Wednesday, August 31, 2011

You Can Change Anything

Motivational Power Quote


You Can Change Anything
“You can change your health,
you can change your relationships,
you can change your income,
you can change anything.”
Bob Proctor, author, speaker


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

You can change anything

You can change anything in your life the moment that you decide you want it changed.

You are responsible for how you respond to the things that come into your life, how you handle the conditions in you life and what changes you make to keep you and a positive path.

Take control of your life: manage the conditions that come into your life. Make adjustments to the thing that are no longer working effectively and remove the thing from your life that are holding you back.

Make the decision to do what as to be done. Determine what changes will be necessary for you to reach your full potential by there order of importance.

Select the most important changes you want to achieve in your life to keep you moving forward and take the steps to make the change happen.

The only person that makes changes in your life is you.

When you make changes you will feel the weight of old baggage being removed from your life and feel a sense of stress being removed from your life.

You can change anything in your life that you want to change and choose to change the moment that you recognize what needs to be changed and take the action to make the change happen.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author









Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Why is Money Like Manure?

  Motivational Power Quote

Why is Money Like Manure?
“Money is like manure,
it’s not worth a thing unless it’s
spread around encouraging
things to grow.”
Thorton Wilder, playwright and novelist


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

Why is money like manure?

Both have a purpose used when used properly they make things grow.

Manure doesn’t smell very good. But used properly it provides a benefit of providing fertilizer. That fertilizer increases the yield of the crops and as a result the crops grow faster.

Money has very little value when it’s not being used or invested with a purpose.

Put your money to work for you. Set a little aside from every paid check into an investment account and over time the money will grow.

Pay yourself first, and watch your money grow.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author









Monday, August 29, 2011

Get Better to Make Your Life Better

Motivational Power Quote

Get Better to Make Your Life Better
“Everything in your life gets
better when you get better,
and nothing is ever going to get better
until you get better.”
Larry Winget, author



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

Get better to make your life better

Getting better is a choice. It’s becomes a personal choice between embracing the status quo and a commitment to get better.

You’re responsible for where you’re standing today and what direction you take your lives in the future.

If you want a better life you have to take control of your life and make the decision to get better.

Make the choice today to get better to make your life better and your efforts will pay dividend and life will get better.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author









Sunday, August 28, 2011

You Will Be Judged By Your Performance


Motivational Power Quote


You Will Be Judged By Your Performance
“Performance is your reality.
Forget everything else.”
Harold Geneen, President of ITT Corp.  



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

You will be judged by your performance

You won’t be judged by what you talk about doing. Talking about something without action won’t get anything done.

You won’t be judged by what you think about doing. Because thinking about it won’t get anything done until we take action.

You will be judged by your actions and your performance.

Your results will speak for themselves. Your will be judged by the results of your actions.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author








Saturday, August 27, 2011

Stretch Yourself for Success


Motivational Power Quote


Stretch Yourself for Success 
“Your goal should be out of reach,
but not out of slight.”
Anita DeFrantz, Olympic rower


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

Stretch yourself for success

Goals should cause you reach beyond your present limits and stretch yourself beyond your present grasp. 

Reach beyond where you are today. Stretch yourself into the future. Stretch your thinking and go beyond where you have been in the past and into the future of possibilities with clear written goals.

Keep your goals in your thoughts and your slights on your target.

Stretch out of your comfort zone and reach for success and it will be there for you.

Stretch yourself for success and will become within your grasp.

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








Friday, August 26, 2011

When It’s Time to Act, Take Action


Motivational Power Quote



When It’s Time to Act, Take Action
“Imperfect action is better than
perfect inaction.”
Harry Truman, 33rd President of the US  

  

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

When it’s time to act, take action

Take the actions needed to get the job done, at the risk that the action may not be perfect. Do the best you can with what you have from where you are but most important is to take action. 

If we wait to take the perfect action, we may never get started or act. Very seldom are any actions perfect.
Take your actions with excellence and actions will deliver excellence results.
 
Never fear to take action, when an action is needed take it.

When it’s time to act, take action and don’t wait to take perfect actions, take the best action you can.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author










Thursday, August 25, 2011

Release the Music That’s Within You


Motivational Power Quote


Release the Music That’s Within You

“We all have ability.

The difference is how we use it.”

Stevie Wonder, entertainer


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

Release the music that’s within you

You have it within you and it’s waiting there to be released.

Your music may be on the surface to the point to where you can hear it. Or it may be buried deep within you and it sounds like a whisper. But it’s there waiting for you to release it for the world to hear. It may be easily released or it may take time energy and hard work to bring it to the surface and release it.

But it’s there and you have it; it’s your ability.

Your ability is the music of life and it only becomes something of value when it’s released and brought into the light of day. Your ability may need some rearranging but your ability is there.

The ability is there for you to advance in the direction of your goals.

It’s up to you to release your ability and to put it to good use.
Release the music that’s within you and you’ll release your full potential. And you’re your abilities will grow and become an unstopped positive force in your life.

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








Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Risk Letting go of the Ordinary to go for the Exceptional


Motivational Power Quote



Risk Letting go of the Ordinary to go for the Exceptional
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual,
you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
Jim Rohn, author  

  

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

Risk letting go of the ordinary to go for the exceptional  

Lasting success is not found in the ordinary, long term success is found in the exceptional.
 
Stretch out of your comfort zone and be willing to stretch yourself into the unknown. Be willing to leave the ordinary behind and stretch yourself to be exceptional. When you do you’ll discover a new world of greater opportunity and possibilities.
 
Stretching into the unknown involves an element of risk and will take the personal courage to take the first step out of your comfort zone on to the pathway to being exceptional.

When you step into the unknown you leave the ordinary behind and you move in the direction of becoming exceptional person.

You hold the keys to becoming an exception person and you and only you can take the steps to unlock the doors to a brighter future and being that exceptional person.

Risk letting go of the ordinary to for the exceptional and you will be on the pathway to personal excellence and greater success.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author








Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Success Comes From Within

Motivational Power Quote

Success Comes From Within
The real opportunity for success,
lies within the person
and not in the job.”
Zig Ziglar author  


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Success comes from within

Success doesn’t result from the person’s station in life. You create your station in life from within and through your efforts.

Your job doesn’t create success. You create the success in your job and your career from within.

The level of success that you achieve comes from within.

You have to direct your thinking in the direction of success and that thinking comes from within.

Your thinking will determine your attitude and your attitude will determine your actions. What comes from within will determine the path that you will follow and your level your success that you will achieve.

Your success can only come from within and you control what that level of success will be in your thinking.

Success comes from within and is achieved through our daily efforts,

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author



Monday, August 22, 2011

Leave Your Footprints in the Sand

Motivational Power Quote

Leave Your Footprints in the Sand
“If you want to leave your footprints
on the sands of time,
be sure you’re wearing work shoes.”
Author unknown



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


Leave your footprints in the sands


To leave your footprints in the sands of life, be willing to do what has to be done. You have to walk where no other person has walked before and do thing that others have not done.


Be willing to step forward into the unknown with confidence and to take the actions to achieve your desired results.


Put on your overalls and your work shoes. Be willing to lift the heavy loads on your success journey to create your future.


To leave your footprint in the sand you have to be willing to step forward.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author










Sunday, August 21, 2011

Motivational Power Quote

It’s How You Remember It
“Some folks never exaggerate
they just remember big.”
Audrey Snead, author



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

It’s how you remember it

The moments in your life flash by and many times they seem like world wind. Your moments are not record on a video but they’re recorded in your thoughts. You have an automatic rewind in your thoughts and that how we remember it.

Time passes as well as the moments of your life. But the way you remember it will in your thoughts and that’s the way it happened lives within you for a lifetime.

As time goes by time it makes things appear to become bigger in your memory become clearer in your thoughts. You remember things in terms of moments and flashes into the past.

The way you remember may have gotten bigger over time in your memories, but that the way you remember it. You will also erase things from your memory that you don’t want to revisit in your thoughts.

You live your life in the moments and remember then in many small details.

Dare to live a full rich life one full of memories. And you’ll relive those memories throughout your life in your thoughts. Dare to dream big and dare to remember big and you’ll have a lifetime of memories to relive.

You create your memories and its how you remember it that will stay with you.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author









Saturday, August 20, 2011

A Smile Increases Your Face Value

Motivational Power Quote

A Smile Increases Your Face Value
“Smile, it increases your face value.”
Dolly Parton, entertainer


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

A Smile increases your face value

A smile on you face is a mirror into your heart and your smile will create a positive or negative first impression. But whatever impression you create will become a lasting impression.

A sincere smile will relax a person in your presence.

A person that has smile on their face has a light heart and it shows in the way they develop relationships with other people.

Smiling makes people comfortable to be with you and helps you to build lasting relationships.

Smiling will attract people to you and helps you to build rapport.

Have a smile on your face and in your heart will increase your face value with the people your meet.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author









Friday, August 19, 2011

You Have to Adjust to . . . .

Motivational Power Quote

You Have to Adjust to . . . .
“Giving people a little more than they expect
is a god way to get back
a lot more than you’ll expect.”
Robert Half


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

You have to adjust to . . . .

Increase the return on your efforts

Doing what we have been doing in the past, will give us more of what we been getting. If we want to increase the return on our efforts you have to adjust.

We increase the return on our efforts when we commit to increasing our efforts that we provide to others. As we give more to others and we exceed their expectation we be become a magnet in receiving an increased return for our efforts.

To increase the return on our efforts . . . . we have to adjust.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author









Thursday, August 18, 2011

Find the Way to Improve Yourself


Motivational Power Quote



Find the Way to Improve Yourself

“There’s a way to do it better . . .  find it.”

Thomas A. Edison, inventor



 As I see it. . . . . . . .

Find a way to improve yourself 

Compete with yourself on a daily basis to improve yourself and to become better at what you do.

Make a commitment to yourself to achieve daily incremental improvement. Each day become a little bit better at what you do.

Daily incremental improvement over time will turn into massive improvement.

Find a way today and everyday of your life to improve yourself and to become little better at what you do and you will turn a little better into a personal and business advantage.

Find a way to improve yourself and that improvement will become the key to your future success.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author








Tuesday, August 16, 2011

I Will Try Until I Succeed

Motivational Power Quote

I Will Try Until I Succeed
“Trying is a part of failure.
If you are afraid to fail
then you’re afraid to try.”
Author unknown



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


I will try until I succeed


There will be times that you will face setbacks; they may slow you down for the moment. You have to bounce back and continue to try.


You have focus on the outcome not the setbacks, push on and continue to try.


You can’t allow a setback or a failure to hold me back; you have to continue to try.


You have to work through your challenges without fear and continue to try.


Never allow fear to keep you from trying and never let an obstacle stop you.


When the road gets bumpy tell yourself I will try until I succeed.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

















Monday, August 15, 2011

Focus on a Better Tomorrow

Motivational Power Quote

Focus on a Better Tomorrow
“You can’t have a better tomorrow
if your thinking about yesterday.”
Charles Kettering, inventor


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


Focus on a better tomorrow


Make today your lunching pad for a better tomorrow.


Take the actions to make today a productive day that builds the foundation for your future success and a better tomorrow.


Focus on positive activities that become that become the building blocks of making tomorrow a better day then today.


Keep your thinking focused on building a better tomorrow.


Live in the day and focus on tomorrow.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author













Sunday, August 14, 2011

Your Work Ethics Creates Your Opportunities

Motivational Power Quote

Your Work Ethics Creates Your Opportunities
“Creativity comes from trust your instincts,
and never hope more than you work.”
Rita Mae Brown, animal magnetism



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


Your work ethics creates your opportunities


Your hopes for a better future go hand in hand with the effort that you’re willing to apply today to achieve greater success.


A continued focused effort will build a foundation, and your passion to succeed will keep you on course.


Your ethics create your values and the way other people see you.


How people see you is a perception and other peoples perceptions become their reality.


Let your ethics be your calling card and your ethics create your opportunities and in those opportunities you create greater success.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author














Saturday, August 13, 2011

Don’t Delay – Be Proactive and Take Action

Motivational Power Quote

Don’t Delay – Be Proactive and Take Action
“Delay is the deadliest form of denial.”
C. Northcote Parkinson, British Naval historian


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


Don’t delay - be proactive and take action


Delaying is the act of putting off until tomorrow what could have been done today.


Being proactive is doing what has to be done when it has to be done without delay.


Putting things off creates stress and anxiety.


Getting things done puts air under your winds and lifts you to greater heights.


Being proactive is a choice a choice of getting things done.


Don’t’ delay – be productive and take action.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author















Friday, August 12, 2011

Discover a Whole New World

Motivational Power Quote

Discover a Whole New World
“The real voyage of discovery
consists not in making new landscapes
but in having new eyes.”
Marcel Proust, French novelist


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


Discover a whole new world


There is a whole new world out there for you to discover. But you may not see that new world if you continue to look at things in the same old ways.


By looking at things differently, you begin to see things from a difference prospective. As you see those things differently you discover a whole new world.


In that new world you will discover that new opportunities are there for you and you will find the doors of new possibilities opening for you.


Be willing to look at things differently and you will discover a whole new world.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

















Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Become a Knowledge Magnet

Motivational Power Quote


Become a Knowledge Magnet
“You cannot teach a man anything.
You can only help him find it.”
Gableo Galilei, Italian Scientists



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


Become a knowledge magnet


A knowledge magnet wants the knowledge and is willing to make a personal effort to obtain it. They plan to turn that knowledge into a useable benefit.


An open mind becomes the magnet to unlimited knowledge and the releasing of your personal power.


The personal quest for knowledge comes from within; as you seek it you’ll find it.


True knowledge is gained through your passion to find it and in absorbing the information.


Our greatest knowledge is learned from our personal efforts in finding it.


Become a knowledge magnet and you will find yourself breaking out of the pack.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author


















Monday, August 8, 2011

Building a Successful Future

Motivational Power Quote

Building a Successful Future
“The great successful men of the world
have used their imagination . . .
They think ahead and create their mental picture
in all it’s details filling here,
adding a little there,
altering this a bit and that a bit,
but steadily - building.”
Robert Collier, author The Secret of Ages



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

Building a successful future

Our future starts today; but a successful future is not build in a day.

Success will be achieved by those that are committed to succeed and are willing to put one front of the other and keep moving forward.

Successful people have a plan for their future and goals and they will put their plans into motion to achieve their desired outcome. They are willing to combine hard work and imagination to propel them forward on the success journey to reach their goals.

Successful people are willing to adjust when it’s needed and remain flexible to reach their goals.

But most important they understand the true success is build one step at the time and they committed to their success journey and in succeeding.

Building a successful future is a choice to achieving the desired outcome of achieving your goals

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author





Sunday, August 7, 2011

You Become Your Thoughts

Motivational Power Quote

You Become Your Thoughts
“You are today where your thoughts
have brought you:
you will be tomorrow were
your thoughts take you.”
James Allen, author



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


You become your thoughts


You are who you are today as a result of your past thoughts.


What your thoughts are today you become. Your thoughts of today shape your life and your future.


A possibility thinker will find opportunity.

A person who thinks well of themselves builds self esteem.


A person who thinks of their values first builds character.


A person who thinks they can will find a way to do it.


A positive thinker takes a positive approach to their life.


You can’t go back and change the past those pages are in the book of your past. But you can make a difference in your future through your thoughts today.


Your thoughts create your life, you can create a life of success and fulfillment or you can create a life of negitive outcomes.


What you think is a choice and what you do is a choice. Choose wisely because your life will be a result on your thoughts.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author













Saturday, August 6, 2011

As a Man Thinks He Becomes

Motivational Power Quote

As a Man Thinks He Becomes
“Wealth is the product of a man’s
capacity to think.”
Ayn Rand, author



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


As a man thinks he becomes


What we think about most often we do.


If we think we can do it we will do it.


If we think well of ourselves we build self esteem.


If we continually think about becoming successful we will take the actions to make it come true.


What we think about we will become.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author











Friday, August 5, 2011

When You Need Adjust Your Course

  Motivational Power Quote

When You Need to Adjust Your Course
“For every failure,
there’s an alternative course of action.
You just have to find it.
When you come to a roadblock,
Take the detour.”
Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay 



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


When you need to adjust your course


As your travel the path of your success journey you will encounter things do not go as we planned. You will experience obstacles, setbacks or failure along the way. In those moments you will reach a point of choice. Do you succumb to the negative events of the moment or do you push the conditions and push forward?


In those moments that requires adjustments look for the alternative path to follow that will take your closer to your goals. Adjust your course but don’t abandon your success journey or the pursuit of your goals.


Resume your journey and focus on achieving your goals.


When you need to adjust your course, adjust it and resume your success journey and move forward with a purpose.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author












Thursday, August 4, 2011

There’s a Moment that Everything Changes

Motivational Power Quote



There’s a Moment that Everything Changes
“The moment of enlightenment is when a person’s
dreams of possibilities become
images of probabilities.”
Vic Braden, tennis player




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


There’s a moment that everything changes


When your thoughts turn into dreams, things change in your thinking.

The moment that you turn your dreams into the vision for our future things change and your life takes on meaning.

When we take action to fulfill our vision everything changes and your life has a purpose.


When we turn our vision into possibilities things change you charge your motivation.

When we turn our dreams into goals everything changes in your life.


The moment that you realize that your possibilities have turned into probabilities there is a moment that everything changes in your world. Let the moment be your and you will grasp the future and the future will be yours.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author













Wednesday, August 3, 2011

What We Think Becomes What We See

Motivational Power Quote

What We Think Becomes What We See
“To different minds,
the same world is a hell and a heaven.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson



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


What we think becomes what we see


Two people look at the same world and see different things. They see the world through their thoughts and what they see becomes their world.


Train your mind to focus on your vision for the future and goals. Use the goals as a focal point for your thinking and see positive results in achieving them.


Focus your mind on what you want to accomplish and see yourself as all ready achieving that outcome and you will become that person.


What we think becomes what we see and who we become.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author















Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Your Life is Lived in Your Thoughts


Motivational Power Quote


Your Life is Lived in Your Thoughts
Since we are destined to live out our lives
in the prison of our minds,
our duty is to furnish it well.”
Peter Ustinov, actor  


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

Your life is lived in your thoughts

We live our life in our thoughts as we think we are.

When we feed our minds the positive nourishment of our thoughts our thoughts become stronger and grow. The roots of those thoughts become deep ingrained in our mind and in your activities. With positive thoughts you will become focused on opportunities and possibilities.

Your thoughts build your life; putting down deep roots in your thoughts will create the strength to withstand the ill winds that we encounter.

If your goal is to change your life you have to change your thinking.

Your life is lived in your thoughts those thoughts will determine the live you live.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author








Monday, August 1, 2011

Motivational Power Quote

Push Forward
“Don’t let life discourage you;
everyone who got where he is
had to begin where he was.”
Richard Evans



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


Push forward

Today is a new day. Push forward and don’t let lives past discouragements get between you and your dreams.


Make today the day of new beginning.


Start from where you are with the resources you have and push forward in the directions of your goals with passion.


Push forward and park the discouragements that you encounter on your success journey on the side of the road. Keep pushing forward and stay focused on your goals.


©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author