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

Achieving Success is a Work in Process

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Achieving Success is a Work in Process

“A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the

ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process,

and he may spoil both the fruit and tree. But let him patiently

wait, and the ripe pear, at length fails into this lap.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16^th President of the United States

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

Achieving success is a work in process

Success is much like that pear tree. You have to cultivate the fields of your career before you can plant the seeds of your success. In your career you have to prepare your mind and spirit . . . . and make a personal commitment to pursue your success with passion.

The first step of success is preparation . . . .

Once you have prepared yourself for success you plant the seeds for a successful career. To see your career flourish you have to plant your seeds of success . . . . to grow deep roots. Those roots have to withstand the winds of the challenges that you will face in your life.   

The second step of success is you have to plant the seeds of success to grow deep roots . . . .

When your success seeds have been success planted the real work begin. You will have to continually work the field of your career . . . . to ensure the tree grows and bears fruit.

The third step of success is you have to maintain your success journey with the continuous enchantments of knowledge and skills and to be a life long learner.

Achieving success is a work in process . . . . and at times a moving target. Your advanced preparation will get you started on the right path and gives you the ability to adjust to the changing conditions in your life.

The third step of success is success is a moving target . . . . and you have to adjust . . . . and adapt our strategies to the changing conditions in our career.

You will have to put down deep roots and stand strong in the face of adversity. There will be no success without the commitment to weather the storms in your life.

Achieve success is a work in process . . . . and is achieved when you focus on the process of success and your efforts on continuous personal improvement to become the best that you can be.

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

 

Preparation + Dedication + Confidence = Success

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Preparation + Dedication + Confidence = Success

“Confidence cover from hours and days and weeks

 and years of constant work and dedication.”

Roger Starbach, HOF Football Player  

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

Preparation + Dedication + Confidence = Success

The winner’s in life are dedicated to their career . . . . and to become the best at what they do. They have made the commitment to excel in their profession . . . . and be at the top of their field. Winner’s will acquire and sharpen the skills that are necessary to create a cutting edge advantage . . . . on their success journey and in their quest to succeed. 

Dedication turns on the engine of persistence . . . . and provides the fuel to keep us going on our success journey. They are focused on a successful outcome . . . . and will not compromise themselves to and quit.

A dedicated person will enthusiastically . . . . push hard to cross the finish line first.

The people that dedicated and prepare themselves for their success journey . . . . are preparing themselves in advance for success.

Preparation is puts down a solid foundation to support the weight of success journey. The stronger foundation is the more weight it will support and the more expanded your success will become. 

Preparation becomes the catalyst for your success. When you prepared you are in a position to take advantage of the opportunities that you uncover and fully exploit them to create a cutting edge advantage and success.

Preparation gives you the insight to follow a game plan with great accuracy and confidence.  Preparation will also give you a plan B to make adjustments when things are not working out as originally planned.

A person that is dedicated to their success will remain on purpose and has the fortitude to work through their obstacles and setbacks and will not loose sight of their objectives and goals. 

When a dedicated person prepares themselves they are preparing to win. They are able to successfully handle the changing conditions on their success journey . . . . and make the required adjustment to keep them moving in the direction of their goals.

A person that dedicated and has prepared themselves for their success journey . . . . is a person that is confidence in themselves and their ability to succeed. They will also radiate that confidence in their actions . . . . and as a result the people that they come in contact with will have confidence in them.

Preparation + Dedication + Confidence = Success. The person that fully prepared for their success journey has prepared themselves in advance for their success journey and the contingencies that they encounter. They have prepared themselves to cross the finish line first and to enter the winner’s circle of life.   

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

The Price of Success is Focus and Hard Work

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The Price of Success is Focus and Hard Work

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes

before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for

success. You can accomplish anything if your

willing to pay the price.”

Vince Lombardi 1913 - 1970, football coach   

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

The price of success is focus and hard work

The person that is passionate about their career . . . . and is willing to work hard to become successful will have a strategic business advantage. They will beat the person to the finish line that has all the tools . . . .  but does not work hard to achieve success.

Hard work will separate the person that’s committed . . . . from the person that would like to.

The price of success is focus and hard work . . . .

When you combine your preparation . . . . with hard work that you perform away from crowds, it will make all the difference when . . . . you can execute it with excellence in front of people.

The price of success is what we’re willing to pay today to become the best at what we do. The price of success may seem high at the time, your are paying for it. But when you achieve success you will look back at the hard work and the sweat and say the price was well worth the results.

The price of success is focus and hard work . . . .  be willing to paid the price to enjoy success.

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

 

The Power To Meet Your Challenges

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The Power To Meet Your Challenges

“Do not pray for tasks equal to your power.

Pray for the power equal to your tasks.”

Phillips Brooks, Clergyman   

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

The power to meet your challenges

The power to meet your challenges . . . . comes in your preparation and in our commitment to succeed. You have to prepare your mind, your spirit and your skills to successfully meet your challenges.

When you’re prepared you meet your challenges . . . . with the sense of confidences that you can overcome any challenges that you encounter. Preparation gives you the courage to take on any challenge or task with the mind set that you will successfully complete your objective.

Prepare your mind . . . . with positive thoughts and solutions for the task.

Prepare your attitude . . . . to take the actions that will keep you on purpose until you achieve a successful conclusion.

Prepare your spirit . . . . to give your best efforts in all that you do.

Prepare yourself . . . . with the skills needed to keep you on the leading edge of your profession.

Create the power to meet your challenges . . . . and you will create the power to succeed in overcoming your challenges and successfully competing your tasks.

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

 

Successful People Make it Look Easy

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Successful People Make it Look Easy

“If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery,

it wouldn’t seem so wonderful.”

Michelangelo, artist   

  

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

Successful people make it look easy

When we watch at successful athlete playing or in their venue they make what they do look easy. No matter what the sport is a successful athlete spends endless hours in preparing themselves to succeed. They may run hundreds of miles to prepare themselves to success run a sprint that takes less then a minute.

A professional golfer hits thousands of golf balls to perfect their skills to become better. People who succeed in their field are committed to become better and elevating their skills to the level of a champion.

Success is hard work that most people will never see what the successful person does to master their profession. What they see is a winner making it look easy.

What looks easy on game day is the result of the commitment to hard work and the dedication to continued improvement them self in practice when no one is there to cheer them on.   

Prepare to succeed, prepare to win but always be prepared to give your best.      

Successful people make it look easy because of their hard work and dedication to be the best.

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

Preparation Creates the Pathway to Success

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Preparation Creates the Pathway to Success 

“Success depends upon previous preparation

and without such preparation

their is sure to be failure.”

Confucius   

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

Preparation creates the pathway to success.

Our preparation becomes the difference between entering into the winning circle of life or standing on the sidelines watching other people succeed. Preparation becomes a major ingredient in succeeding in life or falling into the despair of failure.

A person that’s prepared has prepared themselves for their success journey and for the contingencies that they encounter in their journey.

When a person is prepared they know with sense of certainly what actions they have to take to become successful. They have developed and sharpened their skills to successful navigate the challenges they face and to turn their obstacles into opportunities

Preparation is the thin slice that separates the successful person from the person who fails.

Preparation is the winner edge. That edge stretches us confidently to successfully handle the challenges we encounter and stretch our boundary into the success zone.

Put your energy into your preparation and condition yourself for success and you will supercharge your success journey.

When your preparation meets opportunity you have positioned yourself to step into the winner’s circle of life and reap the rewards the success.

Preparation makes the difference on your success journey . . . . and preparation creates the pathway to success.

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

Personal Security in Life Comes From Within

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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

Our Preparation Makes the Difference

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Our Preparation Makes the Difference

“Success depends upon previous preparation

and without such preparation

their is sure to be failure.”
Confucius

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


Preparation makes the difference


The difference in a person’s preparation becomes the difference between one’s success or failure.


A prepared person has prepared themselves for their success journey and the contingencies that they encounter on their journey. When a person is prepared they know with certainly what actions they have to take to become successful.


Successful people have devolved the skills to successful prepared to do what’s required to succeed.


Preparation is the thin slice of difference that separates the successful person from the person who fails.


Preparation is the winner’s edge.


Our preparation makes the difference between a story or an excuse.


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

A Key to Self-Confidence

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A Key to Self-Confidence

“One important key to success

is self-confidence.

An important key to self-confidence

is preparation .”

Arthur Ashe, tennis professional

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


A key to self-confidence . . . .


A person with self-confidence is self-assured in their thinking; know who they are and what they want.


They are poised under pressure and have certainly in their actions and will make better decisions.


The person is self-confidence as a result of their preparation and that self-confidence propels the person in the direction of success at an accelerated pace.


An important key to your self-confidence is our ability to prepare ourselves and be ready for the future with certainly.


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

The Little Known Secret of Success

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The Little Known Secret of Success

“There are no secrets to success.

It is the result of preparation,

hard work,

learning from failure.”

Colin Powell, former Secretary of State

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


The little known secret of success . . . . There is no secret.


A person who succeeds is committed to their success.


They will do what’s required to succeed and are willing to work hard at their success everyday.


A successful person over prepares for there success journey and adjusts when it’s required.


They work through their challenges and obstacles and occasionally will stumble and fall; they will pick themselves up, dust themselves off and get back on track.


They face their failures and use them as a learning experience to find solutions and find a way to succeed.


The secret of success is there is no secret.


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

The Doors of Opportunities are all Around Us

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The Doors of Opportunities are all Around Us

“People wait for opportunity

to come along . . . .

Yet it is there every morning.”

Dennis the Menace

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


The doors of opportunities are all around us.


A person with vision will see the opportunities where others see only the problems and challenges.


A successful person who looks for opportunities will find them, where others pass them by without noticing them.


Ones attitude will determine what we see.


Many opportunities will not present themselves in a calm environment of the day, they will be found in the darkness of storms and turbulences.


Your motivation will determine what you do with your opportunities once they’re found.


Opportunity is in the now and if they are missed they are gone forever.


Opportunities are not a matter of luck; its opportunity meeting preparation with a positive attitude.


Opportunities are all around us.


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

Today I Will Prepare for My Tomorrows

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Today I Will Prepare for My Tomorrows


“Today I will do what others won’t,
so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.”
Jerry Rice, hall of fame football player


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Today I will prepare for my tomorrows.

My future resides in my tomorrows.

The success of tomorrow resides in my attitude, actions and preparation of today.

I will commit to work a little harder and a little longer today to become better tomorrow.

I have a clear vision of my goals and the effort required to achieve my goals and success.

I will stay focused on achieving my goals.

I will make a personal commitment to myself to achieve my goals.

I will overcome any obstacles that I encounter along the way on my success journey.

I believe in myself and my abilities to achieve my desired outcome.

I believe it’s possible when I am reaching for my goals with passion.

I will keep my eye on the prize.

I will take positive action everyday in order to accomplish my goals. I will do what others can’t do as a result of my commitment to my vision and my effort.

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