Achievement Takes Time and Persistence’s

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Achievement Takes Time and Persistence’s

“All great achievements

requires time.”

Maya Angelon, author

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


Achievement takes time and persistence’s


Great achievement is not an overnight thing it takes hard work, persistence’s and time.


Achieving our desired outcome takes a commitment to stay the course and to navigate through the obstacles and setbacks that we encounter along our success journey.


A successful outcome is the result of remaining focused on the desired outcome, hard work, persistence’s and time.


Make the commitment to your personal success and commit the required time to succeed.


Achievement takes time and persistence’s and a commitment to stay the course.


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

A Key to Self-Confidence

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A Key to Self-Confidence

“One important key to success

is self-confidence.

An important key to self-confidence

is preparation .”

Arthur Ashe, tennis professional

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


A key to self-confidence . . . .


A person with self-confidence is self-assured in their thinking; know who they are and what they want.


They are poised under pressure and have certainly in their actions and will make better decisions.


The person is self-confidence as a result of their preparation and that self-confidence propels the person in the direction of success at an accelerated pace.


An important key to your self-confidence is our ability to prepare ourselves and be ready for the future with certainly.


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

A Change in Perspective

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A Change in Perspective

“The smallest change in perspective

can transform a life.

What tiny attitude adjustment

might turn your world around.”

Oprah

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


A change in perspective . . . .


A tiny change in one’s perspective can change a person’s life and open the doors of unlimited opportunities.


Changing your thinking will change your perspective, as a result you will see things from a difference standpoint and your actions will change as a result of your new thinking.


Adjusting your attitude will change the way you see your world. A positive attitude will create a positive outlook and a positive world that offers a world of new possibilities.


A change in your perspective will change your world and will change your results.


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

Your Habits Are Your Choice

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Your Habits Are Your Choice

“Being miserable is a habit.

Being happy is a habit.

The choice is yours.”

Tom Hopkins, author, trainer

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


Your habits are your choice


Our habits are the foundation for who we become and what we achieve.


We have the choice to build a life based on a solid foundation of positive habits that are valued based. With this foundation we develop a life of personal satisfaction.


Or we can choose to follow unfulfilling habits that are locked into natural or moving us in the wrong direction.


Build your life on your positive habits and adjust or drop the habits that pulling you away from success and happiness.
Your habits are your choice and you choose the direction that your life takes.


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

You Can Do It

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You Can Do It

“I don’t think anything is unrealistic

if you believe

you can do it.”

Mike Ditka, football coach

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


You can do it


Nothing becomes unrealistic to the person who believes that they can do it. When we believe we can with passion, we will.


Nothing will stand in the way of a person who believes in themselves and their abilities.


What we believe is the fuel of possibilities and makes everything realistic.


You can do it when you believe that you can do it.


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

What’s Your Ambition?

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What’s Your Ambition?

“Everyone has ambitions.

The question is whether he is

ambitious to be or to do.”

Jean Monnet

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


What’s your ambition?


Do we have the ambition to be or do we have the ambition to do?


The differences are worlds apart.


The ambition to be may or may not have the actions steps to accomplish your objectives.


The ambition to do establishes the goals to achieve your desired outcome.


Whenever there is an ambition to be and you combine it with the ambition to do, you create an ambition with a purpose.


What’s your ambition is a step in goal setting. When you know what you want to be take the action step of how you will achieve the desired outcome. The how bring it all together.


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

Wealth is in the Appreciation

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Wealth is in the Appreciation

“Wealth is not his that has it,

but his that enjoy it.”

Ben Franklin, American statesman

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


Wealth is in the appreciation


True wealth comes from what we enjoy and in our relationships, not from what we have.


The person that enjoys their life has great wealth.


The riches people in the world are those who enjoy their lives and have an appreciation for what they have in their lives.


They strive for success without complaining about what they don’t have. They remain focus on enjoying the day and working for their future success. They are appreciative for their successes and what they accomplish.


The accumulation of material things alone will not insure happiness.


A person’s attitude about what they have will determine if they enjoy the fruits of their efforts and their life.


Wealth is in the appreciation of living a full life and is in direct proportion to the gratitude for the people that we have in our lives.


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

We Learn the Truth From the Past

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We Learn the Truth From the Past

“We live in the present,

we dream of the future,

and learn eternal truths from the past.”

Chiang Kai-shek, Chinise Political Leader 

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


We learn the truth from the past.


The past has occurred and what has taken place is done and in the history book of our lives. As a result we can look back into that history and judge the underlying facts for the truth.


The truths are in the facts of our past. Those facts can be judged for the truth and the accuracy.


The eternal truths are in the past and those experiences are there us to draw on, learn from and to use those experiences in our future.


We learn the truth from the past, but we do with those experiences in the future is a personal choice and will determine the direction our lives take.


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

We Choose Who We Are

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We Choose Who We Are

“We are what we believe we are.”

Benjamin N. Cardozo

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


We choose who we are


It’s our choice to believe in ourselves and in our abilities.
We choose what we will do today and what type of attitude we will bring to our day.
It our choice if we are a doer or a spectator in life, a complainer or a possibility thinker.


We make the decision to be successful, to work a little harder, a little smarted and to become better at what we do.


We are the sum total of our choices and we become is who we believe we are.


We choose who we are in our thoughts and become that person through our actions.


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

We Act Based on Our Expectations

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We Act Based on Our Expectations

“Our minds can shape the

way a thing will be because

we act according to expectations.”

Federica Fellini

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

We act based on our expectations.

Our actions are first formed in our thinking.

Our thinking is the foundation for our actions. As we continue to think about a subject we ingrain that thought into our subconscious. That thought becomes a vision and is turned into an expectation.

Keep your thoughts positive to reflect positive expectations and a positive outcome.

We act based on our expectation keep your thoughts and expectation positive to achieve positive results.

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

Success Is Not An Expressway

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Success Is Not An Expressway

“If at first you don’t succeed

your running about average.”

M.A. Alderson, writer

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


Success is not an expressway


Success goes to those who are persistence and is attracted through our consistent activities. Success doesn’t have a time table and is the result of steady sustained efforts reinforced with a commitment to succeed.


Have an unwavering commitment to your success and if you don’t succeed at first, continue to try and try again and remain focused on your goals until they have been achieved.


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

Three Essentials of Achievement

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Three Essentials of Achievement

“The three essentials to achieve

anything worthwhile are,

first, hard work;

second, stick-to-itiveness;

third, common sense.”

Thomas A. Edison, inventor

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


Three essentials of achievement . . . .


The three essentials of achievement are not a secret; they are found in old fashion work ethics and values.


Commit yourself to hard work; achievement comes to those who are willing to roll up their sleeves, make the extra effort and work hard to achieve their goals.


Have stick-to-itiveness in the things that you do, work your way through the challenges and obstacles you encounter along the way. Stick to what your doing and don’t quit.


Never start a day that hasn’t been successfully completed in your mind.


Think through your day and apply good old fashion common sense before you take any action or speak.


Three essentials of achievement when applied with hard work will create the thin slice of achievement.


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

The First Step Resolving Difficulty

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The First Step Resolving Difficulty

“The first way out of a

difficulty is through it.”

Will Rogers, American humorist

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


The first step out of difficulty . . . .


We can’t side step a difficulty to resolution.


If a difficulty is avoided it gets worst.


A difficulty will not get better if we say it’s not our problem.


The first step to resolving a difficulty is to make a commitment to work you way through the difficulty.


We go through the difficulty by taking responsibility to resolving the difficulty and staying focused on the difficulty until it’s resolved.


The first step out of difficulty is work your way through the difficulty.


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

The Eye of the Master

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The Eye of the Master

“The eye of the master will

do more than both his hands.”

Benjamin Franklin, American Statesman

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


The eye of the master


The master learns to become proficient and have mastered their chosen field. They turn that proficiency into a skill to do things with greater efficiency and a purpose.


In the eye of the master they have the vision to look forward and not to live in the past. The masters are forward thinkers and will ask better questions to create a better future.


The eye of the master has the ability to have the vision to see things has they can be, and then sets goals to make their vision become a reality.


You find masters in every walk of life and business have mastered their profession. They standout and are the achievers.


The eye of the master is having the visions and then acting on them successfully.


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

Success Is Not An Expressway

Motivational Power Quote

Success Is Not An Expressway

“If at first you don’t succeed

your running about average.”

M.A. Alderson, writer

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


Success is not an expressway


Success goes to those who are persistence and is attracted through our consistent activities. Success doesn’t have a time table and is the result of steady sustained efforts reinforced with a commitment to succeed.


Have an unwavering commitment to your success and if you don’t succeed at first, continue to try and try again and remain focused on your goals until they have been achieved.


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

Put Your Past Behind You

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Put Your Past Behind You

“If you face squarely into the sunlight

and gaze squarely towards the future,

you will find that both your

shadow and your failure

have fallen behind you.”

Vitali Negri, author

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


Put your past behind you.


Look to the horizon that lies squarely in front of you and you will look into your future. What you see will be based on the vision that you have created for your future. What you do about your vision and your future will be your choice.


Choose to move forward with bold confidence to achieve your vision.


As you move forward you leave the shadows of your failures and your past behind you.


Focus on your future and leave your past behind you and step boldly into your future.


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

Our Life is a Grand Experiment

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Our Life is a Grand Experiment

“Do not too timid and squeamish

about your actions.

all life is an experiment.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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


Our life is a grand experiment.


Look forward to each new day with a sense of excitement and anticipation of what the day can be.


Everyday is a day that offers new adventures, new opportunities and full of possibilities and when we’ll receptive to them.


Move boldly into your day, embrace experimenting with the things you do and take massive action to move you in the direction of your goals.


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

Never Stop Dreaming

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Never Stop Dreaming

“We were always dreaming

of how it was going to be.”

George Lucas director, producer and writer

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


Never stop dreaming


Keep the flames of your dreams burning bright in your mind and heart; they are your dreams to be achieved and you control the outcome.


Have a vision in your mind of your dreams as successfully being achieved.


Don’t let anyone discourage you about achieving your dreams.


Believe with all of your heart that your dreams will come true and do everything possible to make your dreams come true.


Keep your dreams alive in your mind and heart and never stop dreaming because your dreams are there for you to achieve.


©201o Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Make Your Day Matter

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Make Your Day Matter

“You may delay, but time will not.”

Benjamin Franklin, American Statesman

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


Make your day matter.


Time will wait for no one. It continues to move at the rate of 60 seconds every minute, no matter if a person is using their time in a proactive nature or procrastinating.


Make the commitment to plan your day to be productive, make the most of each day to maximize the return on your time.


Be proactive with your time and your daily activities, and make your day matter.


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

Limitations and Success

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Limitations and Success

“Our limitations and success will be based,

most often,

on your own expectations for ourselves.

What the mind dwells upon,

the body act upon.”

Denis Waitley, author, speaker

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

Limitations and success . . . .

We control the limitations that we encounter and the levels of success that we achieve.

What we think about most often becomes the foundation of our success or limitations. What we think about most often is what we will dwell on until they become our dominating thoughts.

Our dominating thoughts form the basis for our self-expectations.

Our self-expectations will set our internal guidance system. The level of success that we accomplish or the limitations we experience are formed in our self-expectations.

We become what we think we are, set your expectations high.

Our limitations and success becomes a bi-product of our self-expectations.

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

Integrity is Telling the Truth

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Integrity is Telling the Truth

“What upsets me is not that you lied to me,

but that I can no longer believe you.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

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


Integrity is telling the truth.


There is no such thing as a half truth; it’s either the truth or a lie. It’s the lines between the truth becomes blurred take the high road, be a person of integrity.


The truth forms a bond of integrity, and mutual trust.


Successful relationships are based on integrity. Stand above the crowd and you will stand out.


A lie creates a breakdown of a person’s integrity where they can no longer to trusted or believed, and there is a lost of reputation.


Protect your integrity and be a person of the truth.


Integrity is telling the truth and telling the truth is a person choice.


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

History Has a Tendency to Repeat Itself

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History Has a Tendency to Repeat Itself

“In times like these,

it helps to recall there have always

been times like these.”

Paul Harvey, commentator

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


History has a tendency to repeat itself.


And in the times like these are no different.


When we look back at history we find that there have been challenging times in the past like these. It seems that every generation has faced times like these.


In times like these each person has to look to themselves and their inner strength to do their best to get though times like these.


History has a tendency to repeat itself, but we don’t have to repeat the past.


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

Don’t Ruin Today

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Don’t Ruin Today

“You can’t change the past,

but you can ruin the present

by worrying about the future.”

Author Unknown

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


Don’t ruin today.
Our past is history and what has occurred can’t be changed.
The future as yet to come and is an unknown.


We live in the present, and our actions today will influence our future.


Worrying about the past can not change the past but can ruin today.


Worrying about our future burdens us today on unknown future events that may or may not ever occur. Make the most of your day, be proactive in your actions and positive in your thinking.


When problems occurs take action to resolve the issue. Worrying will only compound the problem without resolution to the issue.


Don’t ruin today by worrying about things that are out of your control. Focus you efforts on what you can control and take the best actions that you can take to resolve the issue and put it behind you.


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

Great Things Happen When We Try

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Great Things Happen When We Try

“Most of the important things in the

world have been accomplished

by people who have kept on trying

when there seemed to be no hope at all.”

Dale Carnegie, author

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


Great things happen when we try


Success in life is not easy; success is earned to those who are persistent and are willing to keep on trying even in the light of overwhelming odds against them.


Most of the important things in life where accomplished by those who have continued to try when it appeared that there would be no hope to accomplish the desired outcome.


Remaining persistent in your efforts and continue to try until you achieve the desired outcome.


Great things happen when we try with the confidence that we will succeed.


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

Be Willing to Do What’s Required

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Be Willing to Do What’s Required

“Big jobs usually go to the men who

prove their ability

to outgrow small ones.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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


Be willing to do what’s required


We prove ourselves in doing what’s required to succeed, and many times the initial steps are small. Those steps may seem to be unimportant at the time but they become the foundation for our success.


Be receptive to doing the small jobs at hand, and to do them with excellence to achieve exceptional results. When we do the small jobs with exceptional results we form a habit of excellences.


The excellence that we demonstrate in doing the small jobs opens the doors of doing the big jobs with the same excellences.


Be willing to do what’s required to get the job done.


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

All we Need is Love and a Little . . . .

Motivational Power Quote

All we Need is Love and a Little . . . .

“All you need is love.

But a little chocolate

now and then doesn’t hurt.”

Charles M. Schulz, creator Peanuts'

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


All we need is love and a little . . . .


There is an old saying that all we need is love and I would agree with that statement.


But a little chocolate in our life is a good thing to, My choices would be #1 a dark chocolate bar with almond, #2 a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, #3 A York Peppermint Pattie.


What can I say I really . . . . like chocolate?


What’s your favorite type of chocolate? Let me know.


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

A Small Acorn Grows Into a Mighty Oak Tree

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A Small Acorn Grows Into a Mighty Oak Tree

“Mighty things from small

beginnings grow.”

John Dryden, English poet

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

A small acorn grows into a mighty oak tree

Like an acorn many of the big things in our life start with a small beginning and will grow into large things.

In business as well as in life we have to start our journey. That journey starts with our first step in the direction of our goals. Our first step may seem small, but that step is the start of our journey. Over time our small steps becomes a large stride and turn into a mighty sprint.

A mighty oak tree takes time to grow, the same for success you have to plant the seeds of success and give them time to grow.

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

A Great Pleasure in Life

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A Great Pleasure in Life

“A great pleasure in life

is doing what people say

you cannot do.”

Walther Bagehot, English economist (1826-1877)

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


A great pleasure in life


Is having the courage to move forward into the unknown and taking the risks to achieve the things that have not been done before.


When someone tells you that it can’t be done find the inner strength to find a way to do it.


What someone tells you is their opinion; what you do about opinion is your choice.


Once you accomplish things that you were told you couldn’t do, the people that told you that you couldn’t do it will seem to disappear.


Follow your heart and take pleasure in your accomplishments.


You can do what you make up your mine to do.


A great pleasure in life is doing others said could not be done and turning them into opportunities that other could not see.


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

A Champion Willingly Pays the Price for Success

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A Champion Willingly Pays the Price for Success

“If you’re going to be a champion,

you must be willing to pay

a greater price than your opponent.”

Bud Wilkinson, football coach

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


A champion willingly pays the price for success


The difference between a champion and second place is a very thin margin; the margin is paying the price for success.


The champion is willing to pay a higher price for success than their opponents to succeed. A champion sees the higher price as the price that necessary to achieve success and pays the price willingly.


The choice is yours; success has a price and the installments start today.


Make the choice to succeed.


A champion willingly pays the price for success today to enjoy the benefits in the future.


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

Why is an Opportunity Like a Sunrise

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Why is an Opportunity Like a Sunrise

“Opportunities are like sunrises.

If you wait too long,

you miss it.”

William Arthur Ward

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


Why is an opportunity like a sunrise?


Under the right conditions a sunrise is stunning thing to see, but its beauty is there for only a short time and then it’s gone. The sunrise will disappear into a memory in time.


Opportunities are like sunrise; they appear and are with us for a short time for us to see. But unless we grasp the opportunity and act on it the opportunity will become just like the sunrise and will disappear from our sight and the opportunity is lost to us forever.


Enjoy the sunrise but take advantage of your opportunities.


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