Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Motivational Power Quote

Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

“The main thing is to keep the main thing

the main thing.”

Stephen Covey 1931 - 2012, American Educator, Author,

Businessman, Keynote Speaker

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

Keep the main thing the main thing

Know what main thing is in your life . . . . and why it’s important to you.

Focus on your priorities . . . . and your high value targets . . . . to make the main thing happen.

Your main things are the priorities in your life . . . . your goals . . . . your aspirations . . . . the people . . . . and your concerns. They are the things that have the biggest impact on your life . . . . you career . . . . and your future.

Put you efforts into things that will move you forward in the direction of achieving your goals . . . . and your time and efforts will return to you ten fold.

Focus on your thinking and efforts  . . . . to keep the main thing the main thing in your life . . . . Focus and the purpose will keep the main in you life the main thing.

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

 

Your Thoughts Make You Who You Become

Motivational Power Quote

Your Thoughts Make You Who You Become

“If you start to think the problem is out there,

stop yourself. That though is the problem.”

Stephen R. Covey 1932 - 2012, American Businessman,

Educator, Author, Speaker

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

Your thoughts make you who you become

Focus your thoughts on the things that are important to you in your life . . . . and the things will turn into your priorities.

Center your thoughts on achieving your goals . . . .  and you will find a way to achieve them.

Keep your thoughts focused on solving the problems that you encounter . . . . and you are focusing your thoughts on successful solutions.

When you focus your thoughts on a problem . . . . you will see the problem . . . . and you will miss the solutions and the opportunities.

Be determined to keep your thoughts focused on being a productive and positive person . . . . and you fuel your success journey with a positive can do it attitude.

You live your life in your thoughts and what you do . . . . what you accomplish . . . . and who you become are first achieved in your thoughts . . . . and then they become a reality.

Your thoughts create the direction for your life . . . . and over time your thoughts make you who you become.

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

 

What Did You Accomplish?

Motivational Power Quote

What Did You Accomplish?

“In the end, you’re measured not by how much

you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.”

Donald Trump, American Entrepreneur     

 

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

What did you accomplish?

It’s not the pace of the race that’s most important . . . . it’s who crosses the finish line first.

A person that starts out fast and can’t keep up the pace falls behind . . . . and finishes out of the money has little or no accomplishments.

In business a person that starts many projects . . . . and finishes very little or none loses the race.

The measure of success is what you accomplish and what was the quality of that work?

Success is not always a fast pace . . . . success is accomplished by the person that has a consistent focused effort and stays in the race.

Your success will not be measured by what we start . . . . it will be measured by what we successfully complete.

Create your game plan for your success and determine what the most important elements . . . . are that have to be done to achieve your goals.

Pursue the most important things in the order of their priorities . . . . and bring them to success conclusion.

People will ask you, what did you accomplish . . . . and will judge you by the results.

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

The Moments of Your Life

Motivational Power Quote

The Moments of Your Life

“It’s isn’t the big pleasures that count the most;

it is making a great deal out of the little ones.”

Anonymous   

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

The moments of your life

They pass almost unnoticed; they are gone before we know it . . . . in about a blink of the eye. You will recall too few of them . . . . but many of them were very important.  

Many of them where very special at the time, but your other priorities seem to out weight them and you forget them to soon. They may not seem like a big thing at the time but someday when you look back you will recognize how important they really were. 

Your moments are very precious and can never be repeated . . . . They are the moments in your life. Once a moment has passed they are gone forever.

Relish your moments and the little things that those moments bring into your life. When you mentally slow down . . . . you will recognize the importance of your moments are. You will find that in those moments there are many things to be thankful for.

It would be very sad to sit down one day to see that your life has passed you by and that you missed the special moments in your life. You will also find that many of the people that created those special moments will never know what they contributed to your life.

Focus on your moments and you will find that many of those moments became very special because of the people in your life. When those special moments occur in your life be thankful for them and the people in your life that helped to create them.

Make the most out of your moments and you will make the most out of your life. 

The moments of your life . . . . is the foundation that your life is built on.

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

 

Procrastination is a Slow Death

Motivational Power Quote

Procrastination is a Slow Death

“Procrastination is the grave

in which opportunity is buried.”

Author unknown

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


Procrastination is a slow death


A procrastinator dies a slow death; they die a little more each day by putting things off. It becomes a slow and painful death of one’s career and creeps into every aspect of our lives.


Procrastination drains the essences of our energy and kills the spark of our motivation.


Prioritize what has to be done by there importances. Put your priorities into a written list by their order of importances. Develop a plan to achieve your priorities and put your plan into action to complete the tasks by there order of importances.


Commit yourself to take the necessary actions to successfully achieve closure to each item on that list and start to complete your list today.


Never put off what can be done today until tomorrow.


Putting things off moves a person in the direction of a life of procrastination and procrastination is a slow death. Grasp your day and do what has to be done to make progress in your life and career and do it today.


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

What Are Your Priorities

Motivational Power Quote

What Are Your Priorities

“Decide what you want,

decide what you are willing to

exchange for it.

establish your priorities and

go to work.”

H. L. Hunt, American oil Tycoon

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


What are your priorities?


What’s important to you?


Know what you want and then go after it with massive action.


Determine the time and efforts that will be needed to achieve what you want. Be willing to expend the required energy and efforts necessary to require the things you want.


Are you willing to make satisfies along the way to achieve your desired outcome?


Establish your priorities and what’s most important to you.


Once you establish your priorities take a maximum effort to achieve your objectives.


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

Maximize your Priorities

Motivational Power Quote

Maximize your Priorities

“The key is not to prioritize

what is on the schedule,

but to schedule your priorities.”

Stephen Covey, author, speaker

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

Maximize your priorities.


Creating a schedule and then prioritizing that schedule, doesn’t address your priorities and will result in an ineffective use of your time and will result in low impact results.


The key is to create a schedule of your priorities; then prioritizing the priorities on your schedule.


What are the things that are most important for you to accomplish today that will contribute to your success?


What activities will move you closer to your goals?


By scheduling your priorities your days become increasing productive, you will see a higher return on your efforts that moves you in the direction of your goals and reduce your stress.


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

Two Rules of Making Good Use of Your Time

Motivational Power Quote


Two Rules of Making Good Use of Your Time


“If you want to make good use of your time,
you’ve got to know what’s most important
and then give it all you have.”
Lee Iacocca, American entrepreneur


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Two rules of making good use of your time

What’s most important to you?

The first step is to understand what the things are that are most important to you.

Once you have established the things that are most important to you, the next step would be to determine the priorities in there order of important.

Using your time effectively is doing the most important things first.

Give it all you have.

The best use of your time is to do what you do with passion, by taking massive action to do it well and give it all you have.

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

Let Go of Uncompleted Tasks

Motivational Power Quote


Let Go of Uncompleted Tasks


“Nothing is so fatiguing
as hanging on to
an uncompleted task.”
William James, American psychologist


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Let go of uncompleted tasks.

When we hang onto an uncompleted task it’s like dragging an anchor around with us. It becomes exhausting.

An uncompleted task will not only drain our energy but it will also cloud our thinking. As we continue to think about the things that are left undone we will drain our energy and wastes our time.

Create a written list of your priorities; put your uncompleted tasks in order of importance. Create a plan to complete the task and take action.

Once you have completed the task you will feel as if a weight has lifted off your shoulders and you will see your energy return.

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