You’re Doing the Right Thing

You’re Doing the Right Thing

“Next to doing the right thing the most important thing is

to let people know your are doing the right thing.”

John D. Rockefeller 1839 – 1937, American Entrepreneur,

Co-Founder of Standard Oil Company and Philanthropist

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

Your doing the right thing

Doing the right thing is a prerequisite to your continued business success.

People will judge you not on what you say you’re going to do. They will judge you on doing the right thing for the right reasons.

Building and expanding a referral based business is built on a platform of satisfied customers and on lasting business relationships. A successful referral based businesses is build on the psychology creating and nurturing an active sphere of influence. That sphere of influence is built one person at the time.

Every contact you have has the ability to create a raving fan . . . . or a missed opportunity.

Referrals are earned based on your performance. You have to meet and exceed a person’s expectations to be considered for a referral . . . .and by doing the right thing you put yourself into the position to earn the referral. 

It’s important others know that we’re doing the right thing. You can let them know through your actions . . . . your marketing . . . . your personal promotion . . . . And  by consistently  getting you message out to your target market.

In the long run one of best methods to utilize in getting your message out is through the use of testimonials. Third party endorsements for you and your services carry far more weight them saying the same thing yourself.

Telling a person that you’re doing the right thing has value. Having a third party endorsement in the form of a testimonial creates greater value. The statement becomes far more believable and accepted then making the same statement yourself.

To develop your full potential create a sphere of influence of happy and satisfied customers that would be willing to endorse you and freely referral to others.   

Let your actions become your calling card and let people know you’re doing the right thing.

                 

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

Lift Your Thoughts

Lift Your Thoughts

“We lift ourselves by our thoughts. We climb upon our

vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your

life, you must first enlarge your thoughts

of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of

yourself as you long to be,

always everywhere.”

Orison Swett Marden 1850 - 1924, American

Inspirational Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

Lift your thoughts

When you lift your thoughts . . . . you raise the bar of your expectations . . . . and for your life.

Lift your thoughts for the future . . . . and create a vision for your life as you want it to be . . . .  and you’ll raise the bar for your vision.

A person that creates a clear vision for their future . . . . and puts their vision into their thoughts creates a road map for their future . . . .  and their future success.

Went you take your vision for your future . . . . And turn it into a defined written plan you move forward with a tremendous sense of directions . . . . and confidence on your success journey.

Taking massive action on your written plan . . . . and you will create unstoppable forward momentum and ignite your personal power for greater achievement.

Put your vision in it in your thoughts . . . .  see it . . . . plan it . . . . believe it . . . . and take massive action to achieve it . . . . and success will become within your reach.

You lift yourself in your thoughts  . . . . and cross the finish line with your actions.

Lift your thoughts . . . . and you lift your future and your results.

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

Are You Making Your Customers Feel Important?

Are You Making Your Customers Feel Important?

“The customers is a rear-view mirror,

not a guide to the future.”

George Rembach, Consultant

As I see it . . . . . . .

Are You making your customers feel important?

Your customers are the life line for your business . . . . and your future success. Make them feel important.

Your customers have been a critical element in your past successes . . . and they are the foundation for your future success.

In a shifting business environment your existent customer base becomes one of the most cost effective . . . . and productive ways to create our businesses future success.

Each of your customers becomes a valuable business resource . . . . and has the potential to have a positive influence on your business success.

Satisfied customers when nurtured are more likely to do business with you in the future when the need arises. Based on your relationship with the customers they are very likely to refer business to you in the future.

Make your customers feel important . . . . and you will enjoy the benefits of a productive and stronger business relationship.

Set the expectations for that business relationship and then over deliver on those expectations create a wow experience for your customers. The business relationship that you establish with the customers during a transaction is a reflection of what they will expect from you in the future. It will also lay the ground work for future business and referrals.

Your customers will judge you . . . . your service . . . . and your product during the transaction. They will make a determination if they count on you in the future . . . .  and if they will consider doing business with you in the future. They will also make a decision if they would will to refer you to   others.

Are you making your customers feel important? When you do you give your customers a reason to continue to do business with your and to refer others to you.

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

Steadily Raise the Bar For Your Expectations

Steadily Raise the Bar For Your Expectations

"Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising the bar of

one's levels of aspiration and expectation."

 Jack Nicklaus, American Professional Golfer

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

Steadily raise the bar for your expectations

When we establish crystal clear expectations for your future . . . . you create the foundation in your minds on how you’ll achieve your maximum potential.

Steadily raising the bar for your expectations and the aspirations elevates your thinking to reach for and achieve big goals.

Raising the bar of expectations changes your future. You will find yourself reaching a little higher and a little further. You will be stretching yourself out of our comfort zone . . . . and into the possible zone.

As you stretch out of your comfort zone you stretch your potential and soar at greater heights. As a result your potential steadily grows and you will discover your true potential.

In raising the bar of expectations you stretch your potential to new heights . . . . and you will find yourself achieving more and steadily push the envelope to greater success.

Steadily raising the bar for your expectations will maximize your potential.

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

Customers Will Judge You

Customers Will Judge You

“Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life,

not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving

not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness,

not by our securing greatness.”

William Arthur Ward 1921 - 1994, Author

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

Customers will judge you

Customers will judge you . . . . on the quality of your service.

Customers will judge you . . . . on your business standards.

Customers will judge you . . . . on meeting their expectations.

Customers will judge you . . . . on you keeping your word.

Customers will judge you . . . . on your character.

Customers will judge you . . . . on how you impact their lives.

Customers will judge you . . . . on how you impact to the community.

Customers will judge you . . . . on the business relationships.

Customers will judge you . . .  . and if they will do business with you.

Customers will judge you . . . . and if you earned the right for referrals.  

How are you seen by your customers?

How are you seen by others?

How would you like to be judged?

Customers will judge you . . . . on the quality of your actions.

               

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

With Every Decision There Is a Reaction

With Every Decision There Is a Reaction

“Every great decision creates ripples – like a huge boulder

dropped into a lake. The ripples merge, rebound of the

banks in unforeseeable ways. The heavier the

decision, the larger the waves, the more

uncertain the consequences.”

Benjamin Disraeli 1804 -1881, British Prime Minister,

Writer, Aristocrat    

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

With every decision there is a reaction

For every decision that you make in your life there is a reaction.

For example . . . . Making the decision to create a strong business relationship with your customers can lead to future business and a lasting business relationship. That relationship will lead to a positive influence on all of the parties now and in the future.

Your relationships can lead to powerful word of mouth referrals. Those referrals will be based on a positive business experience where you’re exceeding the person’s expectations . . . . and where your customer’s feel comfortable in making referrals to you.

The referrals developed from your business relationships initially.

Also they will come to you as result of the strength of your relationships with the person that’s making the referrals to you. When you’re seen by that person as a trusted friend . . . .  you will expand your of sphere influence.  Your customers will freely refer you to their friends, family and business associates.

You create raving fans by consistently delivering on your promises and exceeding expectations.

The person that has made a referral to you will look good in the eyes of the person that they referred to you as well from the service that we provide. When the person being referred is treated like a VIP and receives exceptional service everyone in the business relationship comes out a winner.

With every decision there is a reaction. The way you interact with the people you meet will create a reaction. In every business relationship you have it within your capacity to create loyal and raving fans. By making the decision to consistently exceed expectations you create raving fans . . . . and those fans will increase of your sphere of influence.

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

 

Quality is Never an Accident

Quality is Never an Accident

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of

high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction

and skillful execution; it represents the wise

choice of many alternatives.”

William A. Foster, Awarded the Medal of Honor in WWII

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

Quality is never an accident

Quality is the result of intent and purpose . . . . it just doesn’t happen by accident.

Quality comes as result of your vision . . . . and effort that continually moves you in the direction of your vision.

Quality is a choice . . . . the choice of being better tomorrow then you were today.

Quality is exceeding expectations . . . . and quality is never an accident.

             

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

 

Differentiate Yourself to Standout

“There are four ways and only four ways, in which we have

contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified

by those four contacts; what we do, how we look,

what we say, and how you say it.”

Dale Carnegie 1888 - 1955, Best Selling Author and

Motivational Speaker 

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

Differentiate yourself to standout

You are evaluated by four methods contacts that you have with people.

The world will look at you and evaluate you by:

What you do . . . .  Are you meeting and exceeding expectations?

How we look . . . . Do you reflect a professional business image?

What we say . . . . Do we have the expertise to speak with authority in your chosen profession?

How we say it . . . . Are you an effective communicator . . . . and sensitive to how you speak with others?

There is a thin slice of difference between how someone evaluating you as the professional and if they would want to business with. Your customers will make the decision that they will either do business with you in fulfilling their real estate needs . . . . or look for an alternative choice.

Set higher a standard and differentiate yourself to standout and your difference will be recognized and you will be in demand. 

©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

How You Use Your Talent

How You Use Your Talent

“If a man has a talent and cannot use it, he has failed.

If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has

partially failed. If he has a talent and learns somehow

to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded,

and won satisfaction and triumph few men ever know.”

 Thomas Wolfe 1900 - 1938, American Novelist

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

How you use your talent

Talent that goes unused becomes wasted . . . . and will perish without returning any value to the holder.

A person that’s committed to succeed will start from where they are and with what they have. They will take the talent they have . . . . and maximize the use of their existing talent,  extracting every ounce of value that they can squeeze from it.  

Talent that’s put to good use becomes a valued resource and will booster your career and success journey.

We all are given the gift of talent some a little more than other . . . . but we all have talent. The key with talent is not in the amount of the talent that you’ve been blessed with . . . . But in how you use your talent that you been blessed with.

By maximizing your talent you stretch yourself to reach your full potential. As you do you will discover the value that your talent being into your life . . . . and what it returns to you.

How you use your talent . . . . will have a massive impact on your life and career. Learn to use all of you talent . . . . and you will find a way to succeed beyond their wildest expectation.

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

Your Choices Makes All the Difference

Your Choices Makes All the Difference

“Each man has a choice in life; He may approach it

as a creator or critic, a lover or hater,

 a giver or a taker.”

 Author unknown

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

Your choices make all the difference.

Making the most of your choices . . . . and how you approach those choices makes all the difference in the outcome.

You’re faced with choices every day . . . . the decisions you make will determine the direction of your life and the level of success that you achieve.

How you see your choices determines the choices that you will make.

The creator sees opportunities . . . .  and creates positive messages and energy to take advantage of their opportunities.

The critic looks at the things around them as a skeptic and sees the negative. As a result, they are burdened with a negative outlook and that outlook leads to negative choices and outcomes.

Make the choice to be the creator . . . .

Lovers see themselves as extroverts they make friends easily and will see the good in people.  The lovers will become a magnet in forming long term relationships. They will also have a great deal of support from the people that they surround themselves with.

The hater lacks self-esteem as a result of their negative attitude. They will push people away from them and will not form positive or lasting relationships. They are challenged to see the good in people or the possibilities. Without adjusting their attitude they will continue to get exactly what they are currently getting.

Make the choice to be a lover . . . .   

A giver will give of themselves freely without the expectation of any personal rewards. A giver becomes a magnet for the law of attraction, in receiving without asking.

The taker relies on taking from others with or without their consent. As they continue to take they lose their self-reliance and they become dependent. 

Make the choice of being a giver . . . .

Each of your choices makes your life . . . . make the most of each of your choices.

Your choices make all the difference . . . . in the direction that your life takes.

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

 

 

 

 

A Person With Hope is an Optimist

A Person With Hope is an Optimist  

“For he who has health has hope,

and he who has hope, has everything.”

 Owen Arthur, Former Prime Minster of Barbados

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

A person with hope is an optimist

Hope is your expectations . . . . for your future as you want it to be. That hope will help you through challenging times in your lives and keep you focused on achieving your goals.

Continually thinking about your hopes . . . . creates a pattern of positive thinking and expectations for your future.

With a mindset of positive thinking related to achieving of your hopes; forms a pattern of dominate thinking. Your thinking will become a vision for your hopes and your future until your hopes becomes a reality.

Hope creates the source of energy . . . . to keep you focused them until your hope is achieved.

Your hope becomes the internal inspiration to keep you motivated . . . .   moving you forward and to continue to work towards achieving your hopes.

A person with hope is optimist . . . . and as result has everything. They are an optimistic about their future and in turn they have everything within their reach.

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

The Cornerstone of Your Success

Motivational Power Quote

The Cornerstone of Your Success

“If you believe in unlimited quality

and act in all your business dealing with that integrity,

the rest takes care of itself.”

Frank Perdue 1920 – 2005,  CEO and Founder of Perdue Farms

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

The cornerstone of your success

The cornerstone of your success is found . . . . in the quality of your product and or services.

The product and or service that consistently exceed the customer’s expectations will become a market leader in its field . . . . and a benchmark that others will try to assimilate. As a leader in your field you will not face the same price pressures . . . . that a product or service with marginal quality will face.

Customers are looking for value in their purchases. When your services provide a high degree of quality at a fair price you are creating a value proposition in the customers mind.  You put yourself into a position to succeed. Your value proposition will separate you from your competitors . . . . and create a strategic business advantage.

In a competitive market place customers consider a lot of things in purchasing a product and or a service. The can look at a low quality, low price provider. In many cases that product falls well short of the customers’ expectations . . . . it may very well have to be replaced prematurely. So the low quality . . . . low cost product actually will cost far more in the long run when you take into consideration the initial cost plus . . . . the replacement cost of the product and or the services.    

The quality of your product and or services becomes your unique selling proposition. Customers are willing pay a fair price for something that exceeds the expectations . . . . and what they see in having value for them. When your product and services standout you become a recognized market leader in your field.

The cornerstone of your success is the quality of your product and services . . . . and in its perceived value to the customer. When the customer places a high value on the quality of your product and or service they become a raving fan and they become a booster for you nad your success journey.

©2011 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

Your Vision of Success

Motivational Power Quote

Your Vision of Success

“There is one practice that many of those who accomplished

things will admit they have indulged in, especially

during leaner years. They were able to picture themselves,

vividly as already attained their goals, and they retained

that image in their minds constantly, assuring themselves

again and again until they knew they would succeed.”

Dr. Marcus Bach, Author 

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

Your vision of success

There is a common trait in successful people they have . . . . a clear vision of success in their mind. They also understand what they will have to do to achieve success . . . . before they start their success journey.

They see themselves achieving their goals . . . . and standing in the winner’s circle of success. Their vision becomes their passion and they move forward with the expectations that they will succeed.

Their vision keeps them focused on their goals . . . . and gives them the strength to overcome the obstacles they encounter along the way of their success journey.

Successful people know with clarity that they will achieve their goals. They also know what they will have to do . . . . before they start to ensure a successful outcome.

Your vision of success . . . .  is in your mind and the passion for success is in your heart. They will become your driving force in your career to take you over the finish line of success.

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

Actions Speak Louder Than Your Words

Motivational Power Quote

Actions Speak Louder Than Your Words

“A thousand words will not leave so deep an

impression as one deed.”

Henrik Ibsen, 19^th century Norwegian Playwright

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

Actions speak louder than your words

You can talk up a storm . . . . but it’s your actions that speak louder than your words.

When you make a commitment to people they will expect you to keep your word . . . . and horror your commitment.  You will be judged by the fact that you either have kept your word . . . . or you did not.

Once we set the expectation for an action by giving your word people will expect you to keep your word . . . . and do what you said you would do. They except action . . . . and will not except excuses as an option.

Once you give your word it becomes a promise.

No matter what station you hold in life you will be held . . . . to the standard of keeping your word.

Over a lifetime people will judge you . . . . by your actions being in harmony with your words.

Actions speak louder than your words. Your life and success will be measured . . . . by what you have done not by what you said.

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

 

Quality is the Result of High Intentions

Motivational Power Quote

Quality is the Result of High Intentions

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high

intentions, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful

exclusion; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.”

Willa A. Foster,  

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

Quality is the result of high intentions

Quality is the result of high intentions . . . . On purpose activities . . . .  and Quality is never an accident . . . .

Quality is a philosophy . . . . and a commitment to excellences backed up with your consistent actions that reinforces that what you deliver to your customers that’s superior in its nature.

People will judge you on the level of the quality that we consistently deliver to them . . . . and if you meet their expectations. When what you deliver exceeds your customers expectations your business furnishes and the rate of referrals increase.

Quality is the result of high intentions . . . . Quality is never an accident it’s an on purpose activity that sets a higher standard of commitment and execution for our customers and yourself.  

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

 

Raising The Bar of Your Aspirations

Motivational Power Quote

Raising The Bar of Your Aspirations

“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising

one levels of aspiration . . . and expectation.”

Jack Nicklaus, Professional Golfer  

   

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

Raising the bar of your aspiration

As you travel the path of your success journey you will arrive at plateaus. With each of the plateaus you reach . . . . you create a comfort zone.

You have worked hard and as a result of your efforts you have arrived at a . . . . new plateau on your success journey.

You can bask in the sunshine of your success and the feeling that you have arrived. Or you can challenge yourself . . . . to raise the bar of your aspirations to a new and higher level.

One on the greatest killers on your success journey is in the plateaus that you reached. They give you the feeling of success any many people will stop their success journey . . . . and settle in on a plateau with the sense that they have arrived.

It’s not until you challenge yourself do you realize that the plateau is a rest stop on your success journey.  When you decide to stop it really becomes . . . . a self imposed ceiling for your potential.

To achieve the next level of success you have to challenge yourself. You also have to adjust and expand your expectations. It’s not until you raise the bar of your aspirations . . . . will you rise your self-expectations to move off the plateau and find greater success and achievement.   

Raising the bar of your aspirations and expectations pushes you to expect more from yourself and to expand your potential and your results. 

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

 

It’s Your Life and Your Dreams

Motivational Power Quote

It’s Your Life and Your Dreams 

“If you don’t design your our life plan, chances are

you’ll fall into someone else’s plan.”

Jim Rohn, Motivational Author and Speaker  

 

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

It’s your life and your dreams

Designing a life plan comes down to two choices. You can design a plan for your life . . . . and take control of the plan and your future. Or you can give that choice away to someone else . . . . and live your life through the plan they have for you.

The choices may sound simple but in far too many cases we allow the people around us to control our lives and our choices. If you allow that to happen you lose not only control on how you live of life but . . . . you lose control of your spirit of who you where meant to be.

You have to decide how you want to live your life and you have to design a plan to meet the expectations and to live that life to its fullest.

This is not . . . . a dress rehearsal this is the real thing.

It’s your life and you have to make the choice on who you want to be and how you will live your life . . . . and then take the actions to achieve that life.

Design a life plan . . . . it’s your life and your dreams. Make it the one you where meant to live and live that life to it’s fullest capacity.

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

 

Don’t Settle for Less Than Doing Your Best

Motivational Power Quote

Don’t Settle for Less Than Doing Your Best

“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best,

you will he amazed at what you can accomplish

in your lives.”

Vince Lombardi 1913 - 1970, football coach  

 

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

Don’t settle for less than doing your best

In the pursuit of excellences in your chosen field . . . . don’t settle for anything less than becoming the best at what you do. If you decide to settle for less than doing your best, you compromise your potential.

Doing less than your best creates a downhill slide and pulls you farther away from achieving your goals and fosters negative self-talk and expectations.

Setting high standards and expectations of doing your best is . . . . setting a goal and a target to aim for in our pursuit of excellences.

Successful people expect the best out of themselves and work very hard to ensure the desired results.

Don’t settle for less than doing your best . . . . is making the commitment to be the best person that you can be and making a continued effort to achieve that goal.

That commitment is actualized with the persistent to stay on course to be the best at what you’re doing and not to become sidetracked into settling anything the being the best.

Pursue being the best with passion and stay the course.  Don’t settle for less than doing your best  . . . . and being the best becomes within your reach.

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