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

People Will Try to Rain on Your Parade

 People Will Try to Rain on Your Parade

“Great spirit has always encounter violent opposition

from mediocre minds .”

Albert Einstein 1860 – 1955, German-Born Theoretical

Physicist, Developed the General Theory of Relativity    

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

People will try to rain on your parade

It’s your parade and your dream to live . . . .  Don’t let anyone bring clouds into your life . . . . and rain on your parade.

You’re never too young or to old to live your dream. Your dream is waiting for you to reach out and grasp it.

There no barriers to living your dream . . . . or to succeed except those that are self-imposed.

But I will caution you that people will come into your life that will see your dream differently than you do. They will attempt to break your spirit and shutter your dreams. If you have a bubbling passion to fill full your dream, they are there to bust your bubble and to kill your spirit.

The only way that anyone can bust your bubble is with your permission. Hold firm on the vision of your dream and if they insist on trying to bust your bubble have them take there excellence into someone else’s life.

Build your associations with the people that will mentor you and  bring a positive influence into your life and don’t let people rain on your parade.

People will try to rain on your parade . . . . Keep you dream alive in your spirit . . . . and move away from the naysayers that come into your live.

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

 

Motivational Power Quote

Persuasion the Art of Influence

“I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully

persuade, not to manipulate a person or persons into

a win – win situation.”

Bo Bennett, author  

                                                                                     

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

Persuasion the art of influence

You know that the customers would like to move forward in the sales process . . . . but with their personality type they’ve having a difficult time in making decisions.

What do you do?

Do you help your customer to move forward with gentle persuasion, or do you drop the customer because of their lack of action? Without the customer taking action the sales process come to a dead stop. A customer that can’t make a decision has made the decision . . . . the decision of inaction. 

The sales professional role is to assist the customer in making good decisions and creating a win – win situations for them. Many customers do need the assistants of the sales professional to help them . . . . with the decision making process.

The customer who can’t make a decision creates . . . . a lose – lose situation for themselves.

The art of gentle persuasion is the ability of the sales professional to guild the customer through the sales process and . . . . in many cases guiding the customer through the decision making process.

A sales professional has to have the courage to step up to help their customer.

Gentle persuasion is a soft approach in assisting customers to make decisions and is not pushy or manipulative activity. It’s an act to help the customer to arrive at a win –win conclusion with your help.

When the customer needs your assistants in making a decision . . . .  be there for them and help them. As sales professional guild your customer through the decision making and sales process successfully.

Persuasion is an art of influence . . . . and the art of helping you to help your customer to make a good decision.

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

 

Listen to Good Advice and Use it

   

Motivational Power Quote

Listen to Good Advice and Use it

“Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.”

Publilius Syrus 100 BC, Latin writer  

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

Listen to good advice and use it

Good advice is hard to come by when you receive it we should listen to the advice with an open mind. Consider all the facts and take the advice that applies and use it.

When you find a person that can offer you good advice your have found a mentor, treat the person like gold. Their advice is worth it weight in gold and has the potential to have major influence on your success.

A successful person knows who to listen to for advice and when to listen.

Listen to good advice and use it to expand your possibilities.

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

Think Twice Before You Speak

Motivational Power Quote

Think Twice Before You Speak

“Think twice before you speak,

because your words and influence

will plant the seeds of either success or failure

in the mind of another.”

Napoleon Hill 1908 - 1970, author

                                            

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

Think before you speak

The words you speak will be a direct refection of who you are as a person and creates your personal power to influence others. Your words will have the capacity to influence the people that you come in contact with.

Your words can be the stimulus for a person to take action or give them direction on a path the follow.

Words of encouragement can make a difference in a person’s life. We can influence the person to believe in themselves and help to propel them to greater heights. Or we can have a negative influence on another person that offers no help or hope.

Your words affect and influence your success or failure.

You continually engage is self-talk and your words have a major impact on your thinking and your actions.

Keep your thoughts positive and your thoughts will have a positive influence on the direction you take on your success journey. One that will lead to success or one that will move us into the direction of failure. 

Think twice before you speak to yourself or others.

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

Motivational Power Quote

Plant the Seeds of Your Goals

“All you have to do is plant that seed in your mind,

care for it, work steadily towards your goals,

and it will become a reality.”

Earl Nightingale 1921 -1989, author, Speaker  

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

Plant the seeds of your goals . . . . in your mind

Plant your goals in the garden of your thoughts. Nurture your thoughts with positive thinking and with positive reinforcement on a daily basis. You will see the vision of your goals becoming brighter thoughts and you will move closer to achieving them.

Clean out the weeds of negative thinking and influences from your life. Get them out off your life before they get a chance to take over your thoughts and squeezes out the positive influences in your life and moves you away from your goals.

The thoughts that you plant in your mind will grow and mature and those thoughts will be harvested in your actions and in achieving your goals.

Plant positive thoughts and those thoughts will be your stepping stones to your goals and success.

Plant the seeds of your goals . . . . in your mind and they will grow and into your successes.

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

Motivational Power Quote

Change Will Happens

“Some people change their ways

when they see the light,

others when they feel the heat.”

Caroline Scholder

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


Change will happens


One of the constants in our life is change, how we respond to that change will make all the differences.


Some people see change as an opportunity and will welcome change with open arms. Other people resist change and only act when they are backed into a corner and forced to change.


In either case change will happen.


Taking charge of change puts you in control on how you will response to change and will influence the outcome.


Change will happen and our choice will we be an active participant or stand on the side lines of life.


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

Take Decisive Action

Motivational Power Quote

Take Decisive Action

“The difference between whether you say,

I wish I would have, or

I’m glad I did it

at the end of your life is

whether or not you take

decisive actions during your life.”

Chris Widner

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


Take decisive action.


The way we live our life is our choice, we can a life of purpose where we decision to fulfill our dreams or we can wish we did. The choices we make are in our control.


Fulfilling our dreams takes decisive action on our part. We are the only person that can make the choice on the way we live our lives. Other people may try to influence you and your choices, but you choose to accept or reject there influence.


Our dreams will not become a reality without taking decisive action to make them happen. We can dream but without decisive action our dreams slowly fade away and are never realized.


Live a life of “I’m glad I did” and you will live without regret.


Take decisive action to fulfill your dreams.


©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Our Information Will Influence Our Judgment

Motivational Power Quote


Our Information Will Influence Our Judgment


“A business man’s judgment
is no better than
his information.”
Robert P. Lamont


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Our information will influence our judgment.

When we are asked by our customers for assistants the information that we give them is critical in the business process.

The information we offer our customers is based on our skills, and accumulated knowledge. Our depth of our knowledge becomes the resource for the information that we offer.

Our judgment of our customer’s motivations needs and their circumstances will determine the information we offer them.

Our information will influence our judgment on how to best help our customers.

Providing accurate information to someone determines the confidence that person has in us and our level of influence with the person.

®2010, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consulting, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Influence Others by Example

Motivational Power Quote


Influence Others by Example


“Setting an example
is not the main means of influencing others
it’s the only means.”
Albert Einstein, inventor


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Influence others by example.

We have the capacity to influence thousands of people over our lifetime. The question then becomes how will we influence them? Will we be a positive and memorable influence, a negative influence, or no influence at all?

Our influence with others will be judged by the examples we set and the way others see us as a result of those examples.

When we consistently set positive examples for others we will be recognized as a person of influence, and that influence builds positive relationships.

People of influence become leaders in their field. The foundation of their influence becomes their relationships which are built on trust. As a leader people will value your opinion.

Set a positive example and be seen a person of influence.

®2009, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Executive Coach, Trainer, Speaker and Author

Influence Others by Example

Motivational Power Quote


Influence Others by Example


“Setting an example
is not the main means of influencing others
it’s the only means.”
Albert Einstein, inventor


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Influence others by example.

We have the capacity to influence thousands of people over our lifetime. The question then becomes how will we influence them? Will we be a positive and memorable influence, a negative influence, or no influence at all?

Our influence with others will be judged by the examples we set and the way others see us as a result of those examples.

When we consistently set positive examples for others we will be recognized as a person of influence, and that influence builds positive relationships.

People of influence become leaders in their field. The foundation of their influence becomes their relationships which are built on trust. As a leader people will value your opinion.

Set a positive example and be seen a person of influence.

®2009, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Executive Coach, Trainer, Speaker and Author