Our Attitude at the Start of a Task

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Our Attitude at the Start of a Task

“It is our attitude at the beginning
of a difficult task which
more than anything else,
will effect it’s successful outcome.”
William James


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Our attitude at the start of a task

One of the most important factors in achieving our desired outcome is to start the task with a proper mine set, the mine set of a positive attitude.

The attitude that we approach a task with will impact and determine the outcome.

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

Know What You Want

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Know What You Want


“Knowing what you want –
knowing your calling, your goals,
your ideas, your challenge, your dream –
is the next step in attracting your desires.”
Dr. Joe Vitale


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Know what you want

Knowing what you want creates the vision for your success journey and the path that you will travel.

The clearer your vision becomes the clearer your purpose will be.

With a clear purpose you pursue your dreams with clarity

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

Creating a Life of Purpose

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Creating a Life of Purpose


“How different our lives are
when we really know what is
deeply important to us, and
keeping that picture in mind,
we manage ourselves each day to be
and to know, what really maters most.”
Stephen Covey, author


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Creating a life of purpose

We create a life of purpose by identifying what’s most important to us and burning that vision deeply in our in our mind.

Once we identify what’s most important to us pursue it with passion until you achieved your desired outcome.

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

Be a No Limit Thinker

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Be a No Limit Thinker


“If you always put limits on everything you do,
physical or anything else.
It will spread into your work and into your life.
there are no limits,
there are only plateaus,
and you must not stay there,
you must go beyond them.”
Bruce Lee, actor


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Be a no limit thinker

Think in terms of your possibilities not your limits.

A possibility thinker sees unlimited opportunities and finds a way to peruse them,

As you peruse you opportunities and you hit a plateau use it to launch you next step not a rest stop.

Be a no limit thinker and you world becomes a world of unlimited opportunities.

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

Opportunity is Were You Find It

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Opportunity is Were You Find It

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

Albert Einstein, Inventor

As I see it. . . . . . . . .
Opportunity is were you find it

It becomes easy to fall into the trap of negativity and difficulty in any situation that we are involved in. What is critical is to see through the fog of negativity and difficulty and focus your energy and efforts on finding the opportunities.

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

Character is Build

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Character is Build


“Character isn’t inherited.
One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts,
thought by thought,
action by action.
If one lets fears or hate or anger
take possession of the mind,
they become self-forged chains.”
Helen Douglas


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Character is build . . . .

We’re not born with. It not a single thought or a single act.

Character is first build in our minds.

Character is build day by day through our continued thoughts deeds, and action.

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

Determination and Commitment

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Determination and Commitment


“Desire is the key to motivation,
but it’s the determination and commitment
to an unrelenting pursuit of your goals –
a commitment to excellence –
that will enable you to attain
the success you seek.”
Mario Andretti, race car driver


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Determination and Commitment

Success is attracted by those who make a commitment to achieve their goals. Successful people make it a habit to pursuit their goals with a relentless determination until they achieve their desired outcome.

They are committed to achieving success, and developing personal excellence in their quests for success.

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

Motivational Power Quote


A Simple Act of Kindness


“Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch,
a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential
to turn a life around.”
Leo F. Briscaglea


As I see it. . . . . . . .
A simple act of kindness

A simple act, a word of encouragement, being there for a friend, helping someone who needs help, allowing the other person speak and listening, all may seem small at the time but they have the potential of turning someone’s life around.

A simple act of kind impacts the other people and has the potential of changing their life and at times it also changes our life as a result of our act of kindness.

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

A Simple Act of Kindness

Motivational Power Quote


A Simple Act of Kindness


“Too often we underestimate
the power of a touch,
a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment,
or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential
to turn a life around.”
Leo F. Briscaglea


As I see it. . . . . . . .
A simple act of kindness

A simple act, a word of encouragement, being there for a friend, helping someone who needs help, allowing the other person speak and listening, all may seem small but they have the potential of turning someone’s life around.

A simple act of kind impacts the other people and many times changes our life as a result of our act of kindness.

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

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Watch Your Thoughts. . . . They Determine Your Life

“Watch your thoughts; They become words.
Watch your words; They become deeds.
Watch your deeds; They become habits.
Watch your habits; They become character.
Character is everything.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

As I see it. . . . . . . .
Watch your thoughts . . . . they determine your life.

Your thoughts form the foundation for your actions and your results.

Your thoughts determine how you view your life and how you will live it.

Your thoughts will determine your success or failure.

Think well of yourself and focus your thoughts on the positive and your life will parallel your thoughts and you will have paved the road for your success journey.

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

Creating the Habits of Success

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Creating the Habits of Success

“We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle


As I see it. . . . .
Creating habits of success

Forming positive habits is essential to ones continued success.

The journey of excellence takes determination. Create the habits of success and continually repeating those habits will pave the way of your success journey to achieve your desired outcome.

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

Be Receptive to Change

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Be Receptive to Change


“It’s not that some people have
willpower and others do not.
It’s that some people are ready
to change and others are not.”
James Gordon medical doctor


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Be receptive to change

The only constant in our lives is change.

Look at change as opening the doors to new opportunities and you will see the possibilities.

We can resist change and stand in the same spot that we’ve standing today with no progress. Or we can accept change and look at it as a new canvass with an opportunity to paint a new picture for our lives.

See the change as evolving with a new purpose.

When we accept change we will evolve to the next level.

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

It’s Not Luck

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It’s Not Luck


“I believe life is a series of near misses.
A lot of what we describe to luck
is not luck at all.
It’s seizing the day and accepting
responsibility for your future.
It’s seeing what other people don’t see
and pursuing that vision.”
Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks


As I see it. . . . . . . .
It’s not luck.

Life is not about luck; life is a series of near misses, persistence and breaking through.

We create a life of purpose when we have a vision for our future and are willing to pursue that vision with passion.

Make everyday an important day in your life where you seize the day and the opportunities. When we’re consistently looking for opportunities we will see things other people don’t see and we will create business advantages.

Take responsibility for your future and your success.

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

Keep Your Mind Young

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Keep Your Mind Young


“Anyone who stops learning is old,
weather at twenty or eighty.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
The greatest thing in life is to
keep your mind young .”
Henry Ford, industrialist


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Keep your mind young

A continuous to learner keeps their mind young and active. The person that stops learning will find themselves growing old mentally.

Learning expands the persons mind and knowledge and that knowledge expands the person’s opportunities.

Commit yourself to continuous learning and not only will you stay young mentally and your knowledge will keep you on right course of your success journey.

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

We Have the Freedom to Decide

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We Have the Freedom to Decide


“Our ultimate freedom is the
right and power to decide how
anybody or anything outside
ourselves will affect us.”
Stephen Covey, personal development author and speaker


As I see it. . . . . . . .
We have the freedom to decide.

We are in control of our decisions and it’s within our power to decide what we allow to affect us. No matter what happens to us we control how we respond to the event and the choices we make.

We have the power is to take control of the events in our life and make the decisions; and not let anybody or anything control or affect our lives.

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

Control Your Stress

Control Your Stress


“When you find yourself stressed,
ask yourself one question:
Will this matter in five years from now?
If yes then do something about the situation,
if no, then let it go.”
Catherine Pulsifer


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Control your stress.

When stress enters your life, we have a choice either to surrender to the stress or to let go of it.

Evaluate the situation that’s causing the stress, and ask yourself two questions. How will the situation affect my life and will it matter in five years.

If the answer is yes to the questions move forward and take action to do something about the situation, if the answer is no, let go of the situation and move on.

Once you take control of the stress, you’ll find that stress will start to melt away.

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

What Are Your Highest Priorities

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What Are Your Highest Priorities


“You have to decide what your
highest priorities are
and have the courage - -
pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically –
to say ‘no’ to other things.
and the way you do that is by having
a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.”
Stephen Covey, author


As I see it. . . . . . . .
What are your highest priorities?

Decide what’s important to you, and have the courage to pursue them with passion until you have achieved the desired outcome.

Just say yes to priorities. Just say no to non-priorities.

Stay focused on your priorities, keep the flame burning and your priorities will create a life of significant.

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

Personal Growth

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Personal Growth


“Of all the things that can have
an effect on your future,
I believe personal growth is the greatest.
We can talk about sales growth,
profit growth, asset growth,
but all of this probably will not
happen without personal growth.”
Jim Rohn, author, motivational speaker


As I see it. . . . .
Personal growth

Personal growth ignites the flames of our future and becomes the foundation for our success. As we continue to grow we open the doors of unlimited opportunities.

Commit yourself to continue person growth and success will follow.

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

Being Rich is a State of Mind

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Being Rich is a State of Mind


“Being rich isn’t about money.
Being rich is a state of mind.
Some of us, no matter how much
money we have,
will never be free enough to take time
to stops and eat the heart of a watermelon.
And some of us will be rich
without ever bring more
than a paycheck ahead of the game.”
Harvey Mackey


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Being rich is a state of Mind.

Being rich can not be measured by money alone, richness is found in the appreciation for what we have, our relationships and in taking the time to enjoy life.

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

Two Steps To Achievement

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Two Steps To Achievement


“The first step is to fill your life
with positive faith that will
help you through anything.
The second us to begin where you are.”
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Two steps to achievement.

Have a positive outlook about your life and faith in yourself and your abilities and move in the direction of your goals with confidence. Having faith in yourself assists you in overcoming your obstacles and challenges.

Achievement begins with your beliefs and having faith in yourself and making a commitment to your success. Start with the resources you have and from were you are.

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

Strength is Developed

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Strength is Developed


“Strength does not come from winning.
Your struggles develop your strengths
when you go through hardships
and decide not to surrender,
that is strength.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Strength is developed

Strength is not developed in what comes easy. Our real strength is developed through our struggles in life and overcoming our obstacles.

Remain firm in your convictions and work through your challenges.

When we decide not to quit we develop our true strength. It comes to the surface in the times of adversity, in staying the course we become the person that we were meant to be.

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

Doing Just a Little More

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Doing Just a Little More


“Do a little more each day
than you think you possibly can.”
Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Doing just a little more each day creates the opportunity to open the doors to unlimited achievement.

As your day goes on, do just a little bit more than you think you can do and that one extra thing will create benefits in over long run.

When tomorrow comes, do a little more than you thought you could do.

In time you form the habit of putting forth the extra effort, and accomplishing a little more.

At first you may not notice the difference, but overtime doing a little more each day will turn into big things. New goals will be achieved just by doing a little more than you thought you could do every day.

Your doing a little more everyday is the key to opening the doors to unlimited achievement.

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

When Things Look Impossible - Keep Going

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When Things Look Impossible - Keep Going


“Nearly everyman who develops an idea
works at it up to the point
where it looks impossible
and then get discourages.
That’s not place to become discouraged.”
Thomas A. Edison


As I see it. . . . . . . .
When things look impossible, keep going.

A human trait is to work until things get challenging and the outcome looks impossible. At that moment people get discouraged and quit.

An achieve looks the impossible and keeps going.

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

Motivational Power Quote


Have a Crystal Clear Mission


“When your mission is clear
and you burn with the inner
fire of unbreakable will;
no cold can touch your heart;
no deluge can dampen your purpose
you know that your alive.”
Chief Seattle


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Have a crystal clear mission.

Burn your mission in your mind, have a crystal clear vision of your future as you want it to be.

Be unshakable with the purpose of your mission.

Pursue your mission with passion until you achieve your desired outcome.

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

Scale the Highest Mountains

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Scale the Highest Mountain


“Somehow I can’t believe that there,
are any heights that can’t be
scaled by a man who
knows the secrets of making dreams come true.”
The Secret


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Scale the highest mountain

The mountain is there to climb once we have the vision of the mountain and we see ourselves making the climb.

We can scale the highest mountain when we have the determination to do it and we acquire the skills to make the climb.

The secret of scaling the mountain is in the believing that you can make the climb and you take the actions to climb the mountain.

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

Our Life is Determined By . . . .

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Our Life is Determined By . . . .


“Your living is determined not so much
by what life brings you as by
the attitude you bring to life;
not so much by what happens to you
as by your mind looks at what happens.”
Kahlil Gibran


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Our life is determined by . . . .

Not so much by what happens to us, but the attitude that we have about what happens to us. Our attitude is the difference between approaching life from a positive outlook or with negative thinking.

With a positive attitude we will approach what happens to with a positive outlook and make the best of the situation that we find ourselves in.

Our lives turn out the way we approach life and our vision of the future.

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

Life Can Be Easier Then You Think

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Life Can Be Easier Then You Think


“Life is easier to take than you think;
all that is necessary is to accept the impossible,
do without the indispensable
and bear the intolerable.”
Kathleen Norris


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Life can be easier then you think.

If you look at the possibilities, and move pass the negatives.

If your do the best you can every day with the resources you have.

If you establish strong relationships in both your business and personal life, where you’re seem as a go to resource.

If your have a positive self-image of yourself and a positive outlook for the future.

Life becomes easier when we make it easier, when you believe that it is easier.

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

Take Your Foot Off The Break

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Take Your Foot Off The Break


“Even though you may want to
move forward in your life,
you may have one foot on the brakes.
In order to be free, we must learn how to let go.
Release the hurt.
Release the fear.
Refuse to entertain your old pain.
The energy it takes to hang
onto the past is holding
you back from a new life.”
Mary Manin Morrissey


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Take your foot off the break.

Let go of the past and embrace the future.

Don’t waste your energy on reliving the past. The past is history and your energy will be wasted. Focus your energy on the future.

Focus on today and your future and move forward with confidence and create a new life and a new world.

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

Our Strength is Our Faith

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Our Strength is Our Faith


“All the strength and force of man
comes from his faith in things unseen.
He who believes is strong;
he who doubts is weak.
strong convictions precede great action.”
James Freeman Clarke


As I see it. . . . . . . .
Our strength is our faith.

Our faith is the foundation of how we live our life and on who we become. Our faith will be built on both tangible and things unseen. The strength of our faith becomes our convictions and those convictions will determine the size of our actions and the size of our life.

Great success will be achieved by those who have faith and will act with confidence and certainty.

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