Fear is a Paper Tiger

Fear is a Paper Tiger

“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest

is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tiger, you

can do anything you decide to do.”

Amelia Earhart, American Aviation Pioneer   

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

Fear is a paper tiger

A person with fear in their heart derails their success journey . . . and kills their career.

No matter if it’s the fear of the unknown . . . .  the fear of failure . . . . or the fear to take action fear paralyzes a person into inaction. That fear prevents a person from taking the actions required to succeed. It will also greatly hinder a person’s ability to be successful in almost any endeavor.

When you make a decision to act . . . . you will dissolve any fear that you have . . . . Once you act you find that your fears will melt away quickly with your actions.

Once you make the decision to act you find that you can do anything that you decide to do . . . . and believe you can do.

Fear is a paper tiger . . . . and the silent killer of careers . . . . and will derail your success . . . . and will move you into inaction . . . . and a lifetime of “I can’t.” Take the actions to move the fear out of your life. Move forward into the future with a “I can do it” attitude . . . . and the “I will zone”  and you will find yourself accomplishing amazing things.

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

To Solve Big Problems You Have to Make Tough Decisions

To Solve Big Problems You Have to Make Tough Decisions

“To solve big problems you have to be willing

to do unpopular things.”

Lee Iacocca, Auto Executive      

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

To solve big problems you have to make tough decisions

Solving big problems takes focusing on the solutions and in moving forward . . . . and not becoming mired in the past. And inordinate amount of time is wasted in problem solving as a result of looking for someone to blame instead of taking the responsibility to solve the problem.

To solve a big problem remain focused the solutions and in making the tough decisions.

Many times the solution to a big problem comes as a result of creative thinking . . . . And in having stepping up to the plate and making the tough decisions.

A word of caution that in solving big problems many times you get trapped in group thinking and trying to come to a conscious. In that conscious the baby is throw out with the bath water. Many times conscious become a substitute for making a tough decision.  

Conscious thinking pushes the real problem down the road because within the conscious thinking . . . . no one has made the tough decisions.

Solving big problems takes making tough decisions. Those decisions are made by tough people . . . . willing to take risks.

Once the problem is resolved use the experiences and lessons learned from the problem solving to move forward. Use the experiences that you have learned to become more effective in your future endeavors in making tough decisions.  

To solve big problems you have to make tough decisions. They are made by tough people when the chips are down and the issues have to be addressed and resolved.

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

 

Challenging Situations are a Fact of Life

Challenging Situations are a Fact of Life

As I see it . . . . . . .

Challenging situations are a fact of life . . . . and can surface at any moment, normally when you least expect them.

Many of the situations you face will appear to be out of your control with no possibility to adjust or change.

What you do when your facing a challenging situation will make all the difference . . . . on how the conditions turn out.

You can face the condition with the firm resolve to work your way through it . . . . or you can try to avoid the condition and see what happens.

Once you have the courage to face your challenges head on . . . .we take control of the condition.

Determine what is under our control and if it under you control seek out the best solution to the condition. Take action and do your best to resolve or adjust the condition.

With the things that are out of your control, you have to find a way to work around the conditions or eliminate them.

With both you’re seeking to create a positive resolution to the conditions

Challenging situations are a fact of life . . . .When you face your challenges head on you remain in control of the challenge and the solution.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Marketing 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

 

Life is About How You Look at Things

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Life is About How You Look at Things

“I can tell you about a sawmill man with whom I sat with one

night while every dollar he owned was going up in smoke

before his eyes. He was very quiet. I tried to be sympathetic.”

“I’m imagining how the new mill will look,” he said.

 Clarence Budington Kelland 1881 - 1964, American Writer,

From the American Magazine

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

Life is about how you look at things

Good things will happen to you and some things will happen that you would like to forget about. No matter happen to you . . . .  it’s how you look at the situation that will determine what you do.

When you look at a situation that you find yourself in . . . . look for the opportunities you will find opportunity. If you look at the situation and see there’s no way to resolve it . . . . you’re right.

The way you look at things will determine what you see. Based on what you see will determine . . . . how you respond to the situation . . . . and what actions you’ll take.

Life is about how you look at things . . . . and how you look at things is through our attitude. When you look at things in your life through a positive attitude you tend to see the opportunities and possibilities. With a negative attitude you end up seeing the dark side and will act accordingly.

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

Motivational Power Quote

Worrying is Exhausting

“It takes a real storm in the average person’s life to make

him realize, how much worrying he has done

over a squalls .”

Unknown

   

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

Worrying is exhausting

You can spend a lifetime worrying over thing that never was . . . . or never will be. You can also spend your energy worrying over that you can’t control.

Worrying is exhausting and a silent killer . . . . and will drain the person’s energy and weaken their resolve to push forward through their issues.

Most of the worrying in life is done over things that don’t matter . . . . and will never be or things that we absolutely have no control over.

When your faced with a challenging situation worrying won’t help you . . . . or the situation it will make things worst. Instead of worrying step back and take a mental snap shot of the circumstances and ask yourself the following.

How important is it for this issue to be resolved?

How does this issue effect you personally, how does the issue affect your life, your career or your success?

What will happen if you’re not able to resolve the issue?

What’s the likely outcome if you do resolve the issue?

What is under your control to change, adjust or to resolve?

What is out of your ability to control?

What’s your best course of action?

Take the action steps to resolve anything that you feel is important to you and you have under your control to do.

The best way to eliminate worrying is:

To look at the circumstances from a realistic mindset and know what your options are.

Create a plan and the action steps to resolve the situation to the best of you ability.

Select the best options and focus on the solutions not the circumstance.

    

Take the actions to correct the issue and move on.

Worrying is exhausting and is a silent killer . . . . when you give in to worrying. Take the positive actions to control the circumstances that you find yourself in . . . . or the circumstances that you find yourself in will control you.

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

 

 

         

Take Control of Your Life to Realize Your Full Potential

Motivational Power Quote

Take Control of Your Life to Realize Your Full Potential

“Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize

your full potential.”

Charles de Gaulle 1890 -1970, President of France  

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

Take control of your life to realize your full potential

To realize your full potential you have to handle the conditions that you encounter. You have to handle your success and you have to be able to handle the difficulties that you face.  Both have unique challenges and both will move you closer in achieving our goals.

When you encounter difficulties you have a choice . . . . You can choose to deny the fact that you’re experiencing a difficulties which would make the matters worst.

Or you can choose to face the difficulty head on and find the best possible solution to resolve the difficulty.

The person that effectively resolves their difficulties has a sense of control over their difficulties and will approach them and resolve them with confidence.

When you take control of your life to  realize your full potential . . . . When you come to grip with your difficulties and step forward resolve them. You also have to make the most out of your positive conditions that you encounter to turn them into positive opportunities.

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

 

Difficulties Make You Stronger

Motivational Power Quote

Difficulties Make You Stronger

“Difficulties in life are intended to make us better not bitter.”

 Dan Reeves, football coach

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

Difficulties make you stronger

In times of facing difficulties you will have a choice to make do you get better and stronger or do you become bitter and weaker?

When your face difficulties your thinking will determine your attitude and your attitude will determine what you see and how you respond to what you see.

Your attitude will determine if you resolve the difficulties or you leave the solutions up for someone else to make the choices.

Difficulties make your stronger . . . . When you meet your difficulties head on and take control of them.

You can see your difficulties as resolvable and set out to find the best way to resolve the issues and make your best effort in resolving them.

Or you can see the difficulty as overwhelming and without a solution. Your outcome will match your attitude and you will become negative and frustrated about the condition. As a result you become bitter and weaker person.

Whatever you see in your thoughts is the way you will approach the difficulties in your life.

When you see the difficulties as resolvable and resolve the situation your self-confidence grows.  Each accomplishment becomes the stepping stone to your next success.

Our accomplishments become the foundation for our career and with each success story you get better.

Difficulties make you stronger . . . . When to make the choice to resolve the difficulties.

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

 

 

Your Attitude Determines How You Think About a Problem . . . .

Motivational Power Quote

Your Attitude Determines How You Think About a Problem . . . .

“How you think about a problem is more important

than the problem it-self, so away think positively.”

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale 1898 - 1993, author, minister,

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

Your attitude determines how you think about a problem . . . . Makes all the difference

The person that thinks a problem is overwhelming and not resolvable makes the problem not resolvable in their mind and their actions will be a reflection of their thinking.

They will approach the problem with an attitude that the problem can not be resolved and that’s exactly what happens.  They don’t resolve the problem and problem remain unsettled and the weight of the problem becomes a burden that they continue to carry as a result of their thinking.   

The person that’s facing a problem who has a positive attitude will think of ways to resolve the problem and will focus on solutions. They will take the steps to successfully bring the problem to a successful conclusion.

When their solutions are not working they adjust and take a new approach to solving the problem until they find the right solution. They will remain focused on the solutions not the problem.

The difference in solving a problem is in the successful person’s thinking and attitude.

They have a positive can do attitude in resolving the problem. They have the conviction that they will successfully resolve the problem and that exactly what they do. They resolve the problem and move on.

When we are faced with a problem your thinking and your attitude determines how you see the problem, how handle it and how we resolve the problem.

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

What Does a Woman and a Tea Bag Have in Common?

Motivational Power Quote

What Does a Woman and a Tea Bag Have in Common?

“A woman is like a tea bag –

you never know how strong she is

until she gets into hot water.”

Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

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

What does a woman and a tea bag have in common?

We won’t know the strength of a tea bag until we put the tea bag into hot water.

A woman’s true strength comes to the surface when the heat is on and then you’ll see her real strength comes out for everyone to see.

You’ll see a women stand out under pressure and at that very moment you will see her determination and resolve carry the day.

Never underestimate the strength of a woman.

What does a woman and a tea bag have in common. . . . when heats on the woman’s real strength comes out.

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

Stay Strong in The Face of Difficulties

Motivational Power Quote

Stay Strong in The Face of Difficulties

“We are made strong by the difficulties

we face not by those we evade.”

Source Unknown   

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

Stay strong in the face of difficulties

Difficulties come at us with the force of hurricane winds, if we don’t stay strong and face the winds of adversity they will blow us away.

Stay strong and face the winds of difficulties with resolve.

Our determination in facing the difficulties will become a source of our strength and is the foundation for the building of our character.

Our strength is developed in the times when we are facing and overcoming our greatest difficulties.

Stay strong in the face of difficulties and you will put down deep roots to the challenges that we encounter.

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

Put up Your Umbrella When It Raining

Motivational Power Quote

Put up Your Umbrella When It Raining

“It ain’t no use putting up your

umbrella till it rains.”

Alice Caldwell Rice, American Writer

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

Put up your umbrella when it raining

Walking around in the sunshine with the umbrella up in case it rains is worrying about something that may or may not happen. It is also a total waste of energy.

We can’t control the weather, but can control when we put our umbrella up.

If we’re worrying and carrying those worries around with us it’s feels like walking around carrying a fifty pound weight in both hands. It will wear us out.

We can’t control what happens to us; but we can control how we respond to it and what we do about it.

Worrying will not resolve what happens to us it makes things worst.

Put up your umbrella when it raining and enjoy the sunshine in your life.

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

We All Have Burdens to Bear

Motivational Power Quote

We All Have Burdens to Bear

“Everyone has his burden.

What count is how

you carry it.”

Merle Miller, American Novelist

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


We all have burdens to bear.


The burdens show up when there least expected, but they show up.


Our burdens will come in difference degrees of difficulty, some more intense then others, but they all have to be dealt with.


It not a question if we will have burdens to bear it’s a question of when.


The test of any burden is how we carry it and resolve it.


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