Leaders Are Those Who Empower Others

Leaders Are Those Who Empower Others

“Leaders will be those who empower others. Empowering

leadership means bringing  out the energy and

capabilities people have and getting them

to work together in a way they

wouldn’t do otherwise.”

Bill Gates, Co-Founder of Microsoft

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

Leaders are those who empower others

Empowerment of others creates a sense of ownership in what the person is doing. It will ignite their personal energy . . . . and pride to excel. Empowerment will elevate the level of a person, in their thinking, stretch their capabilities . . . . and will bring out the best in the person.

When you empower another person your showing that we have confidence in them . . . . and in their ability to successfully get the job done. Empowerment is also showing that you trust the person . . . . and their judgment to make the right choices.

People who are empowered will find a way to get the job done . . . . and will work together to accomplish their objectives. They also will experience personal growth . . . . and you will be rewarded with a dedicated and productive person working with you.

An empowered person will work longer . . . . and harder to achieve success through a sense a personal responsibility.

Leaders are those who empower others . . . . You’ll find that the empowered person become more productive . . . . and will accomplish far more as a results of being trusted and empowered.

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

Blame is Not the Answer

 Blame is Not the Answer

“A man may fall many times but be won’t be a failure

until he says someone pushed him.”

Elmer G. Letterman, Author   

   

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

Blame is not the answer

If a person doesn't stumble and fall in life they are not pushing themselves or try hard enough.

At one time or another all trip . . . .  stumble . . . .fall and fail. Each one of them is mile markers along the side of the road . . . .and the tolls you pay on your success journey to get you to your destination.

You would like to think about your success journey as being an expressway with no tolls. In reality your success journey is a toll road. There is a price to be paid to become successful. Each toll that you pay moves you closer to your goals.

Success becomes a result of being resilient . . . . and through your persistence. Not in never having experienced a setback or a failure.

The only real failure in life comes in quitting . . . . and in blaming others for your conditions.

Successful people take the personal responsibility for the conditions that they find themselves in today . . . . and the responsibility to change the conditions to create the desired outcome.

Blaming others for your conditions is a total waste of time and energy. It will not have any positive impact on your success journey and becomes a sentence to average. Taking responsibility is the fuel to change the conditions in your life . . . . and change the results that you have been getting.

The blame game is a losing proposition that no one comes out as a winner. Take control of your life, take responsibility for your future and be willing to pay the tolls to get you the desired outcome.

When you do you will understand the blame is not the answer . . . . blame is the anchor that will sink you and your career.

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

You Control Your Destiny

You Control Your Destiny

“Control your destiny or somebody else will.”

Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric

As I see it . . . . . . .

You control your destiny

Take the responsible for where you are today . . . . and for the direction that you want your life to take you in the future.

When you take control of your life, you take control of your destiny.

Don’t blame other for you circumstances take the actions that will change your circumstances for the better . . . . and in taking action you’re taking control of your destiny.  

Once you take personal responsibility for your life . . . . and your circumstances you take control of your outcome . . . . and your destiny.

The choice is simple you either that control of your destiny . . . . or someone else will control it for you.

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

Take the Personal Responsibility

Take the Personal Responsibility

“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change

the circumstances, the seasons, or the wins, but you

can change yourself. That is something you

 can have charge of.”

Jim Rohn 1930 - 2009, American Entrepreneur,

Author and Motivational Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Take the personal responsibility

Taking personal responsibility for your life . . . . your actions . . . . and for your accomplishments is the foundation of success and achievement.

The person that takes personal responsibility for there life is aligning the vision for there future with their actions and takes responsibility for there results. 

You can’t escape the personal responsibility for your life . . . . your success . . . . and your results. You can make the choice to embrace the personal responsibility for your life. Take control of your life and future . . . . or you will allow your future to be controlled by someone else.

Make the commitment to take personal responsibility for your future and your results and for what we achieve. By taking personal responsibility is to take control of our success journey and the path we choose to travel.

The future is yours. You can mold it . . . . and can sharp it anyway that you choose to do.  The future can be anything that you . . . . choose to make it.

Choose to make your future the one that will fulfill your dreams . . . . and one where you achieve your goals. Step into the future and take the personal responsibility for your future and your results.

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

Your Inner Strength Makes All the Difference

Your Inner Strength Makes All the Difference

“Trials, temptations disappointments - -all those are helps

instead of hindrances, if one uses than rightly. They not

only test the fiber of a character, but strengthen it.

Every conquered temptation represents a new fund of

moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered

in the right spirit makes a soul nobler

and stronger than it was before.”

James Buckham, author

 

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

Your inner strength makes all the difference

You will all face your share of trials and tribulations in your life time some far greater then others.

In the moments of your greatest challenges you will need to call on all of your inner strength to successfully weather the conditions that you find yourself in.

As you take control of the conditions in your life . . . . you take the personal responsibility to successfully resolve the conditions.

Trials and tribulations are part of life, how you handle the conditions is a personal choice . . . . Your inner strength makes all the difference in the outcome and in the way you life your life.

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

 

Training Separates The Great From The Good

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Training Separates The Great From The Good

“There is nothing training cannot do.

Nothing is above its reach.

It can turn bad moral to good:

it can destroy bad principles

and recreate good ones;

it can lift men to angel ship.”

Mark Twin 1835 - 1910, America Writer, Humorist   

   

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

Training separates the great from the good

Great companies and great people had a common trait; they know what to do . . . .  why to do it . . . . how to do it . . . . and when to do.

How they respond to the things that come into their lives and their actions are not random acts. They have prepared themselves . . . . to handle various situations and conditions. They respond to their conditions based on their training and the expertise that has been accumulated through their training and practical application.

Great companies and great people have prepared themselves to be . . . . in control of their destiny and the conditions that they encounter. As a result of their preparation and they are in control how they respond to the conditions. They will find themselves repeatedly responding effectively to their conditions.

Great people have taken on the personal responsibility to control their destiny. They have conditioned their mind to think through various scenarios seeking out the best solutions.

The one common tread in great companies and great people is training. Both have been trained for maximum efficiently and are able to compete at the highest levels successfully.      

They have conditioned themselves to successfully navigate the conditions that they encounter . . . . and they will put themselves into a position to succeed. 

One of the keys elements is training separates the great from the good is the commitment to continuous training and education. That commitment puts a company or a person on the leading edge for achieving their goals and success.  To become great you have to condition your thoughts through training your mind to think in terms of being great.

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

 

The Pathway to Hope and Confidence

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The Pathway to Hope and Confidence

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Nothing can be done without

hope and confidence.”

Helen Keller, author and humanitarian

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

The pathway to hope and confidence

An optimist creates a positive mindset that . . . . They will accomplish what they set out to do.

To ensure a successful outcome an optimist will take the steps required

. . . . to achieve a successful outcome. The optimist has self-confidence in their abilities and that they will take the actions to reach their destination.

When something has to be done the optimist will do what has to be done . . . . with persistence’s.
 

An optimist acts with hope and purpose and will do it with confidence.

The optimism has hope for the future and . . . . takes the personal responsibility to insure the future turns as they see it.

Optimism is the pathway to hope and confidence . . . . and for those that follow that path will find themselves moving in the direction of achieving a full and successful life.   

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

 

The Law of Personal Responsibility

Motivational Power Quote

The Law of Personal Responsibility

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

Winston Churchill 1874 - 1965, British Prime Minister

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

The law of personal responsibility

Take personal responsibility for your career and your success.

No matter what your role is with your business or a company you work with. You are operating a personal service business within that frame work of one and responsible for your results.

The quality of the service you provide is a reflection back to you as person and to what your future customers would expect to receive from you. The quality of your service will also determine if someone will continue to business with you or your company. Or if they’re going to drop us like a piece of hot coal or refer customers to us in the future.

When things go wrong people don’t want excuses; they want action and results plus they expect it quick and done right.

The words “it’s not my job” is not in the vocabulary of a successful person. They will go the extra mile to achieve the desired outcome for their customers, their company and themselves. By taking personal responsibility you will create raving fans and customers for life.

You are personally responsible for the path that you travel, your choices, your decisions, your success, the person you become and your results.

When we take personal responsibility for your life we take a giant step forward in controlling all aspects of your life. 

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

 

Your Decisions Drive Your Success Journey

Motivational Power Quote 

Your Decisions Drive Your Success Journey

“Decision and determination are the engineer and the fireman

of our train to opportunity and success.”

Burt Lawlor, entrepreneur   

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

Your decisions drive your success Journey

Your decisions become the engine that drives your success journey. Those decisions will determine the direction that your success journey takes and the level of success that you achieve.  

Focus on making the decisions that will booster your quest to succeed and keeps you moving in the right direction. If your success journey gets off course make the decision to make adjustments and to get back on the right course.

Your decisions are a matter of personal choices and rooted in your values. Your decisions have the capacity to change your life for the better and to accelerate your success journey.

Determination will give you the strength to stay the course and the willpower to overcome your setbacks and obstacles that we encounter along the way of your success journey.

Take the personal responsibility for your progress and success. Become the engineer of your career, your success journey and your success journey will turn into the success express.

Your decisions drive your success journey . . . . Keep your success journey on track and going in the right direction and you will make steady progress in the direction of your objectives.

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

 

Personal Responsibility is a Choice

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Personal Responsibility is a Choice 

“Personal responsibility begins with ME.

That’s why it is person.”

John Miller, a quote in Guide Post Magazine

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

Personal responsibility is a choice

Where you are today is a result of your personal choices. Your choices have given your life a direction. That direction can be moving you closer to your goals and greater achievement or down a road that’s moving you further away from your goals.

You are personally responsibility for whatever direction your life takes; you have made the choices to get you where you are today.

At any moment in your live you can make the choice to change the direction of your life.

Take the personal responsibility to move your life in the direction of your goals and success and you will have greater control of your life and your destiny.

Personal responsibility is a choice that only you can make.

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

Dreams with Direction . . . .

Motivational Power Quote

Dreams with Direction . . . . 

“A vision is a clearly – articulated,

results – oriented of a future you intent to create.

It’s a dream with direction”

Dr. Jesse Stoner Zemel, author  

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

Dreams with direction . . . .

Successful people have a clear sense of purpose and the direction that they want their life to take. They are willing to take the personal reasonability to get their life on the course that will take them in the direction of success and achievement.

Your dreams turn into clearly defined goals when you put them into writing. They will give you a path to follow and the direction for your success journey. Focus on your goals and you will pursue your goals with a sense purpose.

Turn your goals into a plan for your life and you will have the direction and a clear pathway for success.

Dreams with direction . . . . are your goals and you’re your goals will give you a purpose and the pathway to follow to achieve and to fill full your dreams.

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

Personal Security in Life Comes From Within

Motivational Power Quote

Personal Security in Life Comes From Within

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

is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.”

Henry Ford, American entrepreneur

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

Personal security in life comes from within.

We create the personal security in our life by taking the personal responsibility to create it and taking massive actions to make it become a reality.

We are the only person that has the ability to bring security into our life.

By knowing what we want in our life and making the commitment to achieve the desired results puts us on the pathway of creating personal security.

We create our security by preparing for it in advance to taking action.

Achieving security requires developing the tools necessary to become excellent in our chosen field.

We move forward by gaining the experience to understand our profession and knowing what steps are required to succeed. The experience is supported by our knowledge in our field and how to use that knowledge effectively.

When we take our experience and combine it with preparation our knowledge and take massive action we have the formula to creating personal security in our life. 

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

Take the Personal Responsibility

Motivational Power Quote

Take the Personal Responsibility

“If it’s never our fault,

we can’t take responsibility for it.

If we can’t take responsibility for it,

we’ll always be its victim.”

Richard Bach, author  

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

Take the personal responsibility

When we take the personal responsibility for our lives, our actions and our results we take control of our life and our future. By taking responsibility we become accountable for where we are today and the actions that have gotten us to be the person we are.

By taking responsibility for our lives we open the doors to change our future and to become the person that we were meant to be.

Take the personal responsibility for today and you will control your tomorrows.

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

Push Through Discouragement

Motivational Power Quote

Push Through Discouragement

“A man can get discouraged many times,

but he is not a failure until he begins to

blame somebody else and stop trying.”

John Burroughs, writer

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


Push through discouragement


There is no success without experiencing discouragements on your success journey, consider your discouragements as the tolls you paid to reach your destination.


Discouragements and obstacles are temporary conditions on our success journey and they are part of life. The key is how we cope with a discouragement when we encounter them.


Don’t blame others for your discouragements take personal responsibility to work through the discouragements and as you do you take control of the conditions and of your life.


The only time discouragement becomes fatal is when you start to blame others for your situation and you stop trying and quit.


Take control and push through your discouragements.


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

I Hold the Key to My Destiny

Motivational Power Quote

I Hold the Key to My Destiny

“My will shall shape my future.

Whether I fail or succeed

shall be no man’s doing but my own.

I am the force;

I can clear any obstacle before me

or I can be lost in a maze.

My choice; my responsibility; win or lose,

only hold the key to my destiny.”

Elaine Maxwell, author

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

I hold the keys to my destiny

The keys to my destiny are in my hands. The choice is do we put the keys in the ignition and to start the engine of our success journey? Or do we put the keys in our packet and walk away from success? What we choose to do is our choice and our choices determine our destiny.

There is only one person that can start the engine of our success journey and take responsibility to our success, and the person is us. We control our success journey and the outcome.

The success journey may not always be smooth, but we’re behind the wheel and driving the vehicle. We are responabile for the journey and any moment we can adjust the journey to go around the obstacle we encounter.

There are times that we get off course and we will have reset our navigation system to get back on course.

It’s our journey and we hold the keys to make the choices that will determine our destiny.

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

The Price of Success is Responsibility

Motivational Power Quote

The Price of Success is Responsibility

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”

Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minster

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


The price of success is responsibility.


Success becomes achievable to the person that takes personal responsibility for their success journey and their life. The person that wants to succeed takes 100% responsibility for their actions to accomplish their goals.


Staying on track may not be easy; but successful people stay focused on their desired outcome.


When things go wrong they don’t blame others, they step up and take the responsibility to find the solutions and get things back on track.


If you want to create a life of success and greatness you have to take the personal responsibility for your life and your results.


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

We First Have to Conquer Ourselves to Achieve Success

Motivational Power Quote


We First Have to Conquer Ourselves to Achieve Success


“It is not the mountain we conquer,
but ourselves.”
Sir Edmund Hillary, first climber to reach
the summit of Mt. Everest


As I see it. . . . . . . .
We first have to conquer ourselves to achieve success.

In conquering ourselves; it requires us to take stock of who we are. Where do we stand today and what direction we want to take our lives?

Develop a clear vision for your life and your future as you want it to be. Take control of your life, your decisions and take personal responsibility for your actions and your outcomes.

Much like climbing a mountain, our life requires a plan with a purpose. Commit to your purpose and be willing to adjust with the changing conditions.

Have the mental toughness to see your journey through to a successful outcome.

Believe in yourself and have the confidence that you will reach the summit.

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

Excellence is Expected

Motivational Power Quote


Excellence is Expected


“Be a yardstick of quality.
Some people aren’t used to an
environment where
excellence is expected.”
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computers


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Excellence is expected.

What we expect we create first in our minds and then in reality.

Excellence is a choice, it’s our choice.

The pursuit of excellence is a commitment to be the best that we can be and influencing those around us to follow our lead.

Excellence is about expecting the best and taking the personal responsibility to make it happen.

Create the vision of excellence and pursue your vision with passion and excellence will be achieved.

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

Accept our World or Change your World

Motivational Power Quote


Accept our World or Change your World


“To succeed, it is necessary
to accept the world as it is –
and raise above it.”
Michael Korda, publisher


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Accept our world as it is, and then make the decision if that’s the world that we want.

We can choose to accept things the way they are and continue to follow the current path that we’re on, or we can seek alternatives and seek a better path and a better world.

We can choose to rise above our current circumstances.

Take ownership of our current circumstances and take personal responsibility to make the changes to move beyond where you’re at today.

Determine the steps required to rise above your circumstances and make the commitment to see it through to a successful conclusion.

Take massive action to rise above the world you live in today.

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

We are Personally Responsible for What We Do

Motivational Power Quote


We are Personally Responsible for What We Do


“Personal responsibility begins with ME.
That’s why it’s personal.”
Jim Miller


As I see it. . . . . . . .
We are personally responsible for what we do.

Our actions are under our control and our choice.

Each of our decisions and actions are building blocks for our future and to a successful outcome when we take personal responsibility for what we do.

Once we take personal responsibility for our decisions, our actions and the outcomes, we take complete control of our lives.

Our success begins with taking personal responsibility for what we do.

®2009, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Trainer, Educator and Author