The Habit of Personal Excellence

The Habit of Personal Excellence

“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit.

You are what you repeatedly do.”

Shaquille O’Neal, Basketball All Star

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

The habit of personal excellence

Creating personal excellence is a choice . . . . one that only you can make.

Personal excellence takes a commitment, to continually work at become better at what you do . . . . until you turn your efforts into a habit of personal excellence.

Personal excellence doesn't just happen it take laser like focus . . . . and hard work to move in the direction of personal excellence.

Excellence is built in your daily activities . . . . and in your thinking.

What you continually do will become a habit . . . . and those habits become the foundation of your excellence.

Personal excellence is a positive habit. Personal excellence is a habit . . . . a habit of success.

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

Naysayer Say It’s Impossible

Naysayer Say It’s Impossible

“Doing easily what others find difficult is talent;

doing what is impossible with talent is genius.”

Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher and Poet  

As I see it . . . . . . .

Naysayers say it’s impossible

Impossible is a state of mind . . . . and something that only remains impossible until someone breaks through . . . . and does it.

When you look at old thinking you were told that:

The electric light bulb was considered to be impossible. Until through the efforts of Thomas Edison turned the vision of his dream . . . . into the incandesce electric light bulb and lighted the world.

Transferring sound over a wire was considered to be impossible. Until Alexander Graham Bell, found the way to connect the world by a telephone.

It was impossible for man to fly. Until the Wright Brothers proved them wrong . . . . and today we enjoy the benefits of jet travel. 

It was impossible to go into space . . . . Until NASA led the way into space exploration.

Man going to the moon was impossible. The USA and NASA showed the world, what was possible when a nation is committed to a purpose.

In the 21^st century we still have some people living in the cave of old outdated thinking of what’s possible and impossible.

The difference between what’s possible and impossible is in a person’s thinking . . . . and their commitment to achieve a purpose. The person that believes that it’s possible . . . . and makes the commitment to find a way, will find a way.

The person that believes something is impossible takes a negative approach to the situation . . . . and is not committed to finding a way and their thinking creates the outcome.

The biggest breakthroughs through out they years where achieved by ordinary people who believed in themselves . . . . and were committed to follow their vision to a successful conclusion.

Naysayers say it’s impossible until someone proves them wrong . . . . and does it. Don’t allow the naysayers stand in the way of you achieving your goals.

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

When You Believe It’s Possible

When You Believe It’s Possible

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible

is to go beyond them in to the impossible.”

Arthur C. Clark, Author, Futurist  

As I see it . . . . . . .

When you believe it’s possible  

Breakthroughs don’t occur in the status quo. Breakthroughs take place when you stretch yourself beyond what’s possible . . . . and stretch yourself into what others consider as being impossible.

Doing what you do . . . . and doing it in the same way that you have also been doing it, will get you at best no more then what you’re been getting. In many cases what you are doing has reached its limit . . . . and will experience demising returns on your investment of time and efforts.

One of the biggest deterrence to stretching your limits is the fear of moving out of your comfort zone of doing what’s comfortable and familiar.

Doing the impossible is really removing the fear of the uncertainly of doing something new . . . .  and stepping outside of your comfort zone to do it. 

When you look around you there are so many businesses and business models that have failed because they did not step outside of their comfort zone . . . . and stretch the limits to achieve greater success.

A good example of a failing business model is the post office. The business model has been failing for years and losing money. Instead of reinventing themselves they have been putting band aids on their business model.

Look at FedEx a furnishing business model. FedEx has taken the overnight movement of packages worldwide . . . . and made into an art as well as profitable.

The post office continues to operate in their comfort zone of a failing business model. While FedEx when into the impossible stretched the limits . . . . reinvented a business model and operates a successful business and profitable business.

What’s possible and what’s impossible is in the way you think and in your personal beliefs.

When you believe it’s possible . . . . You will be willing step out of your comfort zone to create the results in your beliefs. To go beyond what’s possible you have to stretch your thinking into the possible zone to make it happen.

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

Real Security in Life

Real Security in Life

“The only real security that a man will have in this world

is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.”

Henry Ford 1863 - 1942, American Entrepreneur and

Founder of the Ford Motor Company

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

Real security in life

Real security in life comes from within. The personal choices that you make . . . . and your commitment to you personal development will lay down a solid foundation for your success journey.

You are the only person that can create a pathway to greater security in your life.

You create that security in your life by preparing in advance for your success journey and having the courage to make mid-course adjustments. It’s also in knowing the course that you want to follow on your success journey.

You will also have to develop . . . . and maintain the skills that will put you on the leading edge of your profession . . . . That edge creates a strategic advantage in your efforts to achieve your desired results.

To say on point you have to take the necessary actions to achieve the desired results on your success journey.

You create your security by developing the necessary skills . . . . and taking the actions to become excellent in your chosen field.

You will need to gain the experience to understand your profession . . . . and know what steps are required to succeed. The experience is support your knowledge in your field . . . . and how to use that knowledge effectively.

When you take your experience and combine it with your knowledge and take massive action . . . . you create the formula for creating security in your life. 

Real security in life is not created in vacuum . . . it’s an on purpose activity. When you combine it with your choices you create your security and your future.

You create real security in life . . . . and will reap the benefits of your experiences and your efforts.

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

Get to the Root Of The Problem

Get to the Root Of The Problem  

“When solving a problem dig at the root

instead of just hacking at the leaves.”

Anthony J. D’Angelo, author   

   

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

Get to the root of a problem

Problems come in many shapes and sizes . . . . but there is only one effective way to solve a problem. That is you have to get to the root of the problem and remove it to fix it to resolve the problem. When you don’t remove the roots of the problem  . . . .  they become far more likely to grow back.

Some people will dance around a problem allowing the problem to continue to grow. The problem will become worst with time.  It becomes far more exhausting from dancing with the problem . . . . then the efforts it takes to resolve it.

Sitting on a problem is a false sense of security.  It’s like sitting on dynamite it not matter that it’s going to explode . . . .  it only a question of where we’re sitting when it does.

Carrying an unresolved problem with us is physically exhausting, zaps our strength and becomes a massive waste of your time . . . . and increases the level of your stress.

When faced with a problem the fastest and most effective way to solve it is to look for the root cause of the problem and remove it.

Get to the root of the problem concentrates your efforts in looking for the solutions. As you do you will make the best use of your time in managing the problem. 

Get to the root of a problem . . . . increases our productively.

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

Love What You Do and Do It With Excellence

 Love What You Do and Do It With Excellence

“The fruits of a fulfilling life – happiness, confidence, enthusiasm,

purpose, and money-are mainly by-products of doing

something we enjoy, with excellence, rather than

things we can seek directly.”

Dan Miller, Speaker and Author

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

Love what you do . . . . and do it with excellence

Love what you do . . . . and do it with excellence . . . .and success will follow.

The by-product of doing what you love to do . . . . is the attraction of success . . . . and the benefits of what success beings to you.

The person that does what they love to do will start their day with a purpose. They will find their days . . . . and their days will fly by. They will find that they can’t wait for the next day to begin to continue their quest. What they do doesn't feel like a job to them it’s their vocation . . . . and they freely put their passion into their efforts.

When you love what your doing it’s done with your personal hand stamp on it . . . . and it’s done with excellence.

As you push forward . . . .and succeed you gain new confidence in your abilities . . . . and take your life and career to the next level of success.

Love what you do . . . . and do it with excellence . . . . And you’ll find that you live in a world of unlimited possibilities with endless opportunities.

                 

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

The Faith to Believe That It’s Possible

 The Faith to Believe That It’s Possible

“The only thing that stands between a man and what he

wants from life is often merely the will to try it

and the faith to believe

that it is possible.”

Richard M. DeVos, Co-Founder of Amway

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

The faith to believe that it’s possible

Believe that you can . . . . and you will.

Try . . . . and you can.

Believe in yourself . . . .  believe in the possibilities’ . . . . and they will be there for you see them.

Be willing to step outside your comfort zone . . . . and try. Have the faith in yourself to step into the unknown . . . . Step into the world of possibilities . . . . and make the efforts that will put you over the top.

Don’t let the world pass you by . . . . Have the faith to believe it’s possible . . . . and you will see the possibilities.  Take the massive actions to make it so.

                 

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

Peruse Your Dreams with Confidence

Peruse Your Dreams with Confidence

“I have learned that if one advances confidently in the

direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life

he has imagined he will meet with success unexpected

in common hours.”

Henry David Thoreau 1817 - 1862, American Author and Poet

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

Peruse your dreams with confidence

Select the path that you want your life to take. Step boldly in the direction of your dreams and do it with confidence.

You have to continually and boldly move in the direction of your dreams to achieve them. Believe that you will succeed and you will live the life that you have imagined. Have faith in yourself and your abilities and continue to move forward with confidence.

As a result of your beliefs and efforts you will find that success will come to you from unexpected places.

Advance with confidence and you will move in the direction of living your dreams.

Peruse your dreams with confidence . . . . and you have your dreams within your reach.

                 

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

A New Day Filled with New Opportunities

A New Day Filled with New Opportunities

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what

you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt

crept in; forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well

and serenely and with too a

spirit to becumbered with

your old nonsense.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 - 1882, American Essayist,

Lecture, Poet

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

A new day filled with new opportunities

Make your day productive . . . . . and do your best to make your day all it can be.

Focus your energies and efforts on the tasks that will make your day productive . . . . and do what you have to do with excellences. Overcome the issues that stand in your way . . . . and remain focused on the big picture and your goals.

Complete everything that possible to complete in your day . . . . and start each new day with a clean slate.

Start each new day with optimism and high spirits that the day will be your day . . . . and it will be filled with new and exciting opportunities.

Tomorrow is a new day filled with new opportunities. When you enter your day with positive expectations everything becomes possible. With an attitude of yes I can and a personal belief that your day will be a great day . . . . that you make it so.

              

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

A New Day Filled with New Opportunities

A New Day Filled with New Opportunities

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what

you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt

crept in; forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well

and serenely and with too a

spirit to becumbered with

your old nonsense.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 - 1882, American Essayist,

Lecture, Poet

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

A new day filled with new opportunities

Make your day productive . . . . . and do your best to make your day all it can be.

Focus your energies and efforts on the tasks that will make your day productive . . . . and do what you have to do with excellences. Overcome the issues that stand in your way . . . . and remain focused on the big picture and your goals.

Complete everything that possible to complete in your day . . . . and start each new day with a clean slate.

Start each new day with optimism and high spirits that the day will be your day . . . . and it will be filled with new and exciting opportunities.

Tomorrow is a new day filled with new opportunities. When you enter your day with positive expectations everything becomes possible. With an attitude of yes I can and a personal belief that your day will be a great day . . . . that you make it so.

           

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

A Matter of Preparation

“Luck is what happens when preparation

meets opportunity.”

Seneca, Roman Philosopher 1BC-AD 65  

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

A matter of preparation

There is an old saying “that the harder you work . . . . the luckier you get.”

That saying is true to a point. Hard work certainly can open doors and create opportunities . . . . but hard work by itself will not carry us over the finish line.  When we combine hard work with working productively with focused activities the likelihood of successful results is greatly increased.

Before your activities become productive you have to prepare yourself to achieve successful results. Plunging into activities without preparation can become a recipe for disaster of wasting the opportunities . . . . . and becoming a total misplacement of your efforts and a waste of your time.

Successful results are not a matter of luck. Successful results are created in the preparation by those who plan for their success . . . . and then work hard to achieve it. The people who have prepared themselves for success and work at it will seem to find luck on their success journey.

When you take on a task that you have prepared yourself for and apply a health dose of hard work you’ll find yourself becoming lucky.

Success becomes a matter of preparation . . . . when you have prepared yourself to meet your opportunities . . . . your will find them and make the most out of them.

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

Know Your Priorities

“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently

that which should not be done at all .”

Peter F. Drucker 1909 – 2005,   Austrian-Born American

Management Consultant and Author

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

Know your priorities

What are the most important things that you have to do today to enhance your career . . . . and being prosperity into you life?

Are you doing them . . . . or are you thinking about them? Thinking without doing wastes your energy . . . . and time without positive results.

You have to know what your priorities are to being a purpose and direction into your life . . . . and in order to achieve our objectives.

A person with priorities being focus into their life and that gives them a sense of direction. You will be able to utilize you time on high priority activities . . . . and activities that will yield a rate high return for your efforts.

In knowing what’s most important to you becomes the foundation for establishing your priorities. In pursuing your priorities with intense focused activities will product the desired results.

Know your priorities, and focus your energy on the most important things in your life . . . . and you will find that your days become productive. As you become more productive in your days you enhance your career and moving in the direction of prosperity and in achieving your goals.

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

 

Time Is Capital

Motivational Power Quote

Time Is Capital

“Yesterday is a cancelled check. Today is cash on the line.

Tomorrow is a promissory note.”

Hank Stram, American Football Coach

   

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

Time is capital

This minute and today is all you have. How you invest your capital of time each day of your life will determine . . . . the dividend that your capital returns to you in the future.

A day of positive building blocks will accumulate to support the endeavors that you take on in the future . . . . and the weight of your success journey.

Invest the capital of your day in activities that will support your success journey . . . . and moves your closer to achieving your goals  to product a high rate of return on your time and efforts.

Your past is behind you . . . . and your future is a promise of what you make it to be.

Time is capital . . . . and the way you invest your time today will become a reflection of how you will live your future.

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

 

Put Your Passion Into Your Business

Put your passion into your business . . . .

Have a passion for what you do . . . .  and you will become your passion.

Successful people have a consistent attribute . . . . a passion for what they do. That passion will show in your attitude . . . . in your enthusiasm . . . . in your thinking . . . . in your efforts . . . . and in your activities.

Be committed to make the extra effort in the things you do.

Put all of your passion into your business . . . . and focus on your desired outcome and continued success.

Put your passion into your business . . . . . Your passion will grow into a powerful force and become so strong to succeed that you reach a point where your business will be in your heart.

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

 

Work Hard to Turn Your Dreams Into Success

Motivational Power Quote

Work Hard Turns Your Dreams Into Success

“Some people dream of success . . . while others wake up

and work hard at it.”

Author unknown   

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

Work hard turns your dreams into success

Your dreams start your success journey when there firmly implanted in your thoughts . . . . of what’s possible and what can be. But it’s not until you take the steps to live your dreams do your dreams become focused and your goals . . . . With focused goals your success journey begins to achieve them.

Your dreams become your hope for tomorrow . . . . for who you want to become . . . . and for what you want to accomplish. It’s the clarity of your dreams . . . . and the quality of your actions that determines the direction that your success journey takes and what you will eventually achieve.

The efforts that you’re willing to expend on a daily basis determine the pace of your success journey . . . . and the level of success that you achieve. There will be times that you will have to work smarter and other times that we will have to commit to hard work to achieve success.

The key is you have . . . . to work to live your dreams.

Believe that you will turn your dreams into goals . . . . and focus you energy and hard work turns your goals into success.

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

 

Planning Gives Your Life Direction

Motivational Power Quote

Planning Gives Your Life Direction

“I find it fascinating that most people plan their

vacation with better care than they plan their lives.

Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.”

Jim Rohn 1930 - 2009, American Entrepreneur,

Motivational Author and Speak  

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

Planning give your life direction

Your planning will give you a starting point . . . . and a target to aim for  on your success journey.

Without a plan there will be a lack of direction . . . . or target to aim for. Without a direction your life will drift without . . . . a purpose or a destination.

A clear written plan focuses your efforts . . . . . and gives you a defined purpose.

Plan today, focus your energy and pursue your plan with passion.

A planning gives your life direction . . . . and in following your plan you create a life of purpose.

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

 

 

 

 

Find What . . . . You Love To Do

Motivational Power Quote

Find What . . . . You Love To Do

“The essence of life is finding something you really love

and then making the daily experience worthwhile.”

Denis E. Waitley, author and speaker

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

Find what . . . . you love to do

The person who can find what they love to do . . . . and has the opportunity to do it is indeed a blessed person.

Follow your passion and to find what you really love to do. When you find it do everything within your power to make . . . it your life’s endeavor.

When you’re doing what you love to, it doesn’t feel like your job or that you’re working. You’ll find that what your doing will seem effortless . . . . and your will feel a sense of enthusiasm in your efforts and in your day.

What will result is your day will become productive . . . . and you will find yourself having a sense of accomplishments from your efforts.

The person who’s doing what they love to do will a passion in what they’re doin

. . . . and the passion will fuel their success journey to greater heights. 

Find what . . . . you love to do . . . . and make the commitment to yourself to be the best at what you do.

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

 

Begin With the End In Mind

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Begin With the End In Mind

“You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business

the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do

everything you must to reach it.”

Harold Geneen, Former CEO of ITT

 

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

Begin with the end in mind

As with any journey to be successful you have to know you’re destination . . . .  in other words you have to begin your journey with the end in mind.

When you have your destination you have . . . . a clear path to follow to reach your chosen destination.

When you start with the end in mind you can effectively concentrate your energy and efforts to achieve . . . . a specific objection with greater proficiency. As you concentrate your energy you create the power of purpose to stay on the right path to achieve your desired results.

Beginning with end in mind clears the clutter from your thinking to a point where you’re thought are focused on your objectives. When you’re focused on your destination your actions will work in harmony with your thinking to pull you closer to your destination and your goals.

When you begin with the end in mind you are planning in advance to succeed . . . . and you internal GPS is set and your pathway to achieving your objective is there for you to follow.  

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

 

Qualities of Highly Successful People

Motivational Power Quote

Qualities of Highly Successful People

“If I had to select one, quality on personal characteristic,

That I regard as being most highly correlated with success,

whatever the field, I would pick that trait of persistence.”

Richard De Vos, Amway co-founder  

 

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

Qualities of highly successful people   

Highly successful people who stand out in their chosen field and in their life are not an accident . . . . it’s a result conditioned behavior. They are conditioning themselves to succeed.

One of the key characteristic of highly successful people . . . . is their persistence.  They are committed to see their success journey through to a . . . . successful conclusion. Highly successful people have dedicated their energy and efforts to ensure that they . . . . achieve their goals.

A person with persistence is a person with a purpose and that purpose drives them to maintain the focus on the big picture. They will not to become distracted by the obstacles and setbacks they encounter on their success journey.

The qualities of highly successful people . . . . it’s the little differences that makes the big difference on the level of success that they achieve. That difference is in their persistence to remain focused on their goals through thick and thin and not to quit on themselves or to give up on their goals.

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

 

When It’s Worth Doing – Start Doing It

Motivational Power Quote

When It’s Worth Doing – Start Doing It

“Whatever you do, or dream you can begin it.

Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749 - 1832, Artist, Writer

and Politician    

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

When it’s worth doing – start doing it

To achieve your dreams you have to leave the safety of the harbor . . . . and start your success journey.

Nothing will be accomplished by talking about achieving your dreams without . . . . the actions to make your dreams come true. Success doesn’t come to those who wait you have to make . . . . it happen yourself. Success is achieved by those who are willing . . . .  too step outside of their comfort zone and to boldly pursue success.

The power to achieve your dreams is within you. But you have to take the key and turn on the ignition of your success journey to start your success journey.

When you’re committed to your dreams you can make them come true. You have to take . . . . the personal responsibility and actions that will make them come true.

When it’s worth doing – start doing it . . . . when it’s worth starting it worth doing . . . .  make a consistent effort to bring about successful results.  

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