Friday, September 30, 2011

Keep Your Ship on Course


Motivational Power Quote


Keep Your Ship on Course
“Rowing harder doesn’t help
if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.”
Kenichi Ohmae, author  


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

Keep your ship on course

When your ship gets off course your goals is the beckon to get your ship back on course and to point you in the right direction, the direction that will keep you moving closer to your goals.

When we are in turbulent waters your faith will give you the courage to navigate the turbulence in your life and to continue your quest to achieve your goals.  

It’s not a question on how fast your ship is moving. It’s a question of having your ship moving in the right direction, the direction of your goals.

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








Thursday, September 29, 2011

Why is Life Like a Broadway Play?


Motivational Power Quote


Why is Life Like a Broadway Play?
“Life is a play; it’s not its length,
but is performance that counts.”
Seneca   



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

Why is life like a Broadway play?


In life it can seem that you moving from one scene to another sometimes without making much sense. 


One day you can find yourself in a drama and the next day you’re in a comedy.


When you go to see a play the idea is to enjoy the play, and the same goes for life your life is meant to be enjoyed.


When you attend a play you judge the performance of the actors. In life we will be judged by our performance and service to others. 


Practice, drill and rehearse what you do and give the performance of your life. As you will be judged by the performance you give everyday.


As in a Broadway play you choose the play that you will see. In life you choose the type of play that your life will be. Because it’s your life you write the script  and can choose at anytime to rewrite the script and change the ending. 


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








Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Optimism is Essential For Success


Motivational Power Quote


Optimism is Essential For Success
“Optimism is essential to achievement
and it is also the foundation
of courage and true progress.”
 Nicholas Murray Butler


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

Optimism is essential for success

Optimism is the foundation of achieving success. When you combine optimism with a positive attitude you create an unstoppable force for achieving greater success.

The belief that you will succeed in any undertaking is the foundation to achievement. Maintain a positive outlook along with a strong sense of optimism to help you reach your goals.

Everything becomes within the reach of an optimism that’s willing to stretch themselves to new heights and to take persistent and consistent efforts to reach their desired outcome.

Being an optimist is essential for success and to release your personal power to reach greater heights.

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

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Control Your Activities


Motivational Power Quote


Control Your Activities
I never mastered time management.
No one manages time;
time cannot be managed.
I merely manage activities.”
Earl Nightingale, author, speaker


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

Control your activities

When you control your activities you are managing specific and targetable activities.  Those activities become measurable where we can judge the results and adjust those activities to become more effective.

Time can become elusive, activities are specific.

Control your activities for greater efficiencies and as a result you take control and the use of your time.

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








Sunday, September 25, 2011

I Will Make a Difference


Motivational Power Quote


I Will Make a Difference
“As one person I cannot change the world
but I can change the world of one person.”
Paul Shane Spear  


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


I will make a difference


I will make a difference in my world everyday by maintaining a positive can do attitude and going out and doing it.


I will think in terms of positive opportunities and possibilities, and my thinking will make a difference on my success journey. 


I can’t change the world but I can change my world and the world of the people that I come in contact with.


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








Saturday, September 24, 2011

Have the Courage to Face Your Circumstances


Motivational Power Quote


Have the Courage to Face Your Circumstances
“Success is never final, failure is never fatal.
It’s courage that counts.”
John Wooden, basketball coach
 

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

Have the courage to face your circumstances 

When things are going well, take advantage and maximize of the circumstances that you find yourself in to make progress that will move you closer to achieving your goals.

This is a time to remain focused on your objective and to push forward with massive action.

Setbacks and failures are facts of life and we all face them.

When you encounter setback and failures focus on the solutions and not the problem. Treat them as learning experiences and commit yourself not to repeat them.

Setbacks and failures are temporary conditions, and only become fatal when we quit.

Have the courage to face your circumstances and use them as building blocks not weights around your neck.

Have the courage to face your circumstances head on and when you do you face your future with solutions and as a problem solver. You put yourself on the pathway to achieving your goals and putting the negative circumstances behind you.

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


Friday, September 23, 2011


Motivational Power Quote
 

Getting Better and Better
“Every day in every way,
I am getting better and better.”
Emile Coue, French Psychologist



As I see it . . . . . . .

Getting better and better

In times of facing difficulties we will have to determine how we’ll respond to the condition and resolve our challenges and the difficulties using the power of our thinking and our attitude.

With positive thinking and a positive attitude we approach our challenges with a positive prospective and proactive approach to solving any difficulties that we face.

As we face our challenges with a positive attitude we are getting better.

Once we have successfully resolved a difficult situation our self-confidence grows. As our confidence grows we become more productive and are getting better.

We will use what we have accomplished as the stepping stone into the future to become better at what we do. As a result of the difficulties we have faced and succeed in overcoming we become better and more productive.

Focus on getting better one step at the time and you will never look back with regret.

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





  

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Successful People Know Where They Want To Go


Successful People Know Where They Want To Go


Successful people know where they want to go and the path they want to take to reach their desired outcome. They understand the value of planning and goal setting and will establish specific goals and continuously measure their progress.

People who are successful are willing to make adjustments to their plan in order to move them closer to their goals. 

Your goals will set your internal GPS for your success journey and keep you on track.  

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

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Best Advertizing


Motivational Power Quote


The Best Advertizing
“If you do build a great experience,
customers tell each other about it.
word of mouth is very powerful.”
Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon.com


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

The best advertizing

Can’t be brought, the price involves both high and the cost low investment.

The best advertizing is word of mouth.

Once its earned people will give it freely, when it’s lost you can’t recapture it at any price.

The price is customer service and exceeding the customer’s expectations becomes the price of admission to success.

The cost of your success is your commitment and your follow through to exceed your customer’s expectations.

The best advertizing is the word of mouth of your satisfied customers.

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








Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Be a Leader in Your Chosen Field


Motivational Power Quote


Be a Leader in Your Chosen Field
It’s is the capacity to develop and improve
their skills that distinguishes
leaders from followers
Warren Bennis and Bert Nanus, author’s  



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

Be a leader in your chosen field

Being a leader in your field takes a personal commitment to becoming the best that you can be.

People who are leaders in their chosen field have improved their knowledge in their chosen profession and are recognized as a leader by their peers and the people that they come in contact with.

Leaders in their field have developed cutting edge skills and continue to sharpen those skills to remain a leader in their profession.

Leaders are the pace setters and will separate them from their competitors.

Commit yourself to be a leader in your chosen field.

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








Monday, September 19, 2011

You Live Your Life in Your Thoughts


Motivational Power Quote


You Live Your Life in Your Thoughts
“Your world is a living expression
on how you are using
and have used your mind.”
Earl Nightingale, author


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

You live your life in your thoughts

The life you live in is formed in your thoughts and you live your thoughts out in your actions. 

What you think you do and what you do you become.

Your world is a reflection of our thoughts.

A life of positive inspiration is stimulated by positive thinking. That thinking opens the doors of opportunity and contributes to your success.

Your thoughts become the foundation for your life. From those thoughts you form your future and from those thoughts you create the actions that will create the pathway to success.

As we think you do, as you think you become, and what you become is a result of your thoughts. A successful person thinks in terms of successful outcomes.

You live your life in your thoughts and your thoughts determine how you live your life. The path that you follow in your life is the pathway that you create in your thoughts. Believe in yourself and in your abilities and the pathway you follow will lead to unlimited possibilities.

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




Sunday, September 18, 2011

Happiness is a Choice


Motivational Power Quote


Happiness is a Choice
“Heaven on earth is a choice you must make,
not a place we must find.”
Dr. Wayne Dyer, author  



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

Happiness is a choice

You make the choice on the way you want to live your life. 

You can choose to be a happy person and to live a life of happiness and to find personal fulfillment or you can choose to be an unhappy disconnected person and live a life full of regret. Whatever you choose to do is a personal choice. 

The way we see your life is the way you view your happiness and live your life.

Happiness becomes your choice and that choice begins in your thinking and is acted out in your daily activities.   

True happiness comes from inside you and is manifested in the many little things in your life and from the quality of your thinking.

Happiness is not a destination it’s a choice of enjoying your journey and in treasuring the moments in your life.

Happiness is a choice; and only a choice that you can make and live.

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








Saturday, September 17, 2011

Ask and You Will Receive


Motivational Power Quote



Ask and You Will Receive
“If you are not moving closer to
what you want in sales or in life.
You probably aren’t doing enough asking.”
Jack Canfield, author
 

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

Ask and you will receive

Determine the things that you want to achieve in your life and set your course to achieve them. 

To move closer to your goals you have to ask.

Ask for the help that you’ll need on your success journey to achieve your goals.

Ask for the business to fuel your success.

Ask for the sale and close the transaction.

Ask for the sale.

Ask for the listing.

Ask for referrals.

Failing to ask will reverse your forward momentum and derails your success journey. 

Asking creates forward momentum and moves you closer to achieve your goals and achieving greater levels of success.

Ask with professionalism, ask with a purpose and ask often.  

And you will find that when you ask you will receive.

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




Friday, September 16, 2011

Getting More Done


Motivational Power Quote

Getting More Done
“There is no such thing as not enough time
if you’re doing what you want to do.”
Robert Hall, economic


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

Getting more done 

When you’re doing what you want to do time will fly by and hours will seem like minutes. What your doing seems to be effortless and you approach your obstacles as bump in the road and you’ll find a way around them.

In doing what you want to do you don’t need encouragement to get started or to keep going. You become a self starter and are willing to put in extra effort to do what has to be done.

Find the things that you enjoy and want to do and you’ll find a way to do them successfully. 

When you doing the things that you want to do you’ll get more done, and you’ll enjoy what you’ll doing.  

Getting more done is enjoying what you are doing.

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








Thursday, September 15, 2011

Admit Your Mistakes and Move On


Motivational Power Quote



Admit Your Mistakes and Move On
“More people would learn from their mistakes
if they weren’t so busy denying them.”
Harold J. Smith, politician  
                            

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

Admit your mistakes and move on

We all make mistakes find the best way to correct them and then put them in the past. Use them as learning experiences and move on.

Don’t dwell on the mistakes. Dwelling on your mistakes drains your energy and creates a negative environment. Focus you energy on finding solutions.  

Mistakes are part of life and once corrected, clear you mind of the condition and focus on the future and what can be possible.  

Once you admit a mistake your able to let go of them and move on with a clear mind.

Admit your mistakes and move on to bigger and better things.

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








Wednesday, September 14, 2011

The Bridge to Wisdom


Motivational Power Quote


The Bridge to Wisdom
“Mistakes are the usual bridge
between inexperience and wisdom.”
Plyllis Therous  


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

The bridge to wisdom

Crossing the bridge to wisdom comes at it’s own pace and comes in many small steps. The greatest teacher is in our understanding of your actions and your mistakes. From those mistakes grows insight.

The insight from your mistakes becomes the foundation of wisdom. As you learn from mistakes you use those experiences to make better decisions and your judgment improves.

With the improvement of your decisions and judgment you take the first steps to cross the bridge to wisdom.

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








Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Doing What’s Right

Motivational Power Quotes

Doing What’s Right
“Have the courage to say no.
Have the courage to face the truth.
Do the right thing because it is right.
These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”
W. Clement Stone, self help author


As I see it . . . . . . .


Doing what’s right


If I do things that don’t feel right, after I do them I find that I was right. If it doesn’t feel right to you it’s not.


Do the right things for the right reasons and do them with integrity.


Doing what’s right is more important than doing what’s politically correct.


Overtime, people will judge us by our actions.


Act from integrity and do the right thing.


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










Monday, September 12, 2011

Motivational Power Quote

Pay the Price to Have Your Dreams Come True
“Happy are those who dream dreams
and are ready to pay to
price to make them come true.”
Cardinal Leon J. Suenens, clergyman


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


Pay the price to have your dreams come true


Dare to dream and dream big dreams of what you want your life to be.


Burn the image of your dreams in your mind and the purpose in your heart.


The path to your dreams is in your wiliness to pay the price to have those dreams become a reality.


The road may be long and the price may seem to be substantial as you make your journey.


When your dreams are full filled and you look back on your success journey you will know that you did the right thing and the journey was worth the price.


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











Sunday, September 11, 2011

What Does Dancing and Success Have in Common?

Motivational Power Quote

What Does Dancing and Success Have in Common?
“When you dance your purpose
is not to get to a certain place on the floor.
it’s to enjoy each step along the way.”
Dr. Wayne Dyer, author and speaker



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


What does dancing and success have in common?


When your dancing the idea is to enjoy the moment your in and the company of the person that you’re dancing with.


In business if you’re enjoying your success journey and the people that you’re associated with you have the energy and incentive to keep going.


When you enjoy what you’re doing, it becomes fun and something that we look forward to doing.


Real success comes in enjoying the moments in your life and the passion of your success journey.


What does dancing and success have in common? Success will come through your efforts and enjoying the moments in your life and when you put them all together you create an unstoppable force for creating success.


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











Saturday, September 10, 2011

Your World is in Your Hands and in Your Actions

Motivational Power Quote

Your World is in Your Hands and in Your Actions
“The World can only be grasped by action,
not by contemplation.
The hand is cutting edge of the mind.”
Diane Arbus, photographer



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


Your world is in your hands and in your actions


The world welcomes the person who knows where there going. When you know where their going you have a purpose. That purpose will stretch you beyond your limits and you will out of your comfort zone and grasp the opportunities that come your way.


The person that knows where they’re going steps away from the status quo and limited beliefs and will enters the world of possibilities.


Opportunity may seem to be out of your reach at the moment but when you stretch your self opportunities become within your grasp.


The act of stretching is the first action that expands your horizon and your opportunities.


Stretching is an action that opens up a new world of possibilities and creates greater opportunities, success and achievement.


Your world is in your hands and in your actions. You control what you decide to do with your given talents and how you apply that talent. Your destiny is in your hands and in your actions and waiting for you to grasp it.


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














Friday, September 9, 2011

Your World is in Your Hands and in Your Actions

Motivational Power Quote

Your World is in Your Hands and in Your Actions
“The World can only be grasped by action,
not by contemplation.
The hand is cutting edge of the mind.”
Diane Arbus, photographer



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


Your world is in your hands and in your actions


The world welcomes the person who know where their going and the person who knows where their going will stretch themselves and grasp opportunity.


The person that knows where they’re going steps away from the status quo and limited beliefs and will enters the world of possibilities.


Opportunity may seem to be out of our reach at the moment but when you stretch your self opportunities become within our grasp.


The act of stretching is the first action that expands our horizon and your opportunities.


Stretching is an action that opens up a new world of possibilities and creates greater success and achievement.


Your world is in your hands and in your actions. You control what you decide to do with your given talents and how you apply them. Your destiny is in your hands and in your actions and waiting for you to grasp it.


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











Thursday, September 8, 2011

Your Purpose Will Motivate You

Motivational Power Quote

Your Purpose Will Motivate You
“Strong lives are motivated
by dynamic purposes.”
Kenneth Hilebrand, author



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


Your purpose will motivate you


Having a strong sense of purpose gives a path to follow and a target for you to aim for.


The stronger you purpose becomes the more motivated you will become to achieve it.


A strong sense of purpose and your motivation will carry over to every aspect of your life and will create a foundation for your success.


Your purpose will motivate you and become a thin slice of difference on your success journey.


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














Wednesday, September 7, 2011

What You Do is What Counts

Motivational Power Quote


What You Do is What Counts
“The world cares very little about
what a man or woman knows;
it is what a man or woman is
able to do that’s counts.”
Booker T. Washington, educator, author

 
As I see it. . . . . . . .


What you do is what counts
We can talk about what has to be done, but without action our talk has no value.


We can be the smartest person in the room, but without using that knowledge, our knowledge has very little value.
What matters is how you use your skills and knowledge that you have been blessed with to do what has to be done.


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

















Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Your One Choice Away From Changing Your Life

Motivational Power Quote

Your One Choice Away From Changing Your Life
“You are always only one choice away from
changing your life.”
Nancy Blockwick


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


Your one choice away from changing your life


Every choice you make has the potential to change the direction of your life.


The choices you make can turn into a spring board to achieving your goals and dreams or take you down a dead end road.


Think your choices through and make the best choices you can in the situation that your find yourself in.


Look at your choices as investing in your future.


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















Monday, September 5, 2011

Your Attitude Creates the Winner’s Edge

Motivational Power Quote

Your Attitude Creates the Winner’s Edge
“For success, attitude is equally
as important as ability.”
Harry F. Banks, author


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


Your attitude creates the winner’s edge


Money won’t do it by itself, you can’t buy continued success.


Having skills won’t do it by themselves; skills without a winning attitude won’t get you to your goals.


What makes the difference is a winning attitude.


The winner’s edge is their attitude. When they combine it with their skills with a winner’s attitude they create unstoppable force of forward momentum.


A winner’s attitude is in knowing, you can do it, and you will do it.


Your attitude creates the winner’s edge and that edge will move you to the front of the pack.


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















Sunday, September 4, 2011

You Light Your Way

Motivational Power Quote

You Light Your Way
“It’s better to light a candle
than curse the darkness.”
Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady


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


You light your way


You can choose to live in the darkness of life and complain about the circumstances or you can create your own light.


No matter how dark it appears, there’s a switch your attitude that will turn on the lights. It’s your responsibility to find that switch and to turn on your own light.


It becomes your choice to live in the darkness, or to step into the light.


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












Saturday, September 3, 2011

You Create Your Future

Motivational Power Quote

You Create Your Future
“How we spend our days is, of course how we spend our lives.”
Annie Dillard, Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author 


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

You create your future

You create your live in your daily activities and live it in the future.

What you do today will become a reflection of what your future will become.

The quality of your days will accumulate and your future will become abundant from your efforts, or a wasteland.

Your days become the foundation of your success or the feeling of standing in quicksand.

What you do with today is your choice and your future will become a mirror image of your choices, choose wisely.

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









Friday, September 2, 2011

Step Out of the Darkness


Motivational Power Quote


Step Out of the Darkness
“Change starts when someone
sees the next step.”
William Drayton, American politician  



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

Step out of the darkness

Take the next step and step into the light of change.  

Change can be seen as a moonless dark scary night.

People resist stepping out of the darkness of change because there unsure if they will see their next step in the darkness.

Being unsure creates fear and people will become paralyzed from moving out of the darkness because of their fear. Many people will feel that they are safer in the darkness and convince themselves not to step out of the darkness and into the light of change.

Remove the doubt, and step out of the darkness with confidence and change will open the doors to new opportunities.

You will see the next step when you take the step out the darkness and with the step you will see the light of positive change in your life.

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