Cast Your Own Shadows

 Cast Your Own Shadows

“Any fool can run towards the light. It takes a master

with courage to turn and face the darkness and

shine his own light there.”

Leslie Fieger, Author

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

Cast Your own shadow

Anyone can run to the light of others . . . . and into there shadows.

It takes courage to step out of the shadows that others cast over us . . . . and to turn on the light of your creativity . . . .  and light the path of your success journey.

Turn on the power of your creativity. Look into yourself and discover your strengths . . . . and you will discover your. Take your strengths and turn them into your personal power that will propel you on your success journey . . . . and into the light of achieving greater success.

Your creativity is the switch to turn on the light of your future and that light will guild you on the path to new and bigger opportunities.

Create your own light . . . . and you will light the darkness . . . . and walk out of the shadows . . . . and into the sunshine of life . . . .and cast your own shadow.

                 

©2015 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Your Actions Will Speak for You

Your Actions Will Speak for You

“A superior man acts before he speaks, and afterward

speaks according to his actions.”

Confucius 551 BC - 479 BC, Chinese Teacher, Editor,

Politician and Philosopher

As I see it . . . . . . .

Your actions will speak for your

For every action that you take, there will be an equal reaction . . . . and an element of risk.

The cost of success comes in your willingness to take action . . . . To invest your time . . . . your resources . . . . your energy . . . . and take a calculated risk in order to succeed.

Have the courage of your convictions . . . . and take the actions that will move you closer to achieving your goals.

Conversely remaining in your comfort zone that result in inaction has greater risks with a higher probability of creating a massive failure then taking a calculated risk through your actions.

The cost of success is in your planning . . . . taking action . . . . and accepting the possibility of a calculated risk.

Your actions will speak for you . . . . let it be one that your customers speak for you.

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

To Ask Why

To Ask Why

“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton

was the one to ask why.”

Bernard M Baruch 1870 - 1965, American Financier,

Statesman and Political Consultant

As I see it . . . . . . .

To ask why

Ask questions . . . . to gather more information.

Ask questions . . . . to understand.

Ask questions . . . .to learn and increase your knowledge.

Ask questions . . . . in order to help other people.

Never fear to ask questions . . . . and never fear the answers.

Asking questions incorporated with active listening skills . . . . leads to understanding . . . .  Understanding leads to knowledge . . . . and knowledge leads to the answers.

The person with the most knowledge used effectively . . . . is in control of the conversation.

Answers are the stepping stones . . . . to your future success. 

To ask why . . . . keeps you on purpose . . . . and it takes courage to ask.

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

Sometimes You Make the Adjustments

Sometimes You Make the Adjustments

“Sometime you make the right decision,

sometimes you make the decision right.”

Dr. Phil, Author, Talk Show Host  

   

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

Sometimes you make the adjustments

You will make many decisions in your lifetime . . . . and when you make them they will seem right at the time. Some of them will be good decisions . . . . and some them you would like to forget about; quickly.

Guess what? It’s physical impossibly to go through life . . . . and never to have made a bad decision. 

Your objective should be to make the best possible decision you can with the information you have . . . . and in the conditions that you find yourselves in.

You have seen the results of bad decisions . . . . and many times they where made by people you know.

The biggest pitfall in making a bad decision is accelerating it through having a case of denial.  Bad decisions have to be recognized for what they are (bad) . . . . and the quicker the issue recognized . . . . and resolved the better it will be for everyone involved.

It takes courage to admit that you made a bad decision . . . . and the self-confidence to correct it.

Bad decisions that are left to fester become worst . . . . and create an infection in your thinking and drain your energy. You have to look for the best possible solution under the conditions that you find yourself in.  Make the adjustments that are required to correct the situation and move pass the bad decision as quickly as possible and move on.

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

The Courage To Live Your Dreams

The Courage To Live Your Dreams

“It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities

to attain new levels of experience. Someone

with the courage to live his dreams.”

Les Brown, Motivational Speaker  

   

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

The courage to live your dreams

In order to live your dreams you have to step outside of your comfort zone . . . . and step into the realm of possibilities. Living your dreams has a certain element of risk that comes along with stepping outside of your comfort zone . . . . but without an element of risk there are no rewards.

Create a clear vision of your dreams in your mind. See the details of living your dreams . . . . as if you where living them today. Turn your dreams into your passion . . . . and peruse them with a sense of purpose.

As you peruse your dreams you will gain forward momentum in your life . . . . and continue to move in the direction of fulfilling your life’s purpose and in living your dreams.

Have the courage to live your dreams . . . . and to step outside of your comfort zone . . . . and to stretch yourself into the possibility zone of your future success.

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

Goals Allow You to Control the Direction of Your Life

Goals Allow You to Control the Direction of Your Life 

“Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor.”

Brian Tracy, Self-Help Author, Motivational Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Goals allow you to control the direction of your life

Efforts along does not create success. If you’re working hard and moving in the wrong direction, you’ll have very limited or no positive gain in your career.

To control the direction of your life and career path you’ll have to know where you’re going . . . . and how you’re going to get there. The road map for a successful career is in having written goals . . . . and using your goals to guild your success journey.

You have to have . . . . the courage to indentify your goals and to create your purpose to determine your direction that you want your life to take. You will have to be willing to step out of your comfort zone and into the future with confidence with direction.

The moment that you make those decisions you have began to start to take control the direction of your life and your success journey.

You have to indentify the direction that you want your lives to take you and create a plan to get you there. Once you establish that direction you have to pursue that course with a purpose . . . . and with massive action. At that moment you will control the direction of your life.

Goals allow you to control the direction of your life.

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

Have Patience’s With All Things

Have Patience’s With All Things

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience

with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your

own imperfections but instantly set about remedying

them everyday begin the task anew.”

Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Bishop of Geneva

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

Have patience’s with all things

Don’t lose faith in yourself . . . . or the courage to try to continue to move forward.

As you move forward on your success journey you will find that your journey will move at various paces. On some days your success journey will seem like you’re on an expressway with no tolls . . . . and the pace will be quick. While on others days it will feel like your in gridlock . . . . and making no forward process.

Continue to push forward in the direction of your goals no matter what conditions that you find yourself in.

You may not be free of imperfections . . . . . however you have unlimited potential within you. You release your potential when you apply your talents in proactive endeavors that move you in the direction of your goals.

Have patience’s in all things . . . . and in yourself to grow to reach your full potential. And that you will move you in the direction of your goals and get closer to them each day.

©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

The Inner Strength of Your Courage

The Inner Strength of Your Courage

“Courage teaches us what should be feared and what

ought not be feared. Only by taking action do we gain

that knowledge. And from that knowledge comes an

inner strength that inspires us preserve in the face of

great adversity – and inspires others to follow.

In the most difficult of times, courage is what makes

someone a leader.”

John C. Maxwell, Minister, Author and Leadership Expert      

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

The inner strength of your courage

It’s your inner strength to do the right thing for the right reasons . . . .  and not to cave in to do what’s popular that creates the foundation for a successful life.

Your inner strength gives you the courage to step out of the safety of your comfort zone. It will guide you to take the steps and actions that will carry you closer to achieving your goals.

You’re not born with courage.

You develop courage over time from overcoming the storms in your life and in facing your adversities. Your courage comes as a result of your life lessons. Your life lessons create the experiences and those experiences create your wisdom. From those lessons and wisdom you developed courage.

A person with courage will stretch their limits in the direction of success using their experiences and knowledge that they have accumulated on their life’s journey.

Your life experiences become an invaluable resource on your success journey and in your decision making.

Your experiences will help you to make better decisions . . . . and will also reduce your fear and increase of confidence in the pursuit of your goals.

The inner strength of your courage  . . . . will help you to live your life with passion and to follow your dreams with persistence’s.

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

 

You Have to Pay Your Dues to Succeed

You Have to Pay Your Dues to Succeed

“Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”

Sophia Loren, Italian actress    

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

You have to pay your dues to succeed

There are no free passes on your success journey. If your goal is to succeed you have to be willing to pay your dues . . . . to achieve the desired outcome.

When you have the expectations and the passion to succeed you will have to backup your expectations. You have to make the commitment to pay your dues as you go to reach your destination and to achieve your goals.

The effective use of your time becomes an essential element on your success journey. You have to be committed to invest the time that’s required to become successful . . . . and to use your time productively on your success journey.

Even with the best of intention your success journey may not always be on a smooth road. You will face obstacles and challenges as you peruse your goals.

There will be times that you will make mistakes . . . . in those times you will be tested. You will have to have the courage not to put your heads in the sand and denial the mistake. But step up and admit your mistakes . . . . and to focus on the best remedy to correct them.

You have to pay your dues to succeed . . . . Have the courage to work through your obstacles and mistakes without taking your eye off your goals.

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

 

Seeking the Solutions

Seeking the Solutions

“Courage means to keep working a relationship,

to continue seeking solutions to difficult

problems, and focus during stressful periods.”

Denis Waitley, inspirational author and speaker

 

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

Seeking the solutions

When you’re facing challenges and difficult problems that seem to be overwhelming . . . . have the courage remain composed.  Focusing on seeking the solutions becomes imperative to overcome the problems.

Difficult problems won’t solve themselves . . . . by themselves.

Don’t allow a problem to become overwhelming. Taking control of the problem is looking pass the problem and seeking out the best possible solution to the problem. Apply the solutions to the problem . . . . until the problem is successfully resolved.

When you stay in control of challenging situations and difficult problems you reduce your stress . . . . and stay in control of your emotions. As a result you will make far better decisions in finding the solutions.

Seeking the solutions . . . . to difficult problem takes a consistent effort . . . . and in seeking out the solutions to difficult problems.

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

Focus on Reaching a Distance Shore

 Focus on Reaching a Distance Shore

“To see far is one thing; going there is another.”

Constantin Brancusi, Romanian-Born Sculptor    

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

Focus on reaching a distance shore

Many have dreamed of a great adventure . . . . and traveling to a distance shore. But very few have the courage take the steps to get them there.

A dream is a great ambition and a vision to be achieved. For many people their dream burns in their heart but they allow the flame to flicker and burn out not realizing that their dream is within their reach. 

To fulfill your dreams you have to set your course and remain focused on the distance shore. On your journey there will be obstacles to overcome and setbacks to where you may have to reset your course.  In challenging time always be focused on the distance shore as the destination.

You have to have the fortitude to pick yourself up after you’re knocked down and to get back on course when the winds of life blow you off course.

The distance shore is there for you to reach when you remain committed to your success journey . . . . and are willing to be persistent in your efforts.

You are the captain of your life . . . . and we set the course that your life will take. Set the heading for a distance shore . . . . Commit yourself to keep your success journey on course and you will find that as a result of your commitment and actions the distance shore becomes with in your reach.  

Focus on the distance shore . . . . and commit yourself to a successful journey.` 

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

 

Have the Vision to Live Your Dreams

Motivational Power Quote

Have the Vision to Live Your Dreams

“It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new

levels of experience, someone with the courage to live

his dreams.”

Les Brown, Motivational Speaker

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

Have the vision to live your dreams

Believe in yourself . . . . and in your dreams . . . . and believe that it’s possible for you to make your dreams come true.

Dream your dreams with the vision that you have achieved your dreams. Create the picture in your mind of what your life will be when you’re living your dreams . . . . and let that vision burn brightly in your thoughts.

Live the vision of your dreams with passion . . . . and your passion will open the doors. Your actions will create a future for unlimited possibilities to come into your life.

When you live your life with the courage to dream . . . . and act on the vision of your dreams, your dreams will become within your reach.

Have the vision to live your dreams . . . . Start with the vision of your dreams and your future in your thoughts. You achieve your dreams when you have the passion to make them come true . . . . through our actions. 

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

Adapt to Meet The Market Demands

Motivational Power Quote

Adapt to Meet The Market Demands 

“The most common cause of executive failure is inability or

unwillingness to change with the demands of a new position.

The executive who keeps on doing what he has done before

is almost bound to fail.”

Peter Drucker, Author, Management Expert  

 

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

Adapt to meet the market demands  

The only constant thing in life . . . . is change.

Successful people adjust to . . . . the shifting market demands. They will move away from the things that are no longer effective . . . . and will adapt to meet the market demands with new and innovated tools. Using the new tools . . . . will create a strategic business advantage for them. 

A key in meeting the demands in a shifting market is the courage to change . . . . adjust . . . . and adapt. With that change you move away from outdated methods and strategies in move . . . . into a new and cutting edge methods and strategies.

Adapt and meet the market demands and you will find that . . . . the change will move you closer to success. Be an early adapter and a leader in your field, not a follower.  

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

 

 

Risk Takers Go After Success With a Purpose

Motivational Power Quote

Risk Takers Go After Success With a Purpose

“The future belongs to the risk takers, not the security

seekers. The more you seek security, the less of it you

will have and the more your pursue opportunity,

the more security you will achieve.”

Brian Tracy, Self-Help Author and Motivational Speaker

 

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

Risk takers go after success with a purpose

Success is not found in the safety of your comfort zone. Success is achieved by those who have the courage to leave the safety of their comfort zone . . . . and to step into the uncertainty of the future to pursue their goals and dreams with passion.

The future belongs to the risk takers. Those who are willing . . . . to push the envelope and can imagine the unlimited potential their future holds for them.  The risk takers will go after success with a purpose and with passion.

A risk taker pushes their limits beyond what they have been is the past   . . . . and as they stretch their limits they will find themselves stepping into the opportunity zone.

It takes courage to step outside of your comfort zone . . . . and to take the risks required to succeed.

Have the courage to take that step into your future and you will step in the opportunity zone . . . . and the success that you desire will within your reach.

The future belongs to the risk takers . . . . and success will be found they those who are willing to take the risks.

Risk takers go after success with a purpose . . . .

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

 

Spread Your Wings and Leave Your Comfort Zone

Motivational Power Quote

Spread Your Wings and Leave Your Comfort Zone

“If you’re growing we’re always going to be out

of our comfort zone.”

John C. Maxwell, Leadership Expert and Author  

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

Spread your wings and leave your comfort zone

Spreading your wings takes an act of courage . . . . and a leap of faith on your part . . . . to leave the safety of your comfort zone behind you. Take that leap of faith and be lifted into . . . . a new world of personal growth and new possibilities.

With faith you will feel the air under your wings . . . . and find yourselves being lifted out of your current world of the status quo into and . . . . a new realm of possibilities.

The moment that you feel the air under your wings you may experience a flash of hesitation about leaving your comfort zone.  At that very instance is where you have the capacity to . . . . change your life forever.

You can close your wings and stay in your comfort zone . . . . and let your tomorrows become the mirror image of your past. Or you can put your faith in yourself to create a brighter future. Let the air lift you . . . .  into the world of new possibilities and personal growth.

Spread your wings and leave your comfort zone . . . . and soar with the eagles.

You where meant to fly and reach great heights. But you and you alone is the only person that . . . . can open your wings and learn to fly.

Spread your wings . . . . out of your comfort zone and you will change the view of your world.

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

Genius is to Believe in Your Ability

Motivational Power Quote

Genius is to Believe in Your Ability

“Genius is the ability to reduce

the complicated to the simple.”

C.W. Ceram, author   

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

Genius is to believe in your ability

Genius is . . . . the thin slice between ordinary and extraordinary.

Genius is . . . . turning the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Genius is . . . . finding a way to do the things that other people are not doing and to do them and to turn them into opportunities and success.

Genius is . . . . focusing on the little details and doing them with excellences and turning them into the big things that make a big difference.

Genius is . . . . when you hit a wall is to have the courage to scale it to a new height.

Genius is . . . . to do your best in any situation that you find yourself in.

Genius is . . . . to look down a dark road and to see the light and to take the step into the light.

Genius is to believe in your ability . . . . and to act on it.

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

 

Fear Become a Life Sentence of Inaction

Motivational Power Quote

Fear Become a Life Sentence of Inaction

“The fear is worse than the pain.”

Shannon Bahr, forward thinker

 

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

Fear becomes a life sentence of inaction. . . .

Fear becomes a life sentence of inaction . . . . and frustration following a winding path with no destination when we allow fear to control our life.

Fear disables the person into inaction.

The person that lives in fear dies a thousand deaths without making any forward progress in their lives.

Living in fear is like many things in our life . . . . what we do about fear is a choice . . . . we can surrender to fear or we can address it and find a to remove it and to get past it.

Fear can be best defined as false evidence appearing real. That allowed to grow will freeze a person and distort their t decision making and consume their life.

It takes courage to acknowledge your fears exist and to take the steps to eliminate them. But once you step out of the shadows of your fear they will begin to melt away.

Fear is a life sentence of inaction. . . . until take the first step to eliminate them. Take that step today and you’re on the pathway of removing them and feeling a weight being lifted from your shoulders.

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

 

Go Into The Fog of the Unknown

Motivational Power Quote

Go Into The Fog of the Unknown 

“A man can learn nothing except

by going from the known to the unknown.”

Claude Bernard 1813 - 1878, French Physiologist   

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

Go into the fog of the unknown . . . .

In the fog of the unknown is where you will find the pathway to unlimited opportunities and success. That pathway may have been obscured to you in the past but it there for you to take the moment that you look for it. In taking that path you will have to step out of your comfort zone and into the unknown.

When you take that step into the unknown you are taking a leap of faith and in taking that path we will discover that the path is the one that you were meant to follow.

Stepping into the unknown can be the first step away from doing something that you always done and trying something new. In doing something new you change the results of what you have been getting in the past.

It becomes very easy to continue the do the some old stuff because you feel comfortable in your routines. It’s not until you change your routines do you find yourselves getting new results and expanding our horizons.

To take the step and to go into the unknown will take courage and having faith in yourself. That faith will be rewarded in new opportunities and a pathway to person growth and expanded success.

Go into the fog of the unknown . . . . and you will find knowledge and opportunity.

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

It Takes Courage to Do What’s Right

Motivational Power Quote

It Courage to Do What’s Right

“Every time I’ve done something that doesn’t feel right,

it’s ended up not being right.”

 Mario Cuomo, former Governor of New York

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

It takes courage to do what’s right

Doing what’s right is more important than doing what’s politically correct. Overtime, people will judge you by your actions and your character.

Your words will have an impact when there spoken and in time fade away, you will be remembered by your actions and doing what’s right.

It takes courage to do what’s right because there will be times that you will feel like we’re standing alone and you’re becoming a target as a result of your actions. But you’ll find that by having the strength to do the right thing you will gain support for your actions of doing what’s right.

Many times it will appear the easy way out of a challenging situation is to what politically correct or what others think you should do. But if in your heart you feel that it’s not the right thing to do; you’re right. Follow your heart and do the right thing.

When you do what’s right you develop your character. People will judge you as a person that can be trusted and you will be recognized as a person of character.

It takes courage to what’s right . . . . When you do what’s right your doing the right thing.

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