you start your day know with certainly what you want from your day and how you’re going to invest your time today to move you closer to your goals and dreams.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Sucess Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author











Thursday, October 21, 2010

Nothing is Impossible

Motivational Power Quote

Nothing is Impossible
“When work, commitment and pleasure
all become one,
and you reach that deep well
where passion lives
nothing is impossible.”
Anonymous


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Nothing is impossible . . . .


For the person who believes they can and they reach deep down inside them to achieve success.


Make a commitment to successfully complete the tasks at hand. Make the commitment to yourself that you will make your best effort to complete the tasks successfully.


Be a person that commits themselves to success and follow through on your commitment to achieve success.


Have passion for the things that you do. That passion will create the enthusiasm that will propel you forward in the directions of your goals.


When you combine commitment and passion you ignite the inner spark that becomes an unstoppable force and you will find that nothing is impossible.


Nothing is impossible for the person that believes in themselves and believes that they will succeed.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author







Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Love Your Work

Motivational Power Quote

Love Your Work
“Nobody can be successful
unless he loves his work.”
David Sarnoff, TV pioneer


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Love your work.


You will find a common trait in the people who become successful. They love their work and they go about their daily activities with the passion to succeed.


When we love our work, our work is no longer a task it becomes something that we look forward to and we’ll find that what we’re doing becomes enjoyable. We are eager to make the extra efforts required to achieve success.
A person that love their work will we look forward to a new day and its challenges and enthusiastically pursue their day and activities.


When we love our work we no longer look at what we do as work we look at it as a success journey and we become committed to the desired outcome.


®2009, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Executive Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author





Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Little Things - The Building Blocks of Success

Motivational Power Quote

Little Things - The Building Blocks of Success
“Show me a man who cannot
bother to do little things and
I’ll show you a man who cannot
be trusted to do big things.”
Lawrence D. Bell



As I see it. . . . . . . .


Little things - the building blocks of success


A person who is willing to do the little things with excellence creates a foundation for their success. They can be counted on to undertake the larger endeavors with the same passion as they did with the little things.


If a person is not willing to do the little things, can not be counted on to do the big things.


Little things are the big difference between success and failure.


Let the little things make the big differences in your success and career.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author















Monday, October 18, 2010

Life is Like a Game of Tennis

Motivational Power Quote

Life is Like a Game of Tennis
“Life is like a game of tennis;
the player who serves well
seldom loses.”
Anonymous


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Life is like a game of tennis.


In tennis the player who serves well controls the game and seldom loses.


A professional that learn to serve their customer with exceptional service has a distinct business advantage.


Serving and placing our customer’s needs above our own creates raving fans, referrals and pathway to success.


Placing a high value on our service to others, will put us in a position to help our customers and places us in the position to succeed.


Life is like a game of tennis; to succeed we have to have an attitude to serve and then we have to go out and execute on the court of life.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author



Sunday, October 17, 2010

Know What to Wish For

Motivational Power Quote

Know What to Wish For
“Don’t wish it were easier,
wish you were better.
Don’t wish for fewer problems,
wish for more skills.
Don’t wish for less challenges,
wish for more wisdom.”
Earl Shoaf, millionaire maker


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Know what to wish for


Wishing to become better will open the doors for you to take the steps to become better. As we become better we open the doors; the doors of new opportunities.


Opportunity is the gateway of continued success.


Wish to acquire more skills.

Acquiring new skills maximizes our ability to take advantage of our opportunities effectively. Adding new skills gives us the resources to accelerate our success journey.
Wish for wisdom.


Wisdom is the glue that pulls everything together.


Our wisdom helps do the right thing at the right time; and helps us understand who we are. Determine what we want to accomplish and establish a plan to achieve our objectives.


Wisdom gives us the insight on what skills we’ll need to achieve success.


Wish for those things that are important to you and that will keep you on the right course for your success journey.

Know what to wish for and believe that you will achieve them.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author









Saturday, October 16, 2010

Hope is a Gift

Motivational Power Quote

Hope is a Gift
“Hope is a gift we give ourselves,
and remains when
all else is gone.”
Naomi Judd, entertainer


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Hope is a gift.


Hope is our internal expression of what we look forward to in our life and what we would like to be.


There are times when we are in dark times and the only thing that will keep us going is our hope.


Keep the flames of your hope alive; believe in yourself and that you will fulfill your hope and dreams.


Believe . . . . in the gift of hope.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author





Friday, October 15, 2010

Genius is the Ability to

Motivational Power Quote

Genius is the Ability to
“Genius is the ability to put
into effect what
is in your mind.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald, author


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Genius is the ability to . . . . Take action on your thoughts.


There is a thin line between releasing your inner genius and ordinary, the difference is the ability to put in effect what’s in your mind.


Take your thoughts and take action on them.


A thought without action has very little value and with time will disappear from our memory.


Release your inner genius.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Enthusiasm is the Switch

Motivational Power Quote

Enthusiasm is the Switch
“Knowledge is power,
but enthusiasm pulls the switch.”
Ivern Ball, poet


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Enthusiasm is the switch.

If knowledge is the power enthusiasm is the switch the turns your knowledge into action.


Knowledge properly used creates personal power, but our enthusiasm that makes the differences. That difference is the differences between success and failure, winning or losing, a life of fulfillment and accomplishment or a life of need.


Our enthusiasm is the switch that turns on the lights for the success journey. Enthusiasm opens the doors of unlimited opportunities on our success journey.


Light your success journey with enthusiasm and you will have a clear vision to guide your journey.


Enthusiasm is the switch, pull the switch and you turn on the power to unlimited success and achieve.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author



Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Cherish the Pursuit of Your Goals and Objective

Motivational Power Quote

Cherish the Pursuit of Your Goals and Objective
“Cherish the chase as much as
you treasure the trophy.”
Joe Caruso, transformational thinker


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Cherish the pursuit of your goals and objectives


Enjoying the chase to achieve your goals and objective will give you personal satisfaction on your success journey.


Treasure your success journey as much as you will treasure your success.


Take pleasure in your daily actively and relish each success you achieve on your journey.


Cherish the pursuit and much as the prize.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Be Careful of What You Sow

Motivational Power Quote

Be Careful of What You Sow
“If you scatter thorns,
don’t go barefoot.”
Italian proverb


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Be careful of what you sow.


We continually sow through our thoughts and deeds. What we sow coming back to us in many forms and with various degrees of benefits.


People will know us and judge us by what we sow.


Our reputation will be built on our ability of consistently and positive sowing.


Be careful of what you sow as it will come back and make or break you.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author



Monday, October 11, 2010

Aim for Achievement

Motivational Power Quote

Aim for Achievement
“Always aim for achievement,
and forgot about success.”
Helen Hays, actress


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Aim for achievement.


Aim high and aim for achievement the stepping stone to long term success. When we aim for achievement we set the foundation for success.


Set a goal to continually create small accomplishments and over time your small accomplishments will turn into large achievements which are the foundation of lasting success.


By aiming for achievement we set the wheels into motion to achieving success by measuring our progress.


Aim for achievement and success will follow.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Sunday, October 10, 2010

A Truly Wise Person

Motivational Power Quote

A Truly Wise Person
“An optimist is a person who
sees a green light everywhere.
The pessimist sees only the red light.
But the truly wise person is color blind.”
Dr. Albert Schweitzer

As I see it. . . . . . . .


A truly wise person . . . .


A truly wise person sees things as they are and adjusts to make the most every situation they find themselves in.


Their mind set is one of yes I can and they find a way to may it happen.


See your challenges as opportunities.


See your opportunities as a way to make massive progress.


See your future as bright.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Saturday, October 9, 2010

What’s You’re Direction

Motivational Power Quote

What’s You’re Direction
“We all have our time machines.
Some take us back, they’re call memories.
Some take us forward they’re called dreams.”
Jeremy Irons, actor



As I see it. . . . . . . .


What’s you’re direction


Each of us is traveling through our life in our personal time machine and we operate the controls and we set its direction.


The question is in what the direction is your time machine heading?


We all travel through life in a time machine of our thoughts.


Some time machines have the energy of our thoughts to propel us forward into the directions of our goals and success.


Other time machines are stuck in the negative thinking of the past and our time is spent on what was without any positive direction.


Put the time machine of your thoughts in drive. Move forward to follow your dreams and the pathway to success and to what can be.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author





Friday, October 8, 2010

We Will Do What We Think We Can Do

Motivational Power Quote


We Will Do What We Think We Can Do
“It is the man who done nothing,
who is sure nothing can be done.
Source unknown



As I see it. . . . . . . .


We will do what we think we can do.


Our belief systems will determine what we do.


If we have done nothing our belief system tells us it can’t be done, and the normal course of action is not to try.


The person that believes in themselves will say “why not” and go out and do it.


Believe in yourself and in the possibilities and then do it.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author



Thursday, October 7, 2010

We All Have Burdens to Bear

Motivational Power Quote

We All Have Burdens to Bear
“Everyone has his burden.
What count is how
you carry it.”
Merle Miller, American Novelist


As I see it. . . . . . . .


We all have burdens to bear.


The burdens show up when there least expected, but they show up.


Our burdens will come in difference degrees of difficulty, some more intense then others, but they all have to be dealt with.


It not a question if we will have burdens to bear it’s a question of when.


The test of any burden is how we carry it and resolve it.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Think Plan and Act

Motivational Power Quote

Think Plan and Act
“It is better to sleep on things
before hand than to
lie awake about them afterwards.”
Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Philosopher


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Think plan and act.


Taking action without thinking our actions through before we start is recipe for disaster.


Thinking before we act gives us the ability to see the big picture, plan the correct strategies to reach our desired outcome. As a result of thinking and planning we create the peace of mind that we are taking the correct actions to create a successful outcome.


Thinking leads to planning and planning leads to the correct actions.


Think, plan and act is creating a recipe for success.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The Thoughts We Plant We Will Harvest

Motivational Power Quote

The Thoughts We Plant We Will Harvest
“Plant positive thoughts
in your mind and
expect a harvest
of great possibilities.”
Prof Phil Earramehe


As I see it. . . . . . . .


The thoughts we plant we will harvest


The seasons of our thoughts is much like a farmer planting and harvesting their crops.


The thoughts that we plant will be nourished in our mind and harvested in our actions.

The thoughts we plant will impact the yield of our harvest.


Planting positives thoughts will nourish positive thinking and will be harvested as optimism and possibilities followed by positive activity.


Feed your mind with positive thoughts and your harvest will be one of abundances.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

The Purpose of Education

Motivational Power Quote

The Purpose of Education
“The whole purpose of education
is to turn mirrors into windows.”
Sydney J. Harris, journalist


As I see it. . . . . . . .


The purpose of education . . . .


Is to see the light of opportunity through the window of your education, turning what once may have been uncertainty into a certainty and once was impossible into a possibility with our education.


Education helps us to become better and more efficient with the things we do.


Turn your education into a resource to assist you to convert a prospect into customer and turning that customer into a successful closed transaction. Turn your successful closed transaction into a long term referral based business.


Let the light of education shine through your window and you will never see the world in the same way.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Motivational Power Quote

The Difference Between Interest and Commitment
“There’s a difference between
interest and commitment.
When you’re interested on
doing something,
you do it only when the circumstances permit.
When you’re committed to something,
you accept no excuses,
only results.”
Art Turock, motivational speaker


As I see it. . . . . . . .


The difference between interest and commitment


The differences between interest and commitment is like the difference between night and day, you can be in the dark or have the light to show you the way.


A person with interest will bend in the wind not being prepared to make a commitment or to move forward. They will let their circumstances control them and what they do. They will only do what’s comfortable or convenient for them without stretching themselves.


When your committed there is a driving force in your heart to get the things done that has to be done, when there needed to be done. You’re work though your challenges and keep you eye on the prize.


You will accept no excuses only results. There is a passion to achieve your desired outcome and you will keep your focus on the results until they achieved.


Be a person of commitment.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author













Saturday, October 2, 2010

Take the Road Less Traveled

Motivational Power Quote


Take the Road Less Traveled
“There are those who work all day.
Those who dream all day and
those who spend an hour dreaming
before setting to work
to fulfill those dreams.
Go into the third category
because there’s
virtually no competition.”
Steven Ross, Time Warner CEO


As I see it. . . . . . . .


Take the road less traveled


We can choose to work all day, leaving no time for planning. Our day becomes reactive to our tasks at hand leaving very little room for creativity thinking or personal growth.


We can spend our days dreaming, to the point where we find very little time to take action on our dreams. Dreaming without action is recipe for failure.


The toll to enter the road to success; is to invest time everyday in reviewing your dreams and planning your day for success.


Make everyday a day that moves you in the direction of your goals by taking massive action to get you to your desired outcome.


You will find there very little competition on the road to success, its road less traveled.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author







Friday, October 1, 2010

Start Today - Benefit Tomorrow

Motivational Power Quote

Start Today - Benefit Tomorrow
“A year from now you may wish
you had started today.”
Karen Lamb



As I see it. . . . . . . .


Start today - benefit tomorrow.


Anything that’s of value has to be started to create the benefit.


If you want to enjoy the benefits of your of your action you have to get started.


Delaying getting started benefits no one; causes frustration and derails your success journey.


When something has to be done; have the vision of the process and the desired outcome, put the plan in writing and get started today.


Once you get started you’ll feel like a weight was removed from your shoulders and you’ll have the personal satisfaction of starting.


Start today – benefit tomorrow and in the coming years.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author