The Roots of Achievement

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The Roots of Achievement

“The roots of true achievement lie in the will

to become the best that you can become.”

Harold Taylor, time management expert  

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

The roots of achievement

Achievers make the personal commitment to become the best that they can be as a person and in your chosen field.

By making the commitment to become the best they can be they expand their base of knowledge and skills. Achievers will make every effort to apply them consistently and effectively.

Achievers understand that by becoming a person in the service of others that their rewards in life are a direct result of their service to others.

Achievers have a purpose in their life and will follow their purpose with passion backed up by massive action to achieve the desired outcome.

The foundation of the achievers success is in their values, and how people see them. Once other people recognize us as a person with high values; people will look at us will confidence and respect.

The root of achievement is making a commitment to be the best that you can be and success and achieving your goals become within your reach.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Habits Create Our Future

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Habits Create Our Future

“If you develop the habits of success,

you will make success a habit.”

Michael E. Angier, Owner Success Network International

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

Habits create our future

The habits we develop form the foundation for our future success.

Habits are those things that we routinely do. They become so ingrained within us that we continue to do them without thinking about what we’re doing.

The habits that we form and repeat will shape our life.

Forming success habits is making a choice to succeed.

A habit may start as patterns of behavior in little things that we repeat do until we turn into a best practice. Success habits become building blocks and as we stack them we create forward momentum.

In time our success habits become ingrained in our thinking, become routinely repeated and become the foundation for our success.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

An Idea Fuels Your Success Journey

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Ideas Fuel Your Success Journey

“Ideas are the beginning point of all fortunes.”

Napoleon Hill 1883 - 1970, author, self-help expert  

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

Ideas fuels your success journey

Success starts with an idea and is achieve through persistent effort.

An idea can open the door to unlimited opportunities.

Moving in the directions of your goals started with an idea.

The idea of achieving prosperity is the first step in achieving prosperity.

Believing that we can succeed started with an idea.

The steps in creating success and great wealth start with an idea. Nothing will be archived until we take the required actions to achieve the desired outcome and it all starts with an idea.

Be receptive to new ideas as they create the vision for your success journey. Nurture your ideas into a plan and take the required actions that will turn your idea into successful results.

Ideas fuels your success journey and will open the doors to future opportunities for those that look at the opportunity with an open mind and an attitude of possibilities.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Preparation Opens The Doors to Success

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Preparation Opens The Doors to Success

“Success depends upon previous preparation

and without such preparation

their is sure to be failure.”

Confucius   

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

Preparation opens the doors to success

Preparation becomes the difference between a person succeeding or failing. The margin of success can be measured in a very thin slice but that thin slice is enough to propel the person into the winners circle.

The difference in a person’s reaching the winner’s circle is their commitment to preparation. That commitment to preparation becomes the difference between one person success and another person failing.

A prepared person has prepared themselves for their success journey and for the contingencies that they encounter on their journey. When a person is prepared they know with certainly what actions they have to take to become successful and they have developed the skills to successful do what has to be done to reach their goals.

Preparation is that thin slice of success that separates the successful person from the person who fails.

Preparation is the edge that winners use create to succeed.

Preparation opens the doors to success and you have the key.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Successful People Make it Look Easy

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Successful People Make it Look Easy

“If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery,

it wouldn’t seem so wonderful.”

Michelangelo, artist   

  

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

Successful people make it look easy

When we watch at successful athlete playing or in their venue they make what they do look easy. No matter what the sport is a successful athlete spends endless hours in preparing themselves to succeed. They may run hundreds of miles to prepare themselves to success run a sprint that takes less then a minute.

A professional golfer hits thousands of golf balls to perfect their skills to become better. People who succeed in their field are committed to become better and elevating their skills to the level of a champion.

Success is hard work that most people will never see what the successful person does to master their profession. What they see is a winner making it look easy.

What looks easy on game day is the result of the commitment to hard work and the dedication to continued improvement them self in practice when no one is there to cheer them on.   

Prepare to succeed, prepare to win but always be prepared to give your best.      

Successful people make it look easy because of their hard work and dedication to be the best.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Take on Bigger Challenges and Grow as a Person

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Take on Bigger Challenges and Grow as a Person

“The more you lose yourself in something

bigger than yourself,

the more energy you will have.”

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author  

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

Take on bigger challenges and grow as a person

Stretch yourself to the next level by taking on bigger challenges.

Taking on bigger challenges stretches you out of our comfort zone into an area of uncertainty, opportunity and greater success. As a result you grow as a person and stretch your capacity in your person life and as a professional.

Move forward with confidence and seek out the opportunities that will stretch you as professional to the next level of success. As you stretch yourselves you will gain momentum and that momentum will create the energy to fuel your enthusiasm to push us forward to bigger and more challenging endeavors.

Taking on bigger challenges not only stretches you but we become a different person. Each of the challenges that you successfully navigate becomes a spring broad to bigger opportunity and increased success and fulfillment.

When you step out of your comfort zone and take on bigger challenges and grow as a person you are on the pathway of reaching your full potential.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Set Bigger and Bolder Goals

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Set Bigger and Bolder Goals

“One way to keep momentum going

is to have constantly greater goals.”

Michael Korda, novelist  

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Set bigger and bolder goals

Use your goals as milestones on your success journey. As you achieve one goal set your sights on the next goal and go after the goal with passion.

Achieving your goals shows progress on your success journey and become the stepping stones that will move in the direction your big picture.

As you reach one goal stretch yourself in the direction to reach your next goal.

Continue to stretch yourself and you will reach new levels of success. By stretching yourself beyond your current reach you are stretching to reach new heights and bigger goals. As you continue to stretch yourself you will stretch yourself into a new person.

Once we stretch yourself you will never return to who we were in the past.

Use your goals as a motivator that keeps your momentum pushing you forward.

Your goals will give you a target to aim for and the momentum will keep you going through the changing conditions on your success journey. Your momentum will increase your reach.

As you achieve your goals set bigger and bolder goals and you will find that those goals become within your reach.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Successful People Focus on Their Goals

Successful People Focus on Their Goals

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

People who are successful remain flexible and are willing to make the 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 and moving in the right direction.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Trainer, Speaker and Author

See it – Believe It – Do It

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See it – Believe It – Do It

“I visualize things in my mind

before I have to do them.

It’s like having a mental workshop.”

Jack Youngblood, NFL great  

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

See it – believe it – do it

Before starting a task, take an action or start a job, visualize the outcome as you want it to be. Burn that vision into your mind until you see it and pursue it with passion to a successful outcome.

Believe that you will achieve the desired outcome and take the actions to make your vision come true.

Move forward with confidences and enthusiasm and take the positive actions the will deliver the results of your vision.

See it – believe it – do it . . . .

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Preparation Creates the Pathway to Success

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Preparation Creates the Pathway to Success 

“Success depends upon previous preparation

and without such preparation

their is sure to be failure.”

Confucius   

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

Preparation creates the pathway to success.

Our preparation becomes the difference between entering into the winning circle of life or standing on the sidelines watching other people succeed. Preparation becomes a major ingredient in succeeding in life or falling into the despair of failure.

A person that’s prepared has prepared themselves for their success journey and for the contingencies that they encounter in their journey.

When a person is prepared they know with sense of certainly what actions they have to take to become successful. They have developed and sharpened their skills to successful navigate the challenges they face and to turn their obstacles into opportunities

Preparation is the thin slice that separates the successful person from the person who fails.

Preparation is the winner edge. That edge stretches us confidently to successfully handle the challenges we encounter and stretch our boundary into the success zone.

Put your energy into your preparation and condition yourself for success and you will supercharge your success journey.

When your preparation meets opportunity you have positioned yourself to step into the winner’s circle of life and reap the rewards the success.

Preparation makes the difference on your success journey . . . . and preparation creates the pathway to success.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

When You do Your Best There Are No Regrets

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When You do Your Best There Are No Regrets

“Nobody who ever gave their best regretted it.”

George Halas, professional football coach

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When you do your best there are no regrets  

The person that commits themselves to doing their best takes comfort in the fact that they have done their best and did not hold back on their effort.

The person that continually does their best becomes the achiever and standout in their chosen profession.

Doing your best takes a commitment to succeed and committing to the efforts required to achieve that success.

The commitment that you make to take you to the top of your profession will be well worth your efforts, when you’re standing in the winner’s circle of life.

You’ll find fulfillment in your achievements and will have no regrets that you made the commitment to succeed.

When you do your best there are no regrets.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Work at Making Your Dreams Come True

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Work at Making Your Dreams Come True

“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic;

it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”

Colin Power, former US Secretary of State

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

Work at making your dreams come true . . . .

Dreams coming true won’t just happen. Working to make your dreams come and the choices you make on your success journey will make the difference between your dreams being fulfilled of vanishing in the night.

You have to make the commitment to achieve your dreams and take the necessary actions to obtain the desires results.  It will take a commitment of hard work and having the determination to stay focused on your dreams when you encounter obstacles and experience failure and setbacks.

To achieve the benefits of accomplishing your dreams we have to make the choices to achieve your dreams and believe that they will come true.

Commit yourself to making your dreams come true and be willing to work at making your dreams come true.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

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If We Want to Change Your Life

“If you want things to be different

perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.”

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, author  

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

If we want to change your life

Changing your life is a personal choice reinforced by your actions to make your future difference from what your life is today.

To change our life we will need a crystal clear vision of what we want our life to be in the future.

We first have to make the decision that we want change. Then we take the actions to bring the changes we want to our life.

Things only become difference when we become difference and commit ourselves to change.

To create lasting change we have to change our approach to how we think and how we respond to our daily activities.

Focus on your strengths that will become the foundation for a successful future and support the changes that you seek.

Remove any habits or activities that create a road blocks or will delay you from achieving the changes that your committed to making.

When you know where you want to go you will have a target to aim for. Commit yourself to positive change you change your world.

If you want to change in your life you have to become the change that you want to see.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Grasp the Opportunity

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Grasp the Opportunity

“The World can only be grasped by action,

not by contemplation.

The hand is cutting edge of the mind.”

Diane Arbus, photographer   

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Grasp the opportunity

The world is within our reach if we are willing to stretch your self and grasp the opportunity. Stretch and take the actions to turn the opportunity into a success story.

The world welcomes the person who is willing to stretch and grasp the opportunity.

Opportunity may be initially out of our reach but when we’re willing to stretch our self out of our comfort zone they becomes within our grasp.

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

Stretching is an action that opens up to a new world of possibilities.

Stretch yourself and grasp the opportunity.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Control Your Emotions When You’re Negotiating

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Control Your Emotions When You’re Negotiating

“You cannot always control what goes on outside.

But you can always control what goes on inside.”

Dr. Wayne Dyer, author

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

Control your emotions when you’re negotiating

Staying in control of your emotions when you’re negotiating is critical element of successful negotiations.

If you lose control of your emotions you lose control of the negotiating process.

Experienced negotiators will use the tactic of attempting to have you lose control of your emotions when they’re negotiating with you. If they become successful and you lose control of your emotions they take the power position and have a distinct advantage in the negotiating process.  

They will challenge your personally, your ability and your position in the negotiations to disrupt you. Remain focused on the big picture not the opinion of the other person.

Focus on the issues in the negotiation not the people.

The people that can stay in control of their emotions are in the power position in the negotiations. 

Control your emotions when you’re negotiating and you will increase the potential have having a successful outcome in the negotiations. 

®2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Face Value

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Face Value

“Smile, it increases your face value.”

Dolly Parton, entertainer

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Face value

Let your smile be your calling card

Having sincere smile breaks down the barriers of indifference and is a foundational step in forming strong relationships. A smile relaxes the people we meet and makes people comfortable being with us and helps us to build a relationship.

People like people that smiles and will return the gesture.

A warm smile becomes an attraction magnet. People are naturally attracted to a person with a smile.

Having a smile will be reflected in our attitude and is demonstrated through our actions.

A smile will increase our face value with the people you meet and will become our calling card.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

It’s Possible When We Believe It Is

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It’s Possible When We Believe It Is

“Impossible is a word to be found

only in the dictionary of fools.”

Napoleon Bonaparte 1769 -1821, Emperor of French

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It’s possible when we believe it is

What we believe to be possible becomes a possibility first in our thoughts and then that belief becomes a reality through our actions.

Our personal belief system becomes a powerful tool to turn what we once looked at as being impossible into a mission possible. When we the have faith in our self and believe that what we’re facing is possible we have the capacity to achieve a successful outcome.

At we start of any new endeavor look at the situation through the eyes of a positive prism and look for the possibilities.

Impossible is only a word in the dictionary but it not in our vocabulary. We live in a world of possibilities when we believe it is.

Turn what’s impossible into a possibility in your thoughts and make it into a reality in your actions.

What we believe becomes our reality, it’s possible when we believe it is and make the efforts to may it so.

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

Ideas Work When We Work

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Ideas Work When We Work

“Ideas are funny little things.

They don’t work unless you do.”

Author unknown   

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

Ideas work when we work

An idea requires nurturing until it’s turned into a vision of our future and becomes crystal clear in our thoughts.  Turn your idea into a vision and create an action plan to turn that idea into a reality.

We have to work at making our ideas become a reality, without the hard work our ideas won’t get off the ground and will just slip away.

Turn your ideas into a must have; create the inner passion to achieve them and take massive actions. Turn your idea into your dream and work at it until it comes true.

When you work; things work out.

Ideas work when we work to bring them into the light of day.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Make The Time

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Make The Time 

“It is time to make the time.”

Henry Dumas, American writer and Poet

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Make the time

If you don’t find the time to live and enjoy your life, it will pass you by without you realizing it. The years will slip by and you will find yourself with a lifetime of regrets.

Take the time to enjoy your life.

Life is short find the time to live your life and live it to it fullest.

Do something you enjoy; spend sometime with someone that’s important to you, and share a special moment with that special person. There are so many things that you are letting slip by that you will someday regret. 

Live a life of purpose, find the time to do the things that are important to you, and make the time to do it now.

Not having enough time is an excuse, not a plan, make the time.

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Find The Reason Why You Can

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Find The Reason Why You Can

“Some men have thousands of reasons

why they cannot do what they want to,

when all they need is one reason why they can.”

Willis R. Whitney, American chemist   

                                              

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

Find the reason why you can

It’s easy to say I can’t; so it gives a person a reason not to try.

If we’re looking at a challenging situation we tell ourselves there’s no reason to give it an extra effort and so we can step aside and give up without trying.

We can find many reasons why we can’t do something and in time we convince ourselves that’s the right thing to do.

A person that tells themselves they can’t moves into a negative world. They become a pessimistic about life and fall into negative thinking, negative results, setbacks and failure.  

The person that falls into I can’t, gets trapped into a downward spiral that pulls them away achieving their goals and success.

When you find the reason why you can, you find the way become an achiever and stands out in life and in their profession. That person believes that they can and they do what they believe they can. They will find a ways to successful navigate a challenging situation.

Creating an attitude of I can moves you into a positive environment of creating positive results and a pathway to success.

Find the reason why you can and say to yourself yes I can and yes I will. Put your yes I can into the actions to achieve success.  

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and A

Effective Communications Will . . . .

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Effective Communications Will . . . .

“Effective communication is 20% what your know can

80% how you feel about what you know.”

Jim Rohn, author

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

Effective communications . . . . will carry you over the finish line

What you know only becomes valuable when you effectively communicate that information and you put that knowledge to a good use.

Effective communications is based on your personal believes and your attitude about sharing information. When you can effectively communicate and share your knowledge and information with another person to achieve a specific purpose, you build the momentum to move you forward. Your momentum will continue to build and you are placed into a position to achieve your desired outcome and achieve your goals.

A person that’s willing to engage in open dialog in sharing their knowledge puts themselves in the position to succeed.

Being able to communicate what you know may get you in the game. How you communicate your knowledge makes a difference in the how the game turns out.

A person that can effectively communicate positions themselves to cross the finish line. They will transfer their knowledge to others with a call to action with a sense of passion. They will be able to help the other person to make good decisions and to take action.

An effective communicator will turn what they know into successful actions that will carry them over the finish line.   

©2012 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author