Learn How to Sail Your Ship

Learn How to Sail Your Ship

“I am not afraid of the storms for I am learning how

to sail my ship.”

 Louisa May Alcott 1832 - 1888, American Novelist

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

Learn How to sail your ship

Be not afraid of sailing your ship in the storms of life . . . .  be afraid that your ship will never have the opportunity leave the safety of the harbor.

Learn the skills to navigate your ship in the waters of challenging times, will build your confidence to successfully sail your ship in any conditions that you encounter.

Doing what you’re currently doing will get you what you’re currently getting. The question becomes . . . .  is what you’re getting what you really want? If not redirect your ship and set a new course.

Open your mind to accept new ideas . . . .  new skills . . . . and new information to create a cutting edge personal and business advantage.

Learn the new techniques and strategies that will increase your effectiveness and create greater levels of success.

Seek new information and be committed to becoming a lifelong learner to propel you to the forefront of your profession.

Business today will go to those who learn the skills to be successful and take advantage of the opportunities that they encounter.

Learn the skills to leave the safety of the harbor . . . . and to successfully compete and you will eliminate the fear of sailing your ship in any condition.

Learn how to sail your ship . . . . will enable you to set the course of success and fulfillment.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

People Will Try to Rain on Your Parade

 People Will Try to Rain on Your Parade

“Great spirit has always encounter violent opposition

from mediocre minds .”

Albert Einstein 1860 – 1955, German-Born Theoretical

Physicist, Developed the General Theory of Relativity    

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

People will try to rain on your parade

It’s your parade and your dream to live . . . .  Don’t let anyone bring clouds into your life . . . . and rain on your parade.

You’re never too young or to old to live your dream. Your dream is waiting for you to reach out and grasp it.

There no barriers to living your dream . . . . or to succeed except those that are self-imposed.

But I will caution you that people will come into your life that will see your dream differently than you do. They will attempt to break your spirit and shutter your dreams. If you have a bubbling passion to fill full your dream, they are there to bust your bubble and to kill your spirit.

The only way that anyone can bust your bubble is with your permission. Hold firm on the vision of your dream and if they insist on trying to bust your bubble have them take there excellence into someone else’s life.

Build your associations with the people that will mentor you and  bring a positive influence into your life and don’t let people rain on your parade.

People will try to rain on your parade . . . . Keep you dream alive in your spirit . . . . and move away from the naysayers that come into your live.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

Taking a Stand

Taking a Stand

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience

which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able

to say to yourself ‘I have lived through this horror

I can take the next thing that comes along.’

You must do the things you think

you cannot do.”

 Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 - 1962, Former First Lady

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

Taking a stand

You develop who you are through your life experiences. Some of the experiences bring back happy memories that you would like to go back and relive. While other experiences you would like to forget about.

You develop your strength, courage and confidence in life by taking a stand. When you make a commitment to dig in and face your fears and challenges . . . . you change your life and your results.

                                                                             

You find your strength in working your way through life’s difficulties. Your difficulties test you on who you are as a person. When you dig in, you take a stand and in that moment you stand your ground. You will do your best and create the courage to face any challenge in the future with confidence.

When we have the courage to face your fears . . . .  You look fear in the eye with inner confidence . . . . and you will develop the strength to overcome your fears, and you will see your obstacles melt away.

Taking a stand is the start of a new chapter in your life

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Your Persistence’s Is the Key to Successful Results

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay

with problems longer.”

Albert Einstein 1879 – 1955, German-Born Theoretical

Physicist, Developed the General Theory of Relativity    

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

Your persistence is the key the key to successful results

You see the task in front of you and it may look like an expressway to success . . . . or it may look overwhelming without any possible solutions.

The question becomes how to you take the task at hand and bring it to a successful conclusion.  It not the size of the task or it’s intensity that creates the success or the failure in creating the desired outcome.

It’s your persistence’s to move in the right direction.

Many small tasks that can successfully be completed quickly . . . . fall apart. Why; not because they’re complex but because of the lack persistence’s to reach a successful outcome in the small details.

Yet you see tasks that are overwhelming and that will take an extended period of time to successfully complete. Where you see a person with persistence jump on the task like a tiger . . . . and stay with it until they achieve success.

The difference is the person with the overwhelming task; made the commitment to see the task through to a successful conclusion and remained focus on the outcome . . . . and remains persistence in their efforts.

At times the thin slice of difference between a successful outcome and failure is in the person’s persistence’s to see the task through to a successful conclusion.

Your persistence’s is the key to s successful outcome . . . . stay persistent and stay on purpose and to achieve a successful outcome.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

Sharpening Your Ax

Sharpening Your Ax

“If I had nine hours to chop down a tree,

I’d spend the first six sharpening my ax.”

Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865, 16^th President of the United States     

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

Sharpening your ax

Attempting to chop down a tree with a dull ax is an exercise in fertility. There will be a lot of effort and sweat involved with very little progress to show for your effort.

In business you have to keep your ax sharpen to be productive . . . . to reach your full potential. 

You will also have to invest time and effort in yourself and in your personal devolvement sharpening your tools to a fine edge. The sharper your tools become the more valuable they become to you to support you on your success journey.

Having shape business tools will increase your overall effectiveness, enabling you to have a better use and control of your time. Having sharp tools will also cut a clear path for achieving your goals on your success journey.

One thing about tools is they don’t stay sharp without shaping them and maintaining them. You have to keep your tools sharpen to a sharp edge or they will become dull.

To standout in your profession you have to commit yourselves to keeping your tools sharpen to a razors sharp edge.

Sharpening your ax and maintain your tools to a razors sharp edge will create a strategic business advantage.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Character Differentiates the Champion

Character Differentiates the Champion

“Ability may take you to the top,

but it takes character to keep you there.”

John Wooden 1910 - 2010, Basketball Coach   

   

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

Character differentiates the champion

Champions separate themselves in their profession from the masses . . . .

A champion wants to standout above the crowd and they will look for and find degrees of separation that will propel them to the top of their field and keep them there.

A champion’s goal is not only to get to the top of the mountain but once they get there is to stay there. They will look for ways to create a cutting edge advantages that will keep them at the top.

To have a successful and study climb to the top mountain a champions has a vision . . . . goals . . . . a plan . . . . and the endurance to successfully achieve their goals. To stay at the top of their profession a champion has to have character.

When we look at politicians, entertainers and professional athletes that reach the top of their profession . . . . and them you see them fall from the top of their profession. Far too many times their fall from grace is result of them compromising their character.

It takes hard work and dedication to become a leader in our chosen profession and it take even harder work to stay at the top.

Character differentiates champions . . . .  it takes character to succeed and to get to the top of your professional . . . . and it takes character to keep you at the top.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

Making a Choice

Making a Choice

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his

opportunities an optimist is one who makes

opportunities of his difficulties.”

Harry Truman 1884 – 1972, 33rd President the United States    

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

Making a choice

You have a choice . . . . and you can choose to live in the positive world of the optimist. Or you can spend your life living in the negative world of the pessimist. The world that you choose to live in is your choice.

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist is in your attitude, your point of view and the choices you make.

The world of the optimist is one of boundless opportunities, to where they look forward to each new day and the possibilities that it offers. When they encounter a roadblock on their success journey they reset their GPS for the best route to get them to their goals.

An optimist encounters obstacles . . . . setbacks . . . . and failure on their success journey just like everyone else. Within their challenges they look for the opportunities . . . . and as a result they will make the best of the conditions that they find themselves in.

The optimist will focus on a positive outcome and work hard to ensure successful results. An optimist will focus forward and not waste their life looking over their shoulder.

A pessimist is all together a different story, they see the clouds on a bright sunny day. They will also see the problems in every opportunity.

When an opportunity presents itself to a pessimist they will focus on the work that will be required. They will convince themselves that it’s not worth the effort and the opportunity will pass them by.

Life presents you with many choices. You choose the way you see your world . . . . and what that world has in store for you.

It’s your choice on the way you see your world . . . . and in those choices you will make your future . . . . and the world that you live in.

In making a choice . . . . you are creating the stepping stones to your future and in the direction that your future takes.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

There’s a Time to Stop the Talking and Start the Doing

There are times that all the talking has to stop . . . . and we have to make the decision to get up . . . . and go out there and do what we have to do.

There will be no excuses . . . .  no stalling . . . . and no procrastination. There comes a time when we have to take action, to do what we have to do and get it done.

Once you take the first step to getting things done there seems to be a weight lifted off our shoulders . . . . and you will have the spring back in your step.

It all starts with the decision to do what you have to do and taking the first step in DOING IT NOW.

There’s a time to stop the talking and to start the doing . . . .

©2014 Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

 

Act on it Now

Act on it Now

“The best way to make your dreams come true

is to wake ups.”

Paul Valery 1871 - 1945, French Poet, Essayist, Philosopher

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

Act on it now

Goals and dreams without action have no sense of purpose they just seem to drift away. Act now to give your success journey a purpose to achieve your goals and to fulfill your dreams. 

Action without a plan is of little value and no defined purpose or direction. Motion without a direction leads down a dead end road.

  

Success will favor those who are willing to plan their success journey and to act on it now. They are willing to take the calculated risks to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way of achieving their goals and pursuing their dreams.

Have the will push forward with a sense of confidence and with a purpose.

The key is to take action and to act on it now to create the forward momentum to life your dreams.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Executive Coach, Trainer, Speaker and Author

 

Success is Achieved in Doing What You Do best

“What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in

the world that I did best-which I believed then

and believe now is the greatest privilege

there is. When I did success found me.”

 Debbi Fields, Entrepreneur

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

Success is achieved in doing what you do best

When you’re doing what you love to do. . . . You’ll put your best foot forward in your efforts to those things you love to do. When you do . . . . success becomes within your reach.

There are far too many people who labor at their profession . . . . and don’t enjoy what they’re doing. They will labor their life away without ever putting their best effort or heart into the things that they are doing.

The person who doesn’t enjoy what they’re doing . . . .  will end up living an unfulfilled life with minimal results. Their days will seem to drag on and becoming long and tedious. It gets to the point where the only thing that they see as important in their day . . . is quitting time.

They hate going to work . . . . and what they are doing. Their life becomes a refection of their attitude which is mitered in a negative world of thinking and actions.

Do what you love . . . . and your days will become day’s filled with possibilities. Your days will fly by . . . .  and you’ll be lifted in the direction of your goals.

Do what you love to do with passion and the extra effort will become routine. The pace of your success journey will accelerate to higher levels of achievement.

When you’re doing what you love and do . . . . what you do will flow and seem effortless and greater success will be within yours your reach.

Success is achieved in doing your best . . . . and when you love what your doing you will do what you do with excellence.

©2013 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

What You Do Next is a Choice

What You Do Next is a Choice

“A friend of mine has a great attitude: when something

doesn’t go his way,  instead of crying over spilt milk,

he just milks another cow.”

Alexander Lockhart, Author      

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

What you do next is a choice

There are times in your life that you spill the milk or in other words thing just flat out don’t work out the way you have planned for them to.

Spilling the milk can represent many things . . . . an end to a relationship . . . . a lost business opportunity . . . . a lost sale . . . . a missed promotion . . . . and the list goes on.

Spilling the milk isn’t the end of the world. You have reached a point where something has not worked and you are experiencing a temporary delay on your success journey. 

Once the milk has been spilled out . . . . it represents the end of stage on your success journey. The opportunity the milk represented fades away . . . . and is no longer available to you.

What happens next becomes the choice and becomes a key element of success journey . . . . and the direction that your success journey takes.

You can sit there and try to live in the past.

If you do you will live a life of regret of what was . . . . or what was lost. The result of living past is living in an ocean of spilt milk and eventually the spilt milk of regret will pull us under and drain the life out of you and your future.

The future is yet to be and you have it within your capacity to shape your future. You have to be willing to let go of your past spilt milk and find the milk of your future and create your future and destiny.

It’s only when we make the choice to move on . . . . do you find the milk of your future and the benefits that your futures holds for you.

After a setback what you do next is a choice . . . . and determines the direction that your success journey.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

Standing Your Ground

 Standing Your Ground

“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, has strengthened me.

You may not realize when it happens, but a kick in the

 teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

Walt Disney 1901 – 1966, Founder of Walt Disney

Productions, Entrepreneur, Producer, Director,

Cartoonist

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

Standing your ground

When faced with adversity you have a choice . . . .

A choice of standing your ground . . . . and to do your very best to overcome the adversity. Or you can choose to give into the adversity . . . . and give up.

In standing your ground against the adversity you have made the choice to stay in control of your future . . . . and to be in control the outcome. In standing your ground in the face of adversity you develop of inner strength of determination to achieve successful results.  

You can choose to find the solutions . . . . and to work your way through the adversity and to grow as a person and stretch your limits.

In the middle of adversity you will find the strength to continue to push forward. As your pushing move forward you will find your greatest opportunities and grow it into greater success.

Standing your ground . . . . is standing firm and facing the adversity. You may bend at the weight of the adversity . . . . and you will find the strength to grow stronger and to overcome your adversity. 

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Executive Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

 

Move Forward With Determination

Move Forward With Determination

“You may be disappointed if you fail,

but you are doomed if you don’t try.”

 Beverly Sills, American Opera Soprano

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

Move forward with determination

Try, Try and Try Again . . . . until you achieve your goals.

Many of the most success people have experienced massive failure in their lives as they traveled the path of their success journey. And yes they have experienced great disappointed. But they didn’t quit . . . . they regrouped . . . . adjusted, kept on trying to move forward with determination to achieve their goals.

When you experience failure you are confronted with a choice. Do you stop trying or do you continue your success journey and overcome the failure?

The successful people though out history have elected to continue and moved on pass their failures.

The reason that you read about the successful people is because they made the extra effort to try and try again until they succeeded in the face of adversity. While others have passed unnoticed by history is because they stopped trying and were doomed to live in their failures.

When faced with failure pick yourself up, bush yourself off and continue to try and continue to try, try and try again until you achieve your goals.

Move forward with determination . . . . and your determination will provide the strength to push through your challenges to achieve your goals.

 

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quotes, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

You Will Be Measured By Your Honesty

You Will Be Measured By Your Honesty

“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”

Thomas Jefferson 1743 - 1826, Third U. S. President,

A Founding Father  and Principal Author of the

Declaration of Independence     

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

You will be measured by your honesty

People will gravitate to an honest person . . . . and disassociate from those that they don’t trust.

In the business world the customer has many choices.  They have a large selection of people and companies to choose from and to do business with. Customers want to work with someone that their comfortable with.  And honesty is high on their list of the qualities that customers are look for in a business relationship.

Customers today want low risk providers.

They also want someone that they can trust . . . . and someone they see as being honest. They also want a person to deliver on their promises and make the business relationship as smooth as possible. Customers also want a successful outcome to their business relationships.

Customers do business by the process of elimination; they will elimination the companies and people that do not fulfill their expectations. They also will not do business with people or companies that they consider dishonest . . . . or unethical . . . . or will not fill full their needs.

The customer wants to do business with a person that honest and with a solid reputation.

In reality the customer is looking out for their own best interest . . . . and will select a professional that they feel has their best interest at heart. They want a professional to work with them that they have confidence in and one that they see as being honest and with integrity.

A professional has to differentiate themselves from the competition and one of the differentiators is in how people see you.  Be seen as a person that’s sincere . . . . honest . . . . with integrity . . . . and you will differentiate yourself in a competitive business environment.

You will be measured by your honesty . . . . and that measurement will separate you in your professional.  And you will be seen as someone that can be counted on and to do business with.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quotes, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

Complacency is a Career Killer

Complacency is a Career Killer

“Each success only buys an admission ticket

to a more difficult problem.”

Henry Kissinger, 56^th US Secretary of State

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

Complacency is a career killer

The fruits of success can lead to complacency. You can see it in professional sports . . . . business  . . . . and in people’s personal lives. We have all seen people who have experienced success and could have taken their career to the next level. But instead they chose to become complacent . . . . and they never became the success that they capable of being.

Complacency becomes a trap and a silent killer of careers.

Success creates the opportunity to try again. The more success you achieve the more opportunities you invite into your life. 

Be on the lookout for the silent killer of complacency.

Don’t turn off the energy switch that powers your career efforts . . . . Keep the light of your career burning brightly. Keep your energy flowing into your career and into your forward momentum.

Do not misuse your time on non productive tasks remain focused on your most productive . . . . and in success building activities.

Be aware of taking shortcuts . . . . They can easily take you off track and can lead to failure.  Maintain your success habits and focus them on creating your future success.

Don’t have a sense of entitlement; you earn your results from your efforts. Do your best and the best will come back to you with increased dividend.

Your next success is an effort away.

Complacency is career killer. Don’t allow complacency to kill your career or to block your success.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

 

 

 

Who Will You Become?

“Goals determine what you’re going to be.”

Julius Erving, Professional Basketball Player        

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

Who will you become?

The size of your goals and your willingness to work hard to achieve them . . . . determines - who you become.

The person that sets high lofty goals are bold in their vision and are willing to extent themselves in order to achieve their  desired results. You will find that they are willing to take calculated risks and push themselves forward to succeed.

They are willing to reach higher and stretch them self more to achieve their goals and have the work ethics to keep the on track.

The person that sees themselves as achieving their goals, see themselves as a winner in their life’s journey. They will take that philosophy in to their daily life and move forward with confidence.

They know before they start who they will be and they demonstrate that in their actions everyday.

Who will you become? The answer is yours to make.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

Determination Makes  Everything Possible

“The difference between the impossible

And the possible lies in the person’s determination.”

Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager

As I see it . . . . . . .

Determination makes everything possible

The difference between what becomes possible for one person . . . . and impossible for other is in a person’s determination.

Tommy Lasorda played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 4 years and appeared in just 26 games as a pitcher. In his entire major league baseball career as a player he never won a game and lost 4 games.

Tommy Lasorda used his knowledge of baseball and his determination to propel him to the next level.

He became a hall of fame manager for the Dodgers. Tommy was twice being named manager of the year, winning 1599 games and 2 World Series over a 21 year career as the Dodgers manger.

Lasorda found what was possible in his determination and he pursued his career with passion and enthusiasm.

That determination resides within all of us. You have to reach down into your character to release your determination.

Determination makes everything possible your actions makes it a reality.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

Put All Your Eggs in One Basket

“The way to become rich is to Put all your eggs in

one basket and watch that basket.”        

Andrew Carnegie 1835 - 1919, Scottish – American

Industrialist

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

Put all your eggs in one basket . . . .

Become a specialist in a market niche . . . . put your energy and efforts into growing that niche into an unstoppable business force. To the point to where you are seen as an expert in your field.

People prefer to work with a specialist someone that they see as being an expert in their profession.

Experts are in demand . . . . and generalist become overlooked.

Customer’s main concerns are their own interests . . . . and want the best person and or company to help them fill full that need. 

The way to become rich successful is to become a specialist filling a market niche.

Put all your eggs in one basket . . . . and your energy and efforts in growing your niche into an unstoppable business force.

©2014 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Decide on Your Goals

Decide on Your Goals

“The most important key to achieving great success

is to decide upon your goal

and launch, get started, take action, move.”

John Wooden 1910 - 2010, Basketball Coach     

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

Decide on your goals

Decide on your goals . . . . and get out of the starting block . . . . to successful achieve them.

A goal not acted on has very little value . . . . or no value to the person with the goals.

Having a goal that’s not acted on is a lot like watching the race of your life passing you by, while you’re standing in the starting block. To bring value to your goals you have decide on your goals and get out of the staring block.  And take action on your goals to move you in the direction to achieve them.

In the simple act of acting on your goals will create enormous forward momentum to change the course of your life . . . . and achieve your goals.

There is an old saying that nothing happen until you make it happen. Your goals will only remain a hope in your heart until you act on them and push forward to make them become a reality.

Take control of your life . . . . your goals . . . . and act on them. Take control of your future . . . . and your destiny.

Decide on your goals . . . . and get out of the starting block to create the forward momentum in the direction of your goals.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author