Make Your Choices Carefully

Make Your Choices Carefully   

“Be careful the environment you choose for it

will shape you; be careful the friends

your choose for you will

 become like them.”

W. Clement Stone 1902 - 2002, Insurance Executive

Philanthropist and Self-Help-Author    

   

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

Make your choices carefully

The choices you make today . . . . will impact you today and in your future; choose to make your choices carefully.

The attitude that you wake up with morning . . . . will influence the type of day that you’re going to have. Your attitude will influence your choices, your decisions and affect your relationship; choose you attitude carefully.

The level of your thinking no matter . . . . if it’s positive or negative is a personal choice; choose carefully to foster positive thinking.

Choose to associate . . . . with people that will encourage you and booster you on your success journey. Select to associate . . . . with the people who lead a life of purpose and have a direction in their life, the ones that you would like to be most like. Over time you will become like the people that you associate with; choose your associations carefully.

Your life is a series of many choices . . . . and in time we will become the person of your choices. Give your life a purpose one that will inspire you to move forward in the direction of your goals and to make the choices to keep you on course.

Make your choices carefully . . . . . . . as your choices make your life.

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

Today Is a Most Unusual Day

Today Is a Most Unusual Day

“Today is a most unusual day, because we have never

lived it before; we will never live it again;

it is the only day we have.”

William Arthur Ward 1921 -1994, Author

   

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

Today is a most unusual day

As you enter the new day it seems most unusual. you’ve had other new days but this one is unusual because its today.

You have never lived in this day before . . . . and the 24 hours belong to you . . . . and you can choose to do with them as you please.

You can build on you day and carry the benefits into the future with you. You can choose to bring sunshine into the lives of the people that you meet today and play the day forward in their lives.

You can plan your day to be productive . . . . and to move you forward and closer to your goals.

This is a great day . . . . today because today is you day to do with it as I please and to use as to choose to.

You have been blessed with a new 24 hour day . . . . and you can look at it as a precious gift  . . . and use it as a bridge to the future. Or you can look at it as just another day in a rut.

How you look at your day will determine what you will see . . . and how you use your day. You can invest your day . . . . and have it pay you dividend in the future. Or you can fritter away your day away without it returning any value to your life.  

Today is a most unusual day; one that you’ve been blessed with. And today it will never come this way again. Make the most of the 24 hours that you have been given . . . . and you make the most of your life today.

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

Take the Personal Responsibility

Take the Personal Responsibility

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change

the circumstances, the seasons, or the wins, but you

can change yourself. That is something you

 can have charge of.”

Jim Rohn 1930 - 2009, American Entrepreneur,

Author and Motivational Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Take the personal responsibility

Taking personal responsibility for your life . . . . your actions . . . . and for your accomplishments is the foundation of success and achievement.

The person that takes personal responsibility for there life is aligning the vision for there future with their actions and takes responsibility for there results. 

You can’t escape the personal responsibility for your life . . . . your success . . . . and your results. You can make the choice to embrace the personal responsibility for your life. Take control of your life and future . . . . or you will allow your future to be controlled by someone else.

Make the commitment to take personal responsibility for your future and your results and for what we achieve. By taking personal responsibility is to take control of our success journey and the path we choose to travel.

The future is yours. You can mold it . . . . and can sharp it anyway that you choose to do.  The future can be anything that you . . . . choose to make it.

Choose to make your future the one that will fulfill your dreams . . . . and one where you achieve your goals. Step into the future and take the personal responsibility for your future and your results.

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

Choose the People You Associate With Carefully

Choose the People You Associate With Carefully  

“Ignore people who tell you can’t

or try to discourage you.”

Jeffrey Gitomer, Self-Help Author, Motivational Speaker     

   

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

Choose the people you associate with carefully

As we travel the path of success journey we will encounter people along the way that will like to see us fail. There the ones that tries to rain on our parade, dampen our spirits . . . . and tell us that we shouldn't try. They are also the people that tell us what we can’t do.

They seem so sincere that they don’t want to see us hurt or disappointed that they want to protect us from failure.

Those people are neither there to help you . . . . or protect you they are there to create a mental roadblock for you . . . .  They’re the people who will hinder you on your success journey.

They are the people stuck in the status quo of their life . . . . and can’t stand to see anyone succeed. They try to create a mental road block in your thinking . . . . and to keep you locked in place.

One of their greatest fears is to see people succeed . . . . and they will do everything within their power to attempt to hold a person back . . . . and keep them from succeeding.

You have to recognize those people for who they are . . . . and what they are trying to accomplish . . . . and disassociate from them.

Choose the people you associate wisely . . . .  choose the people to associate with that will mentor you . . . .  Encourage you . . . . and be there to offer you a helping hand when it’s needed.

You will be judged by the people that you associate with. Those associations will have a major impact on the direction that your life and career takes and the level of the success that you achieve.

Choose the people you associate carefully . . . . for you will become a reflection of the people that you associate with.

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

You Choose Who You Are and You Become

You Choose Who You Are and You Become

“You are the way you are because that’s, the way you want

to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you

would be in the process of changing right now.”

Fred Smith, Founder of Federal Express

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

You choose who you are and you become

You are the way you are because you choose to be that way.

If you want to be difference then who you are today; you have to choose to change yourself to be that person. It’s your choice on who you are today and who you become in the future.

You can change yourself when you have a crystal clear vision for your future . . . . and for who you want to become. Make the commitment to follow your vision until you affect the desired change you want in your life.

Start today . . . . to shape your future and become the person that you want to be.

You choose who you are and you become . . . . first in your thinking, then in your actions . . . .  and in your choices. When you do you open up a whole new world to become the person that you where destined to be.

            

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

 

 

Your Words Will Withstand the Test of time

Your Words Will Withstand the Test of time

“Color fade, temples crumble, empires fall,

but wise words endure”

Edward Thorndike, American psychologist    

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

Your words will withstand the test of time

Choose your words wisely for they will withstand the test of time.

Your words will build bridges that will bring people together . . . . or they can create chasm of indifference.

Choose your words to make friend . . . . and to foster lasting relationships for your words will come back to you with interest.

Let your words speak for you when you’re not present . . . . and they will speak volumes for who you are as a person.

The words you speak will withstand the test of time in the mind of the people that you have relationship with. Those words will become the words that will generate a lasting business relationships . . . . and will influence future referrals.

Your words will become the foundation for people to see you as a person with integrity and values. Those words create the raving fans in your life.

The words may be short and spoken in quick context, but they will endure so choose your words wisely.

Your words will withstand the test of time . . . . and will become your calling card for future business and referrals. Choose your words with care and your words will speak kindly of you.

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

 

Your Self - Worth

Your Self - Worth

“Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.”

Nathaniel Branden, Psychotherapist   

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

Your self – Worth

The image that we have of yourself will make all the difference in the way you life your life . . . . and in what you accomplish

The foundation of your self – worth is reflected back to you everyday of your life in how you see yourself. Your self – worth tells you who you are. It will tell you that you are a valuable person with the talent that has an unlimited potential. Or it will tell you you’re entrapped in a life that you don’t want to be in.

How you see yourself is in your thinking. you either believe in your self –worth or you don’t. If you don’t like how you see yourself you have to change your thinking. In changing your thinking you change the way you see yourself . . . . and in turn you change your life.

Having a strong sense of self – worth is not in being rich . . . . having the right job . . . . driving the right car . . . . or living in the right house.

Self – worth is the belief in yourself and in your ability. It’s in trying to do the right thing for the right reason. It making the most of what you have . . . . and having written goals for your future to achieve more.

Be careful of those people in your life they will either be there to booster the self – worth. Or there will be those who would take comfort in belittling you . . . . and drain your self – worth. Choose the boosters and remove those who drain your self – worth.

Your self –worth is a precious resource. What you think about yourself is who you become . . . . and will determine the life you lead . . . . and what you achieve. Change your thinking and you elevate your self – worth.

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

 

Push Your Doubts Out of Your Mindset

Push Your Doubts Out of Your Mindset

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow

will be our doubts of today.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32^nd U. S. President

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

Push your doubts out of your mindset

The only time that your doubts will limit your tomorrow is when you give in to the doubts . . . . And allow them to control your thinking . . . . your activities . . . . and your life.

What you decide to do with your doubts becomes a personal choice . . . . on what you choose to do about them.

You can choose to be negative and succumb to your doubts. Or you can choose to acknowledge that you have doubts and the take steps to overcome them. You can choose to face your doubts with a positive attitude. You can decide what you’re able to control . . . . and to set the course to remove the doubts with positive thinking and positive actions.

Your doubts of today become obstacles on your success journey if you allow them too. Your tomorrows will be the result of positive thinking and overcoming your doubts of today.

Stay firm in your beliefs and don’t allow our doubts of today limit our tomorrow. Push your doubts out of your mindset . . . . and allow the possibilities in.

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

 

Success is Not an Easy Journey

Motivational Power Quote

Success is Not an Easy Journey

          “It has never been, and never will be easy work!

But the road that is the in hope is more pleasant

to traveler than the road built in despair, even

though they both lead to the same destination.”

Brooks Atkinson, theatre critic

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

Success is not an easy journey

The success journey can be . . . . a long and winding road. As you travel the path to your destination there will be times that your journey will require heavy lifting and hard work to keep us going in the right direction. 

Your success journey is a journey for a brighter tomorrow . . . . and in stretching yourself to achieve your goals. 

Success takes dedication . . . . and the willingness to work hard to achieve your desired outcome.

You will take the journey of your life. You will choose the path that your lives journey takes . . . . and the efforts that your willing to make to arrive at the destination to achieve our goals.

Success is not an easy journey . . . . but if you enjoy what your doing you will be willing make the extra effort and work hard to ensure your success.

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

Your Happiness Will Come From Within

Motivational Power Quote

Your Happiness Will Come From Within

“Be happy. Talk happiness.

Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others.

There is enough sadness in the world without yours,

never doubt the excellence and permanence

of what is yet to be.

Join the great company of those who make

the barren place of life fruitful with kindness.

Your success and happiness lie in you.

The great enduring realities are love and service.

Resolve to keep happy and your joy and

you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”

Helen Keller 1882 – 1968, American Author,

Political Activist, Humanitarian, Lecturer,

Presidential Medal of Freedom  

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

Your happiness will come from within  

Some people choose to be happy . . . . and look at the things in their life from the prospective of a positive prism. It not that happy people experience less challenges in their lives in reality they don’t. They just choose to make . . . . the most out of their lives and to be happy. You see another person that’s happy and you say to yourself; that the person must be happy because they have less stress in their life and they have not experienced setbacks and failure in their life. Which is also not true, happiness is not the result of the person’s circumstances. Happiness comes within the person not in conditions.

Having money doesn’t bring lasting happiness . . . .  we all know people that are financially well off and are not happy. We also know people who are not wealthy and are very happy.

So what creates happiness?

Happiness COMES FROM WITHIN the person . . . . Not IN material things.  A person has to be first happy with them self before they can be happy with the people in their lives.

Happy people encounter setbacks and failure like everyone else. The big difference with a happy person . . . . is the way they look at things and how they respond to the conditions that come into their lives.

They will look at conditions as temporary.

They will evaluate the conditions that they encounter to determine what’s important. In addition they will evaluate what’s under their control to determine the outcome . . . . and what’s the order of the priorities.  But they will take an addition step . . . .  they will evaluate what can be left undone without negatively affecting the overall outcome.

Happy people don’t buckle under to the conditions that they encounter or to pressures. They are focused on successful results . . . . and they being that philosophy to their life and relationships.

Happy people attract happiness into life through the way they think . . . . and by staying in control of their emotions. You will find that your emotions come from within . . . . and those emotions are then expressed in your relationships and your actions. You will either allow the emotions of happiness to grow within you or to let it shrivel and fade away . . . . and be replaced be the emotion of unhappiness.

Your happiness will come from within . . . . and your positive emotions will bring it to the surface. 

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

 

Today is a Blank Canvas

Motivational Power Quote

Today is a Blank Canvas

“Every new day begins with possibilities. It up to us to fill it

with the things that move us towards progress and peace.”

Ronald Regan, 40th President of the United States

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

Today is a blank canvas

Each new day is a blank canvas . . . . and being the artist of you life you can paint your day with any colors that you choose to paint it.

There is no limitation to what you are capable of painting on your canvas. If you can imagine it . . . . you can paint it on your canvas.

You can paint your canvas with the possibilities of a brighter day. Your day can be one where anything can become possible if you can imagine it . . . . and pursue it with passion.

Today is a blank canvas . . . . and you have it within your power to create a breakout day that will propel you forward moving you closer to achieving your goals.

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

 

An On Purpose Life

Motivational Power Quote

An On-Purpose Life

“Ordinary people think merely of spending time.

Great people think of use it.”

Source unknown     

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

An on purpose-life

The day in your life is yours to do with it . . . . as you please.

You can take your 24 hours . . . . and put it to productive use.  When you do it becomes a day of purpose . . . . creating value in your day and in your time. Or you can choose spend your day as you please . . . . in ways that may or may not return any value to you or your time.

There is always freedom in what you choose . . . . to do with your time. But there is a price that you pay on how you decide to use your time. Time used with a purpose is well used . . . . and is returns to you with interest. Time poorly used is gone forever . . . . and returns no lasting value to you.

When you recognize that your time is a precious resource . . . . and you use it with a purpose. It becomes a vehicle that can be used . . . . to create success and prosperity in your life.

Use your time with a purpose and you will harness the power of your time . . . . and you will take control of your days and your life.   

An on purpose life . . . . is to be on purpose with the use of your time to shape your future . . . . and as you use your time you will live your life.

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

 

When You’re Being Pushed to the Wall

Motivational Power Quote

When You’re Being Pushed to the Wall

“Sometimes being pushed to the wall gives you the

momentum necessary to get you over it!”

Peter de Jeger, consultant and speaker

  

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

When you’re being pushed to the wall  

You’ll have a choice . . . . to make.

You can remain where you’re standing . . . . and hope the wall doesn’t collapse on you. In standing there is no progress . . . . . and in time you find yourself falling into frustration and despair and giving up.

Or you can choose you use the momentum of being pushed up against the wall to your favor . . . . and use it as a spring board to get over the wall.

What you do when you’re being pushed to the wall will . . . . be determined by your attitude.

With a negative attitude a person will look at the situation . . . .  and respond with “why me.”  You’ll see the situation as hopeless . . . . and as result you are very likely to quit.

A person with a positive attitude will look at their situation . . . . and find a way to get over the wall because they know there is an opportunity on the other side.  

When you’re being pushed to the wall . . . . find the best way to get over the wall and look for the opportunity.

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

 

Choose Who You Associate With Carefully

Motivational Power Quote

Choose Who You Associate With Carefully 

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your

ambitions, small people always do that, but the

really great make you feel that you, too

can become great.”

Mark Twain 1835 - 1910, American Writer and Humorist    

 

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

Choose who your associate with carefully

You will meet many people in your lifetime on your success journey . . . . those that will be there to help and mentor you and those that will try to sabotage you and your career.

Choose who you associate with carefully as those associations have the capacity to make the difference between a successful career and one with marginal results.

People will judge you by the company that you keep . . . . therefore you will be judged by who your associate with. Build and maintain your relationships based on your values and with people of similar values.

The most recent studies show that a person . . . . will pick up the character traits of the people that a person most often associates with. Form your associations with the people that you would like to emulate . . . .  and in time you will mirror the person’s characteristics.

Stay away from or disassociate from the people that try to belittle you or your efforts. They are trying their best to see you fail . . . . They will take great joy if they can succeed in helping to take you down the wrong path and see you fail.

You know who they are they’re the negative Nellie’s and everything that they talk about . . . . or in their lives is negative or someone else’s fault. When you see that person entering into your life . . . . run for the hills they are a walking and talking nightmare. 

Choose who you associate carefully. For just one person can make the difference to impact you, your life and your career. That person can put you over the top in achieving success or sink you into the waste land of failure.  

Choose who you associate with carefully . . . . because your success will hinge on the choice you make.      

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

 

Do What’s Right When No One Is Watching

Motivational Power Quote

Do What’s Right When No One Is Watching

“Real Integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that

nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.”

Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

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

Do what’s right when no one is watching

There will be times that you can make a choice to do the right thing or to compromise your position. The decision should always be the same no matter if the world is watching you or you’re in a position where no one will know what you’re done.

What is being tested in that moment in time is your integrity . . . .

You can make the choice to the right thing and maintain your integrity. Or you can choose to compromise and take the course of least resistant’s and think that not one will know what you did.

Someone always knows what you have done and that person is you. When you have compromised your integrity you’re not be honest with yourselves.

It’s important to retain your integrity for the world to see, but it becomes critical to set the standard of personal integrity for you to follow.  

Do what’s right when no one is watching is being honest with yourself, and in the time the people that count most in your life will see you as a person of integrity.  

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

 

A 100% of Your Life is in Front Of You

Motivational Power Quote

A 100% of Your Life is in Front Of You 

“Today you have 100% of your life.”

Tom Landry 1905 - 1982, Football Coach   

 

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

A 100% of your life is in front of you  

The past is written in the history book of your life.

You can refer back to your history . . . . as a reference point.

But you will be living your life in future. You can draw on your memories from the past and enjoy the moments. You can learn from those experiences and use your past and gain insight for your future actions.

When time has passed it’s gone forever and no matter how hard you try . . . . you can’t go back in time. You can’t relive the past or can’t go back in time to change the past. But it’s within your capacity to take control of your future . . . . and change the direction of your future for the better.

Your life is in front of you to live as you choose. What you decide to do with your life is a personal choice.

You can choose the life you want to live and apply the activities that will move in the direction of your goals and take control of your future. Or you can let someone else make those decisions for you . . . . and control your life.

Your life is in front of you, move out of the past and live you life in your moments to build the future you want.

A 100% of your life is in front of you . . . . give it a 100% of your efforts.

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

Wealth is the Product of Your Capacity to Think

Motivational Power Quote

Wealth is the Product of Your Capacity to Think 

“Wealth is the product of a man’s capacity to think.”

Ann Rand 1905 - 1982, Russian – American Novelist,  

Philosopher, Playwright

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

Wealth is the product of your capacity to think

The quality of a person capacity to think determines . . . . the direction of a person’s life. The direction of your life can take you to the heights of success and wealth or down the path of a marginal existence.

Your thinking is an essential resource that fuels your success journey. The direction that your success journey takes is a personal choice.

What you primarily think about you will act on.

What you think about you will act out and what you think about is choice. The actions that you choose to take are your choice as well. Focus you’re thinking on your long term objectives and your daily thinking on achieving the things that will support your long term objectives.

Wealth is achieved as a result of your thinking and then by taking those thoughts and acting on them in a positive manner. 

You first choose wealth in your thoughts. The key that opens the door of wealth is our thinking.

Wealth is the product of your capacity to think . . . . and as you think you will do and achieve.

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

 

You Become the Person in Your Beliefs

Motivational Power Quote

You Become the Person in Your Beliefs

“Men are not persons of fate, but only persons

of their own minds.”

Franklin D Roosevelt 1882 - 1945, 32^nd President of the

United States  

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

You become the person in your beliefs

What you choose to believe about yourself is a choice . . . . Choose to believe in yourself and turn off any negative self talk running in the back ground of your thoughts.

Your beliefs will be found in your attitude . . . .  and your act out your attitude in your words and seeds.

Your attitude will be found in your thinking . . . . and is  reflected in your actions. The way you think about yourself is in direct proportion to your attitude and your action will be based on your attitude either in a positive or negative manner.

If things are not turning out the way you would like them to. Check your attitude it may need a tune up.

No matter what your beliefs are . . . . you will act in a consistent manner with our beliefs.

Don’t waste your time and your life believing in what you can’t do. Focus your time and efforts on building your beliefs on the things that you can and will do.

Put the past behind you and focus on the things that you can do and you increase your self-esteem and your confidence will grow.

You become the person in your beliefs . . . . believe in yourself you ability and you will expand your horizons and your possibilities.

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

 

Manage Your Tasks

Motivational Power Quote

Manage Your Tasks

“You cannot manage people - You can only manage tasks.

People must be led.”

Stephen R. Covey 1932 - 2012, author  

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

Manage your tasks

By managing your tasks you manage your lives and control your time.

When you manage your tasks you choose what road you will travel and the pace of the journey. You will determine what the most important tasks are and when you do them and complete them.

In making that choice you decide how and when you invest your time and energy. You choose the tasks that will have the biggest impact on our career and in achieving your goals.

As you manage your tasks . . . . you are controlling the use of your time and using it with a purpose.

A person who manages their tasks is managing there activity for success.

Manage your tasks . . . . and you control your success journey and your results.

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