Make Your Choices Wisely

Make Your Choices Wisely

“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed

in the choices one makes in the long run, we shape our

lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends

until we die. And, the choices we make 

ultimately are our responsibility.”

Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 - 1962, Former First Lady

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

Make your choice wisely

The quality of your choices becomes the foundation . . . . and the building blocks for your future. Good choices will put down a strong and a deep foundation, one that will successfully support the weight of your success journey.

Your choices will determine the course that your success journey takes . . . . and the pace of your journey.

Your choices will either move you closer to your goals . . . . and to greater accomplishments. Or those choices will take you down path of frustration and missed opportunities.

You and you alone are responsible for your choices . . . . and the outcome of those choices. In some case the choice will be to say no . . . . or not to go a path that your don’t believe in.

Make your choices wisely . . . . because each of your choices will shape your future.

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

Your Future is in Good Hands

Your Future is in Good Hands

“You control your future, your destiny. What you think

about comes about. By recording your dreams and

goals on paper you set in motion the process

of becoming the person you most want

 to be. Put your future in good

hands, your own.”

Mark Victor Hansen, American Inspirational and

Motivational Speaker, Trainer and Author

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

Your future is in good hands

Take control of your destiny and your future; put that future in good hands . . . .  your hands.

What you think about you become, keep positive thoughts in your mind and in your planning. Once you have your plan take the actions that will transform your life to a higher level.

Write out your goals and dreams and when you do you create a road map for your success journey . . . . and accountable for your progress.

Your success journey and your future, is in your hands. Grasp the opportunity to breakout. It will take you on the road of discovery and along the way you will discover the person that you want to be.

Put your future in good hands, your hands.

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

Friends are More Valuable Then Fine Jewels

Friends are More Valuable Then Fine Jewels

“True friends are like jewels, precious and rare.

False ones are like autumn leaves, found everywhere.”

Source unknown

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

Friends are more valuable then fine jewels

Both friends and jewels are precious . . . . and rare to find. Many times you don’t really recognize their true value at the first glance. But the longer you have a friend the more valuable they become.

Value and protect both as they are hard to come by. You may be able to replace fine jewels . . .  . but a true friend may not be replaceable.

Good friends are rare to find . . . . and become one of your most precious of resource that you have on your success journey.

A good friend can be counted on in your time of need . . . . and will be there to support you without be asked.

Friends are more valuable then fine jewelry . . . . because both are precious. But there is also a big difference between friends and fine jewelry you can always replace fine jewelry at a cost. Friends can’t be replaced at any cost.  

                 

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

The Little Things Determine Your Happiness

The little things that you do everyday . . . . will determine your happiness.

You have two choices, you can embark on a positive journey of building the little things you do into positive experiences . . . . Or you can build a life of a negative attitude that leads to destructive actions and behaviors.

Enjoy the little things in your life . . . . and you will become appreciative for the things that you have in your life. What you’ll find is that the little things will bring you happiness when you learn to appreciate them.

The little things determine your happiness. The little things in your life will grow into big things. Your little things will become a driving force on your success journey . . . . and in what path you will follow.

                 

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

Your Motivation

Your Motivation  

“Every Human action, whether it become positive or negative,

must depend on motivation.”

Dalai Lama

As I see it . . . . . . .

Your motivation?

The road to unparalleled success will be fueled by your motivation. The degree of your motivation will determine the pace of your success journey . . . . and the level of success you achieve.

The road that leads to the depths of failure and disappointment is a result from the anchor. The anchor of . . . . the lack of motivation that a person carries with them that pulls them down . . . . and sinks their career.

No matter what path you decide to follow on your success journey . . . . Your motivation will become the fuel that will power your success journey forward.

Choose the pathway to unparalleled success . . . . and fire up you motivation to support your success journey . . . . and to provide the fuel to get you to your goals.

Your motivation is the thin slice that separates you from being average . . . . and being in the achiever zone of greater success.

At times motivation can be a like fog . . . . It’s there; you can see it and it will impact your success journey. You can’t touch it but you can . . . .  feel in it your heart.

You are the only person that can decide . . . . what’s your motivation is. You are the only person that can light the fire of your motivation in your heart to take you to the next level.

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

Make the Best Use of Your Time?

Make the Best Use of Your Time?

“Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize

and, repeat over and over is, what the most

valuable use of my time right now?”

Brian Tracy, Self-Help Author and Motivational Speaker  

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

Make the best use of your time . . . . and start doing it right now?

What can you do right now that will move you closer to your goals . . . . and objectives? What will you do today that will move you in that direction?

Focus on investing your time productive activities . . . . and avoid the time wasters . . . . busy work . . . . and the time distracted that take you further away from your goals.

Determine what the most important activities are today . . . .  and take positive steps in achieving them. 

When you invest your time in the most important activities you increase your effectiveness . . . . and accelerate your success journey.

Make the best use of your time . . . . and start doing it right now . . . . is to use your time in the most effective manner to achieve your goals and objectives.

©2014 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

Choose the People You Associate With Carefully

Choose the People You Associate With Carefully  

“Ignore people who tell you can’t

or try to discourage you.”

Jeffrey Gitomer, Self-Help Author, Motivational Speaker     

   

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

Choose the people you associate with carefully

As we travel the path of success journey we will encounter people along the way that will like to see us fail. There the ones that tries to rain on our parade, dampen our spirits . . . . and tell us that we shouldn't try. They are also the people that tell us what we can’t do.

They seem so sincere that they don’t want to see us hurt or disappointed that they want to protect us from failure.

Those people are neither there to help you . . . . or protect you they are there to create a mental roadblock for you . . . .  They’re the people who will hinder you on your success journey.

They are the people stuck in the status quo of their life . . . . and can’t stand to see anyone succeed. They try to create a mental road block in your thinking . . . . and to keep you locked in place.

One of their greatest fears is to see people succeed . . . . and they will do everything within their power to attempt to hold a person back . . . . and keep them from succeeding.

You have to recognize those people for who they are . . . . and what they are trying to accomplish . . . . and disassociate from them.

Choose the people you associate wisely . . . .  choose the people to associate with that will mentor you . . . .  Encourage you . . . . and be there to offer you a helping hand when it’s needed.

You will be judged by the people that you associate with. Those associations will have a major impact on the direction that your life and career takes and the level of the success that you achieve.

Choose the people you associate carefully . . . . for you will become a reflection of the people that you associate with.

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

Your Attitude Becomes a Boomerang

Your Attitude Becomes a Boomerang 

“Our attitude towards life determines life’s attitude

toward us.”

Earl Nightingale 1921 - 1989, American Author,

Motivational Speaker    

   

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

Your attitude becomes a boomerang

Much like a boomerang returns to the person who sends it out . . .  your attitude has its own life . . . What you sow through your attitude you come back to you . . . . and you will reap in like kind.

Your attitude will be a reflection on the way you look at the world. As you see the world . . . . the world sees you. We will either be living is a world of possibilities and opportunities . . . . or a world of quicksand that’s pulling you under.

A person with a positive attitude and mindset will approach their life and career from a positive prospective. They will find that much of their life is a mirror of their attitude and they will reap what they sow.

People with a positive attitude will attract quality and like minded people into their lives. They will form strong . . . . and lasting relationships that will contribute a successful business career, a referral based business and full life.

A person with a positive attitude will become a magnet for success and attract people into their sphere of influence . . . . that will support their career and success journey.

Your attitude is the air under your wings . . . . and you will soar as high as high as your attitude lifts you.

Your attitude becomes a boomerang . . . . and it will come back to you the same way we send it out.

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

Successful People Have a Roadmap

Successful People Have a Roadmap

Successful people know where they want to go and the path they want to take to reach their desired outcome. They have a plan . . . . and a roadmap for their success journey.

Successful people also understand the value of planning and goal setting . . . . They will establish specific goals . . . . and continuously measure their progress in achieving their goals against their objectives.

People who are successful are willing . . . . to make adjustments to their plan in order to move them closer to achieving their goals.

Your goals will set your internal GPS . . . . for your success journey. And your plan will keep you on track.

Successful people have a roadmap . . . . for their success journey.

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

Do What You Love and It Become’s Fun

Do What You Love and It Become’s Fun

“There is nothing more marvelous than doing something you

love to do and getting paid for it. It creases to become

work, money, and effect;  and it becomes fun,

you expression of the joy of life.”

Stuart Wilde 1946 -2013, British Writer, Lecturer,

Humorist, Essayist, Scriptwriter, Lyricist,

                Music Producer                 

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

Do what you love and it become’s fun

When we discover what you love to do, it’s no longer feels like work it becomes fun to do. Once it become’s fun there’s passion for the things you’re doing it seems to become effortless.

Having fun with the things you’re doing makes your days fly by as a result loving what you’re doing . . . . and having fun in doing them.

The person that’s having fun will find themselves putting more effort in the things that they are doing. The end result is they will become more productive in the things that they do.

Money . . . . success . . . . happiness . . . . and having fun are the byproducts of loving what you do.

Do what you love and it become’s fun and you will enjoy your success journey.

              

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

 

 

 

 

Character Is The Foundation

 Character Is The Foundation

“Character is the foundation upon which one must build to win

respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on

a weak foundation, So no lasting reputation

worthy of respect can be built

on a weak character.”

R.C. Samsel, American tennis player  

 

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

Character is the foundation

Character is foundation . . . .  that mutual respect is built on. The respect that you receive is in direct proportion to your character.

Lasting success can only be built on a strong foundation . . . . and the cornerstone of that success is your character.

Build your success and career on the strength of your character . . . . and that success will be built on the bedrock that will withstand the storms that you encounter in your life.

Let your character be your calling card and doors will open for you.

Character is the foundation . . . . and when that foundation is deep and strong your reputation will be there to support you on your success journey.

             

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

 

Act on it Now

Act on it Now

“The best way to make your dreams come true

is to wake ups.”

Paul Valery 1871 - 1945, French Poet, Essayist, Philosopher

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

Act on it now

Goals and dreams without action have no sense of purpose they just seem to drift away. Act now to give your success journey a purpose to achieve your goals and to fulfill your dreams. 

Action without a plan is of little value and no defined purpose or direction. Motion without a direction leads down a dead end road.

  

Success will favor those who are willing to plan their success journey and to act on it now. They are willing to take the calculated risks to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way of achieving their goals and pursuing their dreams.

Have the will push forward with a sense of confidence and with a purpose.

The key is to take action and to act on it now to create the forward momentum to life your dreams.

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

 

Keep a Healthy Mindset

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to

mourn the past, not to worry about the future,

or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the

present moment wisely and earnestly.”

Buddha, Spiritual Teacher   

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

Keep a healthy mindset

Focus your mind in the present moments in your life. Focus on what can be . . . . and what you can do to make your moments be all of what they can be.

Don’t drift into the past . . . . and become distracted in the past moments in your life . . . . and what it use to be.

Don’t worry about the future on the things that may never be . . . . and don’t live in the past of what was.

Focus in your moment of the present . . . . and in those moments you have the building blocks to make your future of what you want it to be.

Nurture you mind with healthy thoughts . . . . and your mind will grow. Expand your thinking . . . . and your mind will expand and never return to its original size.

Live in the moments of your life . . . . and you will make the moments in your life work for you. In your moments you will find that you’ll live a full and productive life.

Keep a healthy mindset . . . . and your mind will nourish your success journey.

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

Have The Backbone to Pursue Your Dreams

Motivational Power Quote

Have The Backbone to Pursue Your Dreams 

“The wishbone will never replace the backbone.”

Will Henry, author  

   

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

Have the backbone to pursue your dreams

Fulfilling your dreams takes having a vision of your futures . . . . and the courage and backbone to pursue your vision with a passion to a successful conclusion.

Achieving your dreams will take a leap of faith to step out of your comfort zone . . . . and to start the journey to a fuller and richer life of greater achievement. The journey is not an expressway . . . . your success journey is a road under construction and you will be faced with changing conditions . . . . detours . . . . delays . . . . road block.

The great news is there all . . . . temporary conditions unless you make them permanent.  

The faith that you have in yourself will give you the strength to move pass the obstacles you encounter. You have to keep putting one foot in front of the other to keep moving forward. Your backbone keeps you standing tall and gives you the personal power to continue to try even when things are not going as you have planned.

Your success journey is a journey of endurance . . . . and to steadily  pursue your dreams with a purpose and to make progress in the direction of your goal. 

Have the backbone to pursue your dreams with the passion and purpose.  Your passion will keep you focused on making your dreams come true.

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

 

A Bad Attitude is Like a Flat Tire

Motivational Power Quote

A Bad Attitude is Like a Flat Tire

“A bad attitude is like a flat tire. If you don’t change it,

you’ll never go anywhere.”

Author Unknown

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

A bad attitude is like a flat tire

Attempting to drive on a flat tire is not only unsafe . . . . it can cause an accident.  Having a bad attitude is unhealthy for your career . . . . and can derail your success journey.

Driving on a flat tire will create a very unstable and bumpy ride. A bad attitude can make a person success journey very unstable . . . . and create a lot of wasted energy . . . .  and effort showing very little results.

If you’re driving in your car and you get a flat tire you have to stop . . . . and change the tire before your able to resume our journey.

With a bad attitude you have choices you can maintain a bad attitude and in time it will completely bring your success journey to a compete standstill.

Or you can elect to momentary pause your success journey and get your hands dirty . . . . and change a bad attitude. No one really likes to get out of their car . . . . and fix a flat tire. But if you want to successfully continue your trip you have to change the tire.

For you to move forward you have to be willing to address your attitude to make sure it’s harmony with your goals . . . . and your attitude in order for it to provide the smoothest success journey possible.

A bad attitude is like a flat tire . . . . both will take you on a bumpy ride and a unpleasant success journey.

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

True Happiness is Found in Enjoying the Journey

Motivational Power Quote

True Happiness is Found in Enjoying the Journey

“Someone has said, Success is a journey not a destination.

Happiness is to be found along the way,

not at the end of the road.”

Robert Updegraff, Business Consultant

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

True happiness is found in enjoying the journey

The success is not found in reaching the destination it found in enjoying the success journey . . . . and in achieving the milestones along the way.

The person that enjoys their success journey is a person that celebrates successfully reaching each of their stepping stones on their journey. With each stepping stone that’s achieved they will gain forward momentum.

They enjoy their achievements and their progress of pushing forward to the next milestone. 

They view their success journey as a mission that has been broken down into smaller incremental steps with each one becoming a stepping stone to the next level. 

In enjoying your success journey you focus on your moments and making the most of the moments that you are blessed with. By enjoying your moments you begin to value your time and the experiences that your moments provide to you.

The person who takes joy in their moments creates the foundation to enjoy their days and years of their lives.

True happiness is found in enjoying the journey. The joy of life is in their journey not is in the destination. For the person who enjoys the journey will find that they achieve things in their life that are far beyond their original destination.

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

Work Hard to Turn Your Dreams Into Success

Motivational Power Quote

Work Hard Turns Your Dreams Into Success

“Some people dream of success . . . while others wake up

and work hard at it.”

Author unknown   

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

Work hard turns your dreams into success

Your dreams start your success journey when there firmly implanted in your thoughts . . . . of what’s possible and what can be. But it’s not until you take the steps to live your dreams do your dreams become focused and your goals . . . . With focused goals your success journey begins to achieve them.

Your dreams become your hope for tomorrow . . . . for who you want to become . . . . and for what you want to accomplish. It’s the clarity of your dreams . . . . and the quality of your actions that determines the direction that your success journey takes and what you will eventually achieve.

The efforts that you’re willing to expend on a daily basis determine the pace of your success journey . . . . and the level of success that you achieve. There will be times that you will have to work smarter and other times that we will have to commit to hard work to achieve success.

The key is you have . . . . to work to live your dreams.

Believe that you will turn your dreams into goals . . . . and focus you energy and hard work turns your goals into success.

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

 

The Price To Succeed

Motivational Power Quote

 The Price To Succeed

“Success is like anything worthwhile it has a price.

You have to pay the price to win and you have to pay

the price to get to the price where success is possible.

Most important, you must pay the price to stay there.”

Vince Lombardi 1913 - 1970, Football Coach

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

The price to succeed

The person that’s determined to succeed commits themselves to the pursuit of their success . . . . and to pay the price that has to be paid to achieve their goals. They realize that their success journey is not a free ride to the top.

They understand that there is a price that has to be paid to succeed . . . . and a price to stay on top.

The success journey is a toll road . . . . and to reach the top of your profession you have to be willing to pay the tolls to reach your destination.

The person with the desire to succeed . . . . but is unwilling to pay the tolls will find that their success journey will come to a stop at the toll booth of life. Their success journey will only go as far . . . . as their commitment to pay the price to succeed.

The person that commits themselves to succeed is focused on their purpose of seeking . . . . and achieving success. The person that commits themselves to pay the price to succeed now has a purpose . . . . and the motivation to succeed.

The price to succeed . . . . may seem high as we travel the path of your success journey.  But when we achieve success and look back on your success journey and you will see that the price was a small price to pay in comparison to your achievements.

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

Find What . . . . You Love To Do

Motivational Power Quote

Find What . . . . You Love To Do

“The essence of life is finding something you really love

and then making the daily experience worthwhile.”

Denis E. Waitley, author and speaker

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

Find what . . . . you love to do

The person who can find what they love to do . . . . and has the opportunity to do it is indeed a blessed person.

Follow your passion and to find what you really love to do. When you find it do everything within your power to make . . . it your life’s endeavor.

When you’re doing what you love to, it doesn’t feel like your job or that you’re working. You’ll find that what your doing will seem effortless . . . . and your will feel a sense of enthusiasm in your efforts and in your day.

What will result is your day will become productive . . . . and you will find yourself having a sense of accomplishments from your efforts.

The person who’s doing what they love to do will a passion in what they’re doin

. . . . and the passion will fuel their success journey to greater heights. 

Find what . . . . you love to do . . . . and make the commitment to yourself to be the best at what you do.

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