Who You Associate With

Who You Associate With

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you.

Pick out associates whose behavior is better

than your and you’ll drift

in that direction.”

Warren Buffett, American Entrepreneur, Investor

and Philanthropist

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

Who you associate with

Over time you will mirror the behavior of the people that you associate with. Choose to associate with the people that have values that you want to have . . . . and you would most like to be similar to.

You will learn from the people that you associate with . . . . Associate and learn from the best people that you can find to help you to move in the right direction.

Associate with people who are more successful and smarter than you. Those associations will help you grow and achieve your goals. They will also open the doors to become more successful then the person that you’re associating with.

Your associations will move in the direction of most like the people who you associate with . . . . associate with the best people that you can find. Over time you become the people that you associate with.

                 

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

Your Words Will Withstand the Test of time

Your Words Will Withstand the Test of time

“Color fade, temples crumble, empires fall,

but wise words endure”

Edward Thorndike, American psychologist    

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

Your words will withstand the test of time

Choose your words wisely for they will withstand the test of time.

Your words will build bridges that will bring people together . . . . or they can create chasm of indifference.

Choose your words to make friend . . . . and to foster lasting relationships for your words will come back to you with interest.

Let your words speak for you when you’re not present . . . . and they will speak volumes for who you are as a person.

The words you speak will withstand the test of time in the mind of the people that you have relationship with. Those words will become the words that will generate a lasting business relationships . . . . and will influence future referrals.

Your words will become the foundation for people to see you as a person with integrity and values. Those words create the raving fans in your life.

The words may be short and spoken in quick context, but they will endure so choose your words wisely.

Your words will withstand the test of time . . . . and will become your calling card for future business and referrals. Choose your words with care and your words will speak kindly of you.

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

 

Your Habits Create Your Character

Motivational Power Quote

Your Habits Create Your Character

“Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns,

they constantly, daily, express our character.”

Stephen R. Covey 1932 - 2012, Author, Businessman,

Keynote Speaker

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

Your habits create your character  

Whatever you consistently do . . . . will become a pattern in your life and become a habit . . . . and our habits become the foundation of your character.

Your character is formed in your habits . . . . and you demonstrate your character through your daily actions.

To form a strong character you have to have a direction to develop the habits . . . . and your standards and values becomes the foundation for your habits.

Your character becomes ingrained into your personally and becomes a way of life. You will routinely demonstrate your character in behavior without a conscious thought . . . . because they have been ingrained into your sub-conscious mind.

A person lives their character as part of their moral fiber and their character becomes their calling card. People can’t fake character, a person will either have it or they don’t.

Your habits create your character . . . . and habits will be formed in your choices. A person is a reflection of their character and their actions are a mirror image of their character.

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

 

The Leader Sets the Example

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The Leader Sets the Example

“I don’t know any other way to lead

but by example.”

Don Shula, HOF football coach  

 

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

The leader sets the example  

You can talk the talk . . . . but if you don’t walk the walk people will not follow you.

People will follow a leader . . . . that leads by example and sets a positive direction for others to follow.

An effective leader can lead a business to greater heights of success and you can effectively lead your customers to better decisions.

You lead others through the strength of your character. People will judge you based on your character . . . . and make a decision if we are someone that they will trust and follow freely.   

Leaders come in many shapes and size . . . . but it’s the leader who will lead by example that people will follow.

The leader sets the example . . . . based on their values and character and sets the standards for others to follow.

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

 

When It Doesn’t Feel Right – Don’t Do It

Value

When you do what’s right not everyone will be happy with your decision but it’s the right one to make.

The question become one of what is the right thing to do and who are you making the decision for?

When we make the decision to do what’s politically correct we are making the decision to meet other people’s expectations. They may feel good about the decision but in the long run you know in your heart that you have not made the right decision.

When it’s doesn’t feel right – don’t do it.

The person that does what’s right is making that decision based on their values and their character.

Overtime, people will judge us by our character and our actions.

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

 

 

Integrity is Doing the Right Thing

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Integrity is Doing the Right Thing

“Do the right thing . . . . especially when no one’s watching.”

Cherie Carter Scott Ph.D., author

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

Integrity is doing the right thing

Doing the right thing because it’s the right thing to do is the foundation of a person’s integrity.

When faced with the choice between doing the right thing and the politically correct thing you have been asked to compromise your values and integrity.

Doing the political correct thing will compromise a persons position for someone’s personal gain. That gain can be very short lived as the people around them will see them as a person without integrity and someone that will put person gain ahead of doing the right thing.

People will see us as strong or weak, truthful or dishonest, reliability or unreliable. How a person sees us is based on the message that we send them; a message of integrity or a message of compromised values.

Success in life and business will be achieved by value driven behavior; the behavior of integrity.

Integrity is doing the right thing. The person that takes that position is a person of integrity and of values.

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

To Become Your Vision

Motivational Power Quote

To Become Your Vision

“To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream,

a Purpose, a Principle. you will become what you vision is.”

Peter Nivio Zarlenga, author

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

To become your vision

Have a vision for your future as you want it to be, have the fire in your heart to make your vision come true. Focus your thoughts, your energy and your efforts to make it happen.

Live your life with purpose and be a person of integrity and values in pursuit of your vision.  

Pursue your vision with passion and take massive action with a purpose to make your vision come to be.

Make the vision for your life your purpose.

To become your vision you have to believe you can and peruse your dreams with massive focused efforts to make them come true.

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

The Roots of Achievement

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The Roots of Achievement

“The roots of true achievement lie in the will

to become the best that you can become.”

Harold Taylor, time management expert  

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

The roots of achievement

Achievers make the personal commitment to become the best that they can be as a person and in your chosen field.

By making the commitment to become the best they can be they expand their base of knowledge and skills. Achievers will make every effort to apply them consistently and effectively.

Achievers understand that by becoming a person in the service of others that their rewards in life are a direct result of their service to others.

Achievers have a purpose in their life and will follow their purpose with passion backed up by massive action to achieve the desired outcome.

The foundation of the achievers success is in their values, and how people see them. Once other people recognize us as a person with high values; people will look at us will confidence and respect.

The root of achievement is making a commitment to be the best that you can be and success and achieving your goals become within your reach.

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

We Shape Our Character

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We Shape Our Character

“The final forming of a person’s character

lies in their own hands.”

Anne Frank  

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

We shape our character

The quality of a person’s life is formed in their values and in their character.

There is only one person that’s responsible for formation of our character and that rewponsibility is in our own hands. We decide on the person that we will become. The decisions that we make today will form our future. We are responsible for our decisions and the quality of our actions.

When it comes right down to it we are responsible for the quality of our character. That character will not be judged by us, our character will be judged by the people that we come in contact with.

We shape our character and out character shapes our future.

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

Making Good Decisions

Motivational Power Quote

Making Good Decisions

“When your values are clear to you

making decisions become easy.”

Roy Disney, senior executive The Walt Disney Company  

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

Making good decisions

Having personal standards with and values give us a strong foundation for our decision making.

Making decision for the right reason may represent a challenge at the moment that we have to make a decision. What we will find is that we made the right decision for the right reason and as a result we make a good decision.

Decisions become easier to make when they are based on our values and not our emotions. Values give us a clear view of what has to be done and why we have to do it. Where emotional decisions have a tendency of being reactive and in many cases complicate the situation.

Be a person of high standards and values and you’ll make better and more effective decisions. 

Making good decisions is a choice to do what’s right.

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

You Are Unique

Motivational Power Quote

You Are Unique

“Since you are like no other being ever created

since the beginning of time,

you are incomparable.”

Brenda Ueland, author, journalist

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

You are unique  

You are a one of a kind and there is no one else since the beginning time that has been created exactly like you.

You are unmatched; you are a limited edition, a one of a kind.

Don’t allow others to detail your uniqueness for the sake of their values, be who you are for your values.

Celebrate your uniqueness and turn your uniqueness into turn your strength.  

You are unique and you are you.

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

Strive for Excellence

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Strive for Excellence

“Nothing would be done at all

if a man waited until he

could do it so well

that no one could find

fault with it.”

Cardinal Newman

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


Strive for excellence


Striving for excellence is the art of continued and never ending improvement. Make a personal commitment to become the best at what you do and to do it with excellence.


A person with excellence is not afraid of making a mistake; because we all do. Having excellence is adjusting and coming back from a setback with a renewed passion to succeed.


Having a fear of taking action until everything is perfect with no chance of failure is a recipe for disaster. There may never be a moment of the right time and as we wait the opportunity slips away.


Doing the best we can, from where we are, with what we have and to make it work with passion is the stepping stone to create person excellence.


Strive for excellence is the pathway to be a person of significances in our life and in our values.


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

Success Comes Down to Getting it Done

Motivational Power Quote

Success Comes Down to Getting it Done

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next,

skill is knowing how to do it,

and virtue is doing it.”

David Starr Jordan, educator

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

Success comes down to getting it done

Understanding the sales process will point us in the right direction, and put us on the path to succeed.

Having cutting edge skills creates a business advantage and accelerates our success journey.

Being a person of quality becomes the glue in achieving success; our values are the small difference that makes the big difference in our life and business.

Pulling the critical elements of success together creates the vehicle to drive your success journey and to get it done.

Success comes down to getting it done.

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

Put Principles Above Privileges

Motivational Power Quote


Put Principles Above Privileges


“A people that value
it’s privileges
above it’s principles
soon loses both.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the US


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Put principles above privileges.

The foundation of our principles is in our personal beliefs and our moral code of ethics.

Our principles are what will guide us in our actions, based on our philosophy, thoughts and values.

A privilege is the ability to do or to have, it’s an opportunity that may or may not be permanent.

A person that places their principles above their privileges becomes a person of substance.

The person that places their privileges above their principles will find that their privileges will soon disappear and they will be seen as a person of no principles.

When you let your principles guide you; you will be seen as a person with integrity.


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