When You Have A Curious Mind and Ask Why

When You Have A Curious Mind and Ask Why

 “Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.”

Bernard Baruch 1870 - 1965, American Financier,

Stock Investor, Philanthropist, Statesman,

Political Consultant

As I see it . . . . . . .

When you have a curious mind and ask why

Ask question to gather new information . . . . and you will increase your base of knowledge.

Listen to understand . . . . and you’ll discover far more then you ever will by talking.

Be curious and look all around you . . . . and you’ll see what you’ve missed . . . .  and you will discover a whole new world.

Take a new path of discovery . . . . and you’ll open up a new world of opportunity.

Have an open mind with fresh eyes . . . . and look for ways to make a difference in people lives . . . . And you’ll find that they will make a difference in your life . . . . and they will be there for you.

Look up . . . . look down . . . .  look behind you . . . . look forward and look all around you . . . . and you be amazed that there is a whole new world all around you that you missed in the past.

What you’ll find by having a curious mind will be truly amazing . . . . and enlightening.

When you have a curious mind will . . . . and ask why . . . .  and you will get the answers.

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

Let Your Words be as Soft as Snowflakes

Let Your Words be as Soft as Snowflakes

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak,

but their echoes are truly endless.”

Mother Teresa, humanitarian     

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

Let your words be as soft as snowflakes

Let your words fall on the listener ears as lightly as snow flakes falling in the night . . . . and your words will be absorbed as they were meant to be.

Your words once spoken can never be recalled from the listener’s mind, they will be carried in their thoughts . . . . and may be there forever.

You can have your words can fall softly as snow . . . . or fall like a rock, whatever you do your words will make a lasting impression.

As a professional you are a professional communicator . . . . and it’s important to understand the effects your words will have on people.

You should listen to understand the other person . . . . and speak with a purpose. By listening to the person they are giving you the insight on how you can assist or help them to fill full their needs.

Before you speak pause for a few moments to understand what the person said to you . . . . and to give you a few moments to prepare your response.

As professional communicators choose your words wisely as they will create a lasting impression that may last forever . . . . and you will be judged by your words that you leave behind.

As a business professional and communicator your words will make the difference between creating a successful business relationship generating referrals . . . . or missed business opportunities.

Let your words be as soft as snowflakes . . . . and let them gently fall on the listener ears and the words that you leave behind will leave a positive impression on the listener.

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

 

He Who Listens Reaps the Benefits

He Who Listens Reaps the Benefits

“Who speaks sows; Who listens reaps.”

Argentine Proverb

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

He who listeners reaps the benefits

Active Listening Skills Builds Rapport

Active listening engages the other person in the conversation . . . . and in the communications. As you engage the other person by activity listening to them you create the foundation of building rapport.

An Active Listener Reaps the Benefits of Rapport.

When you are activity listening to a person you are showing them respect by listening to them. As a result you are building a common bond of rapport and trust. 

An Active Listener Reaps the Benefits of Trust.

Strong business relationships are built on the foundation of rapport and trust. In a business relationship that lacks rapport and trust the business relationship comes to a stalemate. In almost all of those relationships they will end with no business being successful being completed between the parties. And the relationship turns into missed opportunities.

An Active Listener Reaps the Harvest of Information.

Build your relationships on a solid foundation of rapport and you will create the bridge of trust and a solid business relationship. In that relationship the information will flow freely.

An Active Listener Reaps the Harvest of Building Bridges to Success.

Active listening skills will build rapport and leads to successful long term relationships. With the strength of your relationship becomes a resource on your success journey leading to opening the doors to new and higher levels of success.

The active listener reaps the benefits of being an effective communicator.       

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

 

Discover the Magical Formula of Business Success

Discover the Magical Formula of Business Success

“The magic formula that successful businesses have

discovered is to treat customers like guests and

employees like people.”

Tom J. Peters, American Author and Management Expert   

   

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

Discover the magical formula of business success

A successful business understands the value of using their resources to create a strategic business advantage . . . . and to achieve greater levels of success.

One of the most valued resources that a business can have is the understanding the magical formula of business success. A successful business recognizes . . . . that their most prized resource in their business is people.

The businesses past and present customers and the people who work within the company’s business are highly prized resources for the business. They are what a successful will build it’s future on. The relationship that a business has with both groups of people will create the thin slice of success for the business or a downward spiral.

Successful businesses create a loyal and happy customer base. They have a comprehensive customer care initiatives to enhance their business and to maintain their customers at a high level. They listen to their customers and handle customer care issues in a timely manner.

In part the magical formula of business success is creating a reason for the customer to return to you business and to continue to use the business products and services. The business makes their customers feel important. They will treat their customers as a guest of the business and apply an exceptional level of customer service.  

A successful business will never take a customer for granted. They recognize that their satisfied customers of the past will return as future customers and freely refer the businesses products and services to other when their experiences have been exceptional.

The people who are affiliated with the business or employees have the capacity to make or break a business relationship with the customers. Every person in the business that has an involvement in customer care process . . . . becomes responsibility for creating satisfied customers.

The business that treats the people in their business as a valuable resource and with respect will build their business from the inside out. 

When you build your business from the inside out you discover the magical formula of business success with the entire company taking the responsibility for the customer service and the company’s success.

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

 

Don’t Lecture or Criticize Let Your Advice Be Soft

Motivational Power Quote

Don’t Lecture or Criticize Let Your Advice Be Soft

“Advice is like the snow; the softer it fall, the longer it dwells upon

and the deeper it sinks into the mind.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 - 1834, English Poet,

Literary Critic and Philosopher   

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

Don’t lecture or criticize your advice be soft

People don’t like to be lectured to or to be criticized. When you’re giving advice keep this in mind and appeal to their softer side . . . . and your advice will have greater impact.  Let your advice be soft.

People will resist hash advice . . . . and very likely tune the person out that offering the advice. If you want your words to have meaning . . . . let your advice be soft.

When you’re giving advice let what your saying  be of importance. Also what becomes critical in giving advice . . . . is how you say it what you have to say.

People will listen to advice when they feel it’s sincere . . . . and they feel that the person offering the advice has their best interest at heart. People will accept being help . . . . but they won’t accept being pushed.

When you’re offering advice know the person that you’re offering the advice to . . . . and the purpose of the advice.

Offer your advice as a way for the person to get to what they’re trying to accomplish not for personal satisfaction.

Don’t lecture or criticize let your advice be soft . . . . and let the other person be comfortable in accepting it.

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

Speak Clearly and Listen

Motivational Power Quote

Speak Clearly and Listen

“Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word

before you let them fall.”

Oliver Wendall Homes 1809 - 1884, America Physician,

Poet, Professor, Lecturer, Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

Speak Cleary and Listen

For those who speak clearly will be understood . . . .

Those that listen will understand . . . .

When you’re listening you are fully engaging the speaker.

A proactive listener will draw the person into the conversation with their listening skills. The more you listen. . . . the more information you will gather and the better you will understand what the speaker is saying.

Information and knowledge does not come from speaking . . . . it comes a result of listening with the goal to hear and fully understand the speaker.

When you speak . . . . speak clearly . . . . and speak with a purpose.

Ask questions to draw a person into the conversation . . . . and listen to their response. In their response is a wealth of information that you will only hear when you’re listening.

The listeners are the most effective negotiators, the most successful sales professionals . . . . and develop the most successful and lasting relationships.

Speak clearly and listen . . . . choose your words carefully and listen with the intention of understanding.

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

 

Listen Your Way to Success

Motivational Power Quote

Listen Your Way to Success

“Most of the successful people I’ve known are the ones who

do more listening than talking.”

Bernard M. Baruch 1870 - 1965, Wall Street Legend

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

Listen your way to success.

Successful people are professional listeners and listen their way to success.

Successful people listen to the person that’s speaking with empathy until they know and understand the person better then the person understands them self.

Through their listening skills the professional knows their customers as a person and discovers their needs, wants and motivations.

Listening opens the doors for a professional to understand their customer’s and puts them into the position to better service the customers’ needs. That understanding creates a strategic business advantage for the professional in assisting the customer.

A professional listener uses their listening skills to understand and they speak to gather information.

The most successful negotiators are the most effective listeners. They listen their way to successful negotiations.

Professional listeners are professional communicators. 

The professional listeners use their listening skills to know their customers’ needs, wants and motivations and listens their way to success.

©2012 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

The Secret of Effective Communications

Motivational Power Quote

The Secret of Effective Communications

“Talk to people about themselves

and they will listen for hours.”

Benjamin Disraeli, British Prime Minister   

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

The secret of effective communications  

The secret of effective communications is actively listening eighty percent of the time and speaking and asking questions with a purpose twenty percent of the time. 

Effective communicators are proactive listener that are able to freely exchange and gather information. They gain rapport with the person they are communicating with as a result of their ability to listen with empathy. As an effective communicator they build rapport with the other person and establish a common bond of trust.

As a proactive listener you engage the person and encourage them to speak by asking question and proactively listening to what they are saying. Asking open ended questions to encourages the person to communicate and to talk about themselves and their interests.

We gain control of the communication not by speaking but through the act of proactive listening.

The secret of effective communication is to listen and to understand the other person, their needs and their motivation.

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

Ask the Question

Motivational Power Quote

Ask the Question

“He who is afraid of asking

is ashamed of learning.”

Danish Proverb

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


Ask the question


Never hesitate to ask questions.


In asking questions you will receive information that you did not have before the question was asked.


In asking for the sale the customer is far more likely to say yes then not asking the question.

Asking questions is the key to learning and knowledge. When we ask questions and listen actively we learn and accumulate information and knowledge.

Asking questions is a key element that leads to success.


Never hesitate to ask questions and always listen with an open mind to learn.


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

The Truth Lies in Your Heart

Motivational Power Quote

The Truth Lies in Your Heart

“Listen to your heart above

all other voices.”

Marta Kagan, marketing consultant

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


The truth lies in your heart,


Listen to what’s in your heart above all else.


Your heart will light your way on the darkest and brightest of days.


Be open minded and be receptive to what’s your heart is saying to you.


Your heart will always tell you the truth, we just have to listen.


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