The Price of Experience Can be a Variable Cost

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The Price of Experience Can be a Variable Cost

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”

Oscar Wilde 1854 - 1900, Irish Author, Poet, Playwright  

 

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

The price of experience

There is a price that you pay for your experience. That price is the mistakes that you make along the way to accumulate the know-how . . . . so that you don’t repeat the mistakes in the future.

The most costly price that you pay for your experience . . . . is by not learning the lessons from the past and doubling drown and making the same mistake again.

Use each mistake as a positive building block . . . . for your future success.   Understand what has taken place in the situation. Know what you did right  . . . . and what you would do again.

Isolate what went wrong and why. Determine what you could have done to change the outcome. What you would do in the future to create a successful outcome to the same situation.

Every experience that we have is . . . . a learning experience no matter if it’s a successful experience or an experience where everything has gone wrong.

In both cases learn the lessons and move forward with your newly found knowledge.

The price of experience can be a variable cost. When you learn from your mistakes and make a commitment not to repeat them you lower the price for your experience and accelerate your success journey.

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

Keep Your Focus on the Finish Line

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Keep Your Focus on the Finish Line

“You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.”

Dale Earnhardt 1951 - 2001, Professional Auto Racer   

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

Keep your focus on the finish line

Some people view their success journey . . . . as an auto race.

They will win some of the races that will move them closer to their . . . . goal of crossing the finish line. But they also understand that one race or one win . . . . does not make a career. Each win in the stepping stone to achieving your goal of crossing the finish line and to move into the winner’s circle of life.

You will lose some . . . . and there are the times that you have to keep the faith in yourself . . . . and try again until you succeed. As any professional auto racer will tell you . . . . You can’t win them all. But you have to give a 100% in every race and continue to try.

You’re going wreck some and those wrecks are the failure’s that you encounter in your success journey. After a winner experience a wreck in your life or a failure they get back into the car . . . . and run the next race. Understand that a failure is a temporary condition and . . . . in order to win you have to continue to try.

Keep your focus on the finish line . . . . and not the distraction and you’ll cross the finish line and into the winner’s circle of life.

                                  

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

 

The Result of Your Choices

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The Result of Your Choices

“Everything that is happening at this moment

is a result of choices you’ve made in the past.”

Deepak Chopra, author speaker   

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

The result of your choices

Your choices of yesterday make you who you are today. The choices you make today . . . . will make your tomorrows and who you become.

Everyday becomes a building block for your future. How you assemble those blocks to support the weight of your success journey . . . . will be your choice.

This very moment time is a culmination of your past choices

You can’t go back and change the past nor should you live there. But it’s within your control to change the future through your choices that you have not yet to be made.

The results of your choices . . . . become a powerful force in your life. . . .  and once that force is released it will form your future.

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

 

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Doers Get It Done as the Non-Doer is Watching 

“A non-doer is very often a critic - - that is someone who

sits back and watches doers, and then waxes philosophically

about the doers are doing, it’s easy to be a critic,

but being a doer requires effort, risk and change.”

Dr. Wayne Dyer, Self-Help Author and Speaker

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

Doers get it done as the non-doer is watching

The doers in life . . . . get the job done when it has to be done. They won’t stand around making excuses or . . . . just keep talking about what has to be done. Doers find a way to just get the job done.

The doers get it done by getting started and . . . . follows through until the task is successfully done.

A doer will say to themselves . . . . why not, why not me and why not right now. The doer is a forward thinker that pushes forward . . . . with an air of self-confidence searching out the successful conclusions.   

The critic can find a million reasons . . . . why something can’t be done.  They will try to convince everyone around them that will listen to them

. . . . that the task is impossible to do successfully. The critic motto is it can’t be done so why should I even try.

The critic just makes excuses and complains.

The doer just makes progress and moves forward.

The biggest difference between a doer and critic . . . . is the doer is getting it done successfully. While the critic a bystander and watching the doer successfully completing the task. The critic will still be saying it can’t be done or how they would have done it differently.   

Doers get it done as the non-doer is watching . . . . When you need something done find a doer.

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

 

In The Moment

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In The Moment

“Life is made of millions of moments, but we live only

one of these moments at the time. As we begin to

change this moment, we begin to change our lives.”

D. Trinidad Hunt, author   

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

In the moment

Your life is made up of millions of moments with each one having a varying degree on how. . . . it can impact your life. You can only live your life one moment at a time . . . . That moment has uniqueness in it and will never be repeated. If we fail to embrace your moments you’ll miss the opportunity . . . . to fully embrace your life.

In the moment you can make the decision that will influence you to change the course of your life and impact your future.

Grasp the moment in time . . . . and you will grasp your future.

You can attend an event and in that moment you can meet someone that can turn out to be the love of your life.

In the moment you can decide to go into a book store and find a book and that book will have a profound impact on your life and your success.

The moments will fly by you so fast that many times you fail to recognize the importance of that moment you where in and . . . . what that moment means to you.

There are times that you have to mentally slow down yourself drone to recognize the importance’s of the moment that we’re in. When you change the way you see the moment. You will change the way you response to your moments and in that change you have the capacity to change your life and create new results.

In the moment you hold the key to change . . . . your life to a bigger and brighter future.

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

 

What Did You Accomplish?

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What Did You Accomplish?

“In the end, you’re measured not by how much

you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.”

Donald Trump, American Entrepreneur     

 

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

What did you accomplish?

It’s not the pace of the race that’s most important . . . . it’s who crosses the finish line first.

A person that starts out fast and can’t keep up the pace falls behind . . . . and finishes out of the money has little or no accomplishments.

In business a person that starts many projects . . . . and finishes very little or none loses the race.

The measure of success is what you accomplish and what was the quality of that work?

Success is not always a fast pace . . . . success is accomplished by the person that has a consistent focused effort and stays in the race.

Your success will not be measured by what we start . . . . it will be measured by what we successfully complete.

Create your game plan for your success and determine what the most important elements . . . . are that have to be done to achieve your goals.

Pursue the most important things in the order of their priorities . . . . and bring them to success conclusion.

People will ask you, what did you accomplish . . . . and will judge you by the results.

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

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Plan to Stretch Your Limits

“If you have accomplished all that you have for yourself, you

have not planned enough.”

Edward Everett, Clergyman

As I see it . . . . . . .

Plan to stretch your limits

Your goals are your vision of your future accomplishments . . . .

Goals can be created in the form short term . . . . for days, weeks or months. Your short term goals will get you started and in moving in the right direction. They become the stepping stones into your future by successful achieving your short term goals . . . . 

Successfully achieving your short term goals . . . . creates positive forward momentum and sets the stage for your long term success.

Middle range goals are meant to stretch your thinking and planning out from about 6 months to a year. Your short term goals are the building blocks to successfully achieving your middle range goals.

Your short term and middle range goals are the stepping stones to keep you moving in the right direction to accomplish your long term goals.

Your goals are the objectives . . . . your plan to reach your objectives becomes critical in successfully reaching your long terms.

Here’s the key . . . . goals are not static.

Goals are meant to be reviewed, expanded, and adjusted to reach your objectives.

As you grow as a person your goals and objectives and planning is meant to grow with you.

Plan to stretch your limits . . . . by stretching your goals and planning.

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

Behave . . . . Like a Duck

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Behave . . . . Like a Duck

“Always behave like a duck – keep calm an unruffled

on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.”

Jacob Braude, Circuit Court Judge   

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

Behave . . . . like a duck

When you see a duck on the rainy days you’ll see that the rain . . . . is beading and running off the ducks back. You need to behave like that duck. When you encounter those rainy days in your life . . . . you need to allow the rain to bead and roll off your back . . . . and not become unraveled.

You will also notice that the duck seems to be gliding smoothly through the water . . . . with a sense of ease. What we don’t see is . . . . how hard the duck is paddling under the water surface to go forward.

Some days you are going to have paddle as hard as you can . . . . to make progress and to go forward.

You have to remain calm when you are navigating the turbulence that

. . . . you have encountered. When you lose your composure and become disheveled . . . . you lose focus on the issues. Instead making progress you paddle around in circles without . . . . any real purpose or progress.

Behave . . . . like a duck . . . . and once you set your course paddle as hard as you can to get there.

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

 

Happiness is Found In Your Relationships

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Happiness is Found In Your Relationships

“The foolish person seeks happiness in the distance;

the wise person grows it under his feet.”

James Oppenheim 1882 - 1931, American Poet, Novelist, Editor  

  

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

Happiness is found in Your Relationships

Being thankful for the people who you have in your life . . . . As they become the real source of our happiness and bring joy and meaning into our life. They will impact and make a difference . . . . in your everyday life.

They become our pillars of strength . . . . and they will be there to support us when we need them the most.

Focus on what you have in life that brings your happiness and what you enjoy in your life . . . . and you will create an attitude of gratitude.   If you focus what you don’t have in your life . . . . you will find yourself focusing on the negative and you will create . . . . an attitude of being unhappy.

There will be things that you find important to you . . . . and that you want to obtain or accomplish in your life. Create the goals and plans to achieve them . . . .

You will find happiness in the pursuit and achievement of our goals and dreams.

Find happiness in your days . . . . and you will find happiness in your life.

Show gratitude for the things that you have in your life . . . . and you will find that your gratitude opens the doors to happiness.

Happiness is not something in the distance and it’s not a destination, happiness is found in your mindset . . . . and in your attitude and how you approach your days and life.

Happiness is found in enjoying your life . . . . and bring with the people that your care for and in make those people happy.

When we bring happiness into other peoples lives . . . . they return the favor and they bring happiness into our lives. 

Happiness is found in your relationships . . . . not in things.

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

The Pathway to Hope and Confidence

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The Pathway to Hope and Confidence

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Nothing can be done without

hope and confidence.”

Helen Keller, author and humanitarian

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

The pathway to hope and confidence

An optimist creates a positive mindset that . . . . They will accomplish what they set out to do.

To ensure a successful outcome an optimist will take the steps required

. . . . to achieve a successful outcome. The optimist has self-confidence in their abilities and that they will take the actions to reach their destination.

When something has to be done the optimist will do what has to be done . . . . with persistence’s.
 

An optimist acts with hope and purpose and will do it with confidence.

The optimism has hope for the future and . . . . takes the personal responsibility to insure the future turns as they see it.

Optimism is the pathway to hope and confidence . . . . and for those that follow that path will find themselves moving in the direction of achieving a full and successful life.   

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

 

Your Decisions Form Your Life

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Your Decisions Form Your Life 

“More than anything else, I believe it’s our decisions,

not the conditions of our lives, that determine our destiny”

Anthony Robbins, Peak Performance Expert  

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

Your decisions form your life

The decisions that you make today will impact your lives . . . . and will define your tomorrows and who you become. Some of those decisions that you make will seem incidental at the time but have the ability . . . . to have a substantial impact on your life. 

Your life becomes a series of decisions and as a result of your decisions you create the direction for your life . . . . and what path you will travel.

Every decision that you make creates a cause and reaction effect on our life and those decisions have a way of compounding . . . . and over time to form our life.

There are times that you come to a fork in the road of your life; the decision that you make at that moment forms your life and future.

Your decisions form your life . . . . and you make those decisions and in time the decisions will make you who you are.

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

 

The Art of Gentle Persuasion

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The Art of Gentle Persuasion

“One of the best ways to persuade others

is with your ears - - - by listening to them.”

Dean Rusk 1909 - 1994, Secretary of State 1961 - 1969

  

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

The art of gentle persuasion 

You use some form of the art of gentle persuasion in every aspect of your life. You use it in your personal relationships, with your children and in every facet of your business and career.

You go about your daily routines giving very little thought about how the art of persuasion impacts your life and success.

A myth about persuasion is what creates powerful persuasion skills.

Many people feel it’s having a powerful personally, others feel that it’s talking to people until we can “convince them.” While other person feel that’s persuasion is it’s not accepting a no for an answer and pushing the other person hard for a yes.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

The art of persuasion not about having a powerful personally, it’s not about intimidation and has nothing to do with not accepting a no as an answer.

The art of persuasion is about listening skills.

The person who’s gathers the information to know the other person as a person is a professional listener. They will the information and understand the persons needs, motivations, the persons fears and what they are trying to accomplish.

As a professional listener you know the other better then they know themselves. You have the informational resource to help the person in many any areas of their life.

In business the information that the professional listener obtains is an enormous help to the professional in helping a person to make a sound business decision and successfully conclude a sale.

A professional listener gathers the information that when it’s correctly applied creates a strategic business advantage and that advantage is the art of gentle persuasion.

The art of gentle persuasion is listening to obtain information and helping that person to get what they want and at the same time you will get more of what you want. 

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

 

 

Behave Like a Duck

Motivational Power Quote

Behave Like a Duck

“Always behave like a duck – keep calm an unruffled

on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.”

Jacob Braude, Circuit Court Judge

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

Behave like a duck

When you see a duck on the rainy days you will see that the rain . . . . is beading and running off the ducks back. You need to behave like that duck. When you encounter those rainy days in your life . . . . you need to allow the rain to bead and roll off your back . . . . and focus on solutions.

You will also notice that the duck seems to be gliding smoothly through the water with a sense of ease. What we don’t see is . . . . how hard the duck is paddling under the water surface to go forward.

Some days you are going to have paddle as hard as you can . . . . to make progress and to go forward.

You have to remain calm when you are navigating the turbulence that you have encountered. When you lose your composure and become disheveled . . . . you lose focus on the issues. Instead making progress you paddle around in circles without . . . . any real purpose or progress.

Behave like a duck . . . . and once you set your course paddle as hard as you can to get there.

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

 

Be Honest with Yourself and Improve Your life

Your life will improve only when you’re willing to become honest with yourself . . . . and make the decisions to move your life forward.

Once you become honest with yourself  . . . . you have a clearer vision for future. The things that were once out off your reach . . . .  become within your reach.

The difficult things become . . . . a little easier because we our honest with yourself and your have address the conditions  as they are. When you see things as they . . . .  you will adjust your actions to fit the conditions. Your actions will come up with successful solutions  and successful outcome.

Be honest with yourself and improve your life . . . . and your world will change for the better.

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

 

Good Advice is Worth Listening To

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Good Advice is Worth Listening To   

“To accept good advice is but to increase

one’s own ability.”

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749 - 1832, German Writer,

Artist, Politician

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

Good advice is worth listening to

Good advice is worth listening to . . . . and is worth its weight in gold

With a receptive mind you can learn by listening other people’s advice

. . . . and benefit from their advice and wisdom.

That person has learned their lessons in the trenches of life through trial . . . . and error and brings a life time of wisdom to the table.

Their advice can become invaluable advice in not repeating the mistakes . . . . they have made in their past. Also in looking at their success stories we can apply that information to enhance our success journey.

Good advice will help you to learn from both the successes and the failure of others. But it’s our responsibly to sort thought the information . . . . and to put it to good use.  

When you find that special person who’s willing to mentor you and offer you good advice have a receptive mind and be appreciative to have that person in your life.  You will find that their advice becomes invaluable to you in your quest to achieve success.

Good advice is worth listening to . . . . and is worth its weight in gold.

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

 

Negotiations Are About Creating Successful Results

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Negotiations Are About Creating Successful Results 

“If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared

to compromise in anything at anytime and you

would achieve nothing.”

Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister   

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

Negotiations are about creating successful results

We do not negotiate to liked . . . . we negotiate to arrive at the desired outcome.

A successful negotiator is prepared for the negotiations . . . . and can argue both positions in the negotiations  effectively.   They also will be able to separate the issues from the people . . . . and negotiate the issues to a successful conclusion.

Negotiations are not about winning every point in the negotiations it’s about understanding how to successfully compromise . . . . and remain focused the on end results of the negotiations. Professional negotiations also is about letting the other person win  small compromises in order to keep the negotiation on track to create a win-win negotiations and successful negotiating results.

Negotiations are about creating successful results . . . . and the professional negotiator is prepared to negotiate to achieve successful results.

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

 

The Self-Image of a Champion

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The Self-Image of a Champion

“Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to

see anything in us that we don’t see in ourselves.”

Marianne Williamson, Author International Lecturer,

Spiritual Activist

As I see it . . . . . . .

The self-image of a champion

A champion can see themselves standing . . . . in the winner’s circle of life and achieving their goals.

The champion won’t leave things to chance . . . . and prepares themselves both physically and mentally to succeed. They have a deep determination to succeed and they see their preparation as the stepping stones that will take them successful across the finish line.

They won’t become side tracked by their challenges or obstacles . . . . they view them as tolls to be paid to reach their objections.

Champions have a strong self-image of who . . . . they are as a person and in what they accomplish. They will go into their day with a sense of direction and a sense of purpose.

When you speak with a champion they a matter of fact type of person and they speak and act with confidence.

The self-image of a champion . . . . is that they believe in themselves and they demonstrate it through their actions.

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

Be Determined and Stubborn

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Be Determined and Stubborn

“I’m very determined and stubborn. There’s a desire in

me that makes me want to do more and more, and to

do it right. Each one of us has a fire in our heart for

something. It our goal in life to find it

and to keep it lit.”

Mary Lou Retton, Olympic Gold Mentalist    

 

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

Be determined and stubborn

I know what I want to achieve and . . . . I have a blazing fire of passion in my heart to succeed.

The desire to succeed is the fire in your heart. That fire creates the determination and stubbornness that drives you to succeed . . . . and to become the best person that you can be.

Keep the fire in your heart; and keep the fire burning bright. That fire will heat you in the cold days of your life. It gives you the light to get you pass the obstacles you encounter . . . . and the strength to over come your challenges.

A person with that fire in their heart has the desire to succeed . . . . and will make the extra effort and go the extra mile to ensure that they achieve their desired results and success.

A fire in your heart is your enthusiasm, and keep that enthusiasm burning bright and you’ll find yourself doing things that once were only a dream.

Be determined and stubborn . . . . in your pursue of your goals and in succeeding.

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

The Journey of Discovery

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The Journey of Discovery 

“Education is not the filling of the pail,

but, the lighting of the fire.”

William Butler Yeats 1865 – 1939, Irish Poet  

 

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

The journey of discovery

There is a vast new world just over the horizon . . . . and it’s waiting there for us to discover it.

It won’t be handed to you. If you want it you have to open your eyes to see it. You will have to open your minds to find it . . . . and you will have to take the journey to get there.

In that world there is unlimited potential . . . . and it’s fill of new and exciting possibilities.

To get to that new world you have to light the fire of discovery in your heart . . . . and welcome the opportunities that it offers for you.

Your journey may not be an expressway . . . . and you may have to persevere to have a successful journey to reach your destination. You will find that you will have to step outside of your comfort zone in order to start your journey of discovery. You will find that taking that first step . . . . may be the most challenging.

Once you start your journey you will find the journey to be exhilarating . . . . and an experience of a lifetime.

The journey of discovery in your heart . . . . and you will discover that the light from that fire . . . . will light the way for your success journey.

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