Stretch Beyond Your Reach

Motivational Power Quote

Stretch Beyond Your Reach

“Always dream and shot higher

than you know you can do.

Don’t bother just to be better than

your comptemporaries or predecessors.

Try to be better than yourself.”

William Faulkner, author

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


Stretch beyond your reach


Go a little farther than you have gone in the past. Stretch a littler more than you have before.


Success is stepping out of your comfort zone and stretching your self to a higher level.


As you stretch yourself to a higher level you will find that you are competing with yourself to stretch your boundaries to new limits.


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

Set Your Sails for Success

Motivational Power Quote

Set Your Sails for Success

“Twenty years from now you will be

will be more disappointed by the

things you didn’t do
than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines,

sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails,

explore dream.”

Mark Twin, author, writer

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

Set your sails for success

Success will only be achieved by leaving the safety of the harbor of your comfort zone, and setting your sails in the direction of success.

Setting your sails make create some immediate discomfort and stress; stay in your comfort zone causes a life time of disappointment.

Explore your dreams and set your sails for the journey of you life and to success.

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

Take the First Step

Motivational Power Quote

Take the First Step

“Even the longest journey begins with a single step.”

Lao Tzu, founder of Laoism

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


Take the first step


The first step that you take in the direction of success starts the journey to success and achievement.


The road marketers of your goals will keep you on course but you have the take the first to arrive at the destination.


Combine your first step with passion and you will accelerate the speed of your journey.


Your success journey starts with your first step.


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

Changing Your Attitude is the Solution to a Problem

Motivational Power Quote

Changing Your Attitude is the Solution to a Problem

“There can only be one solution to any problem;

a change in attitude and in consciousness.

Through the power of consciously focusing on

the things that we create in our imagination,

we give them the ‘nudge’

that brings them through the barrier

from the unreal to the real.

And herein we find the secret of propelling

our heart’s desires from the state

of imagination to the reality of our everyday lives:

It’s our ability to feel as if our dreams

have already come to life,

our wishes are fulfilled,

and our prayers already answered.”

Gregg Braden, New York Times best selling author and Visionary

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


Changing your attitude is the solution to a problem


We see the world through our attitude.


Our attitude controls our thoughts, our actions, and our lives. When we change our attitude we change our world and our lives.


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

Pursue Your Day With Passion

Motivational Power Quote

Pursue Your Day With Passion

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time.

You have exactly the same number of hours

per day that were given to

Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo,

Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci,

Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein.”

H. Jackson Brown, author

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


Pursue your day with passion


Enter you day with a purpose and pursue that purpose with passion and progress will be made.


See your day as a day of possible and focus your energy in positive activity to make your possibilities become a reality.


Use you time to follow your goals and dreams and your time becomes a resource for your success.


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

Adjust Your Sails

Motivational Power Quote

Adjust Your Sails

“The pessimist complains about the wind;

the optimist expects it to change;

the realist adjust the sails.”

William Arthur Ward

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


Adjust your sails


As we go through life the winds of our circumstances can change in a moment without a warning. How we respond to those shifting winds becomes the difference between success and failure.


Successful people adjust their sails to take advantage of the winds in there life. The winds may not be the ones we planned on but they are the winds that we have to navigate to remain on course to achieve the desired results and success.


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

A Successful Person Overcomes Obstacles

Motivational Power Quote

A Successful Person Overcomes Obstacles

“Remember, success is not measured by the heights

attained but by obstacles overcome.
We’re going to pass through

many obstacles in our lives:

good days, bad days.

But the successful person will overcome

those obstacles and constantly move forward.”

Bruce Jenner, American Olympian

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


A successful person overcomes obstacles


People who become successful focus on the solutions and in finding a way to overcome the obstacle. They will gain insight from their thinking and create forward momentum from their actions and move in the direction of continued success.


Focusing on the solution is focusing on the positive and creating a positive outcome.


Focusing on the obstacle become an exercise of focusing on a negative condition and will not show us the path to overcome the obstacle. Many opportunities will be missed by focusing on the obstacles because success is in finding the solutions.


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

Certainly I Can

Motivational Power Quote

Certainly I Can

“Whenever you are asked if you

can do a job.

Tell’em ‘certainly I can’

then get busy and find out how to do it.”

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the USA

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


Certainly I can


When asked to take on a new task move forward with a positive attitude of I can and I will complete the task successfully.


We can do what we believe we can do and we can certainly do what we want to do.


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

Meet Your Challenges Head On

Motivational Power Quote

Meet Your Challenges Head On

“You have to accept whatever comes

and the only important thing is that

you meet it with the best you have to give.”

Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady

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


Meet your challenges head on

When you’re facing a challenge that can’t be avoided; take control and face challenge head on.


Have the determination to successful work through the challenges that you encounter. Approach each challenge with a positive attitude and make your best effort to bring the challenge to a successful conclusion.


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

Focus on What You Can Control and Influence

Motivational Power Quote

Focus on What You Can Control and Influence

“The most critical thing business leaders

and future business leaders need to understand

is to stay focused

on the things that you can control and influence

and execute, execute, execute.”

John Chambers, Cisco CEO

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

Focus on what you can control and influence


Control your time and maximize your efforts by focusing the most important things in your life that you can control and on the things that you can influence with your actions.


By focusing on what’s we can control we are focusing our energy on the things that we can influence the outcome and we will bring greater productivity to our day.


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

Work Comes Before Success

Motivational Power Quote

Work Comes Before Success

“The dictionary is the only place

where success comes before work.”

Mark Twain, America author

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


Work comes before success.

Success take planning, a commitment to hard work combined with a continuous focused effort on the desired outcome.

A successful person is committed to the pathway to success and to stay on.

Our hard work will open new doors and those doors will lead to new opportunities that become the framework of greater success and achievement.

Commit yourself achieving greater success. Be willing to work hard when it’s required and to make a continuous effort in the direction of success.

Success is there for us when we are willing to go after it.

True success is never handed to us, success is earned from our efforts.

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

What you Expect to Happen Does

Motivational Power Quote

What you Expect to Happen Does

“When you expect things to

happen – strangely enough –

they do happen.”

J. P. Morgan an American entrepreneur

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


What you expect to happen does.
Our self expectation programs our mind.
What we except to happen becomes programmed into our thinking and becomes part of our dominate thoughts.
As we continue to think about what could happen; we find that thought becomes a reality in our mind and happens.
The more we think about what could happen; that thought becomes a self fulfilling prophecy and does happen.
If the expectation is negative, think about solutions.

When the expectation is positive keep the thoughts in your mind until the expectation comes to fulfillment.

What you expect to happen does.
©2010, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

What Happens is Your Choice.

Motivational Power Quote

What Happens is Your Choice.

“Make it happen,

help it happen

or get out of the way.”

Author unknown

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


What happens is your choice.


We can be an active participant in what happens to us or we can wait for thing to happen and take what life brings us; it’s a choice. It’s our choice.
Stand where your and wait for what happens or go after what you want with passion and massive action.


What you make happen is your choice. You will determine your future by your attitude your thinking and your actions.
Remain focused on the desired outcome and do what’s necessary to make it happen.
If you not willing to step up and make things happen, then get out of the way for those who are making it happen.


What we do to make it happen is our choice.


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

Who’s the Boss?

Motivational Power Quote

Who’s the Boss?

“There is only one boss,

and he can fire everybody in the company

from the chairman on down,

simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

Sam Walton, Wal-Mart founder

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


Who’s the boss?


There is only one boss in the business world and that’s the customer who patronizes your business. They support our business with there money in buying your products and services.


Focus your efforts on your customer to keep them coming back for more. Create raving fans and they will freely refer other people to you and your business.


Make the customer your number one priority by creating an exceptional customer experience and let them know that they are important.


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

Make a Commitment and Don’t Hold Back

 Motivational Power Quote

Make a Commitment and Don’t Hold Back

“The moment you commit and quit holding back,

all sort of unforeseen incidents, meetings

and materials assistance,

will rise up to help you.

The simple act of commitment is

a powerful magnet for help.”

Napoleon Hill, author

 

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


Make a commitment and don’t hold back


A commitment is a promise to our self to achieve our goals, objectives and a desired outcome. The commitment is a homing device to attract the things into our life that we are willing to go after with passion.


Your commitment releases your personal power to achieve what you are committed to achieving.


When you commit yourself and go after what you want you become magnet for opportunity and things will come into your life from unexpected sources.


Make the commitment to achieve your desired outcome. Don’t hold back on your efforts to turn your goals into a reality.


Commitment is a powerful magnet it attract success and prosperity.


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

Is it an Obstacle or an Opportunity?

Motivational Power Quote

Is it an Obstacle or an Opportunity?

“Sometimes things which at the moment

may be perceived as obstacles

and can actually be obstacles,

difficulties, or drawbacks-

can in the long result in some good end

which would not have occurred if it

had not been for the obstacle.”

Steve Allen, American humorist

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


Is it an obstacle or an opportunity?


Is it an obstacle or a stepping stone to success? The difference is how see the obstacle and how we respond to it and the action we take.


It’s not what happens to us that important; it’s what we do about what happens to us that makes the difference.


Look at every obstacle, setback or failure as an opportunity to move forward successfully using the experiences that we have learned from the events in our life.


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

Strength, Courage and Confidence

Motivational Power Quote

Strength, Courage and Confidence

“You gain strength, courage and confidence

by every experience which

you really stop to look fear in the face.

You are able to say to yourself

‘I have lived through this horror

I can take the next thing

that comes along.’

You must do the things you think

you cannot do.”

Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady

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


Strength, courage and confidence


When we have the courage to face our fears, look fear in the eye we gain the inner confidence to make effective decisions.


We develop the strength to overcome our fears, and we will see our obstacles melt away into opportunities.


We can learn from our experiences and we can turn those experiences into a positive spring board for the future.


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

A Little Common Sense Goes a Long Way

Motivational Power Quote

A Little Common Sense Goes a Long Way

“Common sense is the knack

of seeing things as they are,

and doing things as they ought to be done.”

Harriet Beecher Stowe, (1811 to 1896)

Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin - 1852

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


A little common sense goes a long way


Common sense can also be said to be doing the right thing at the right time for the right reason. Common sense will also light the way to a fuller happier life.
©2010, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Bigger Goals

Motivational Power Quote

Bigger Goals

“With great confidence in yourself and your abilities,

you will set bigger goals, make bigger plans,

and commit yourself to achieving objectives

that today you only dream about.”

Brian Tracy, self help author and speaker

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


Bigger Goals


Confidence is the bedrock of success and achieving your goals.


Be confident is your ability and go after your goals with passion and confidences.
Dream big, plan big and have the confidence in going after your goals in a big way.


Having confidence in yourself creates confidence in your decisions and your actions.


Confidence is the bedrock of your success journey and achieving bigger goals.


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

Success or Failure Depends on Our Attitude

Motivational Power Quote

Success or Failure Depends on Our Attitude

“You cannot choose the things that will happen to us,

but we can choose the attitude we will take towards

anything that happens.

Success or failure depends on your attitude.”

Alfred A. Montapert

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


Success or failure depends on our attitude


We can not always control our circumstances that we find ourselves in.


But we have a choice about our attitude when we find ourselves in those challenging situations. Our attitude will lead us to solutions that will either open doors or close doors.


Our attitude is a major factor in our success or failure and it’s all becomes a personal choice what attitude we choose to have.


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

Motivational Power Quote

A Wise Man That Learns to Use His Talent

“If a man has a talent and cannot use it,

he has failed.

If he has a talent and uses only half of it,

he has partially failed.

If he has a talent and learns somehow

to use the whole of it,

he has gloriously succeeded,

and won satisfaction and

triumph few men ever know.”

Thomas Wolfe

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


A wise man that learns to use of his talent succeeds beyond their wildest expectation.


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

Demonstrate Who You Are

Motivational Power Quote

Demonstrate Who You Are

“He who is required by the

necessity of his position to speak

the highest things is compelled by the

same necessity to exemplify

the highest things.”

Gregory the Great

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


Demonstrate who you are


We demonstrate who we are in our actions. Act with decisiveness and integrity.


Our actions will speak louder then words and have lasting effects on how people will see us and judge us.


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

The Way We Live Our Life is Our Choice

Motivational Power Quote

The Way We Live Our Life is Our Choice

“Your living is determined not so much

by what life bring you

as by the attitude you bring to life . . . .

not so much by what happens to you

as by the way your mind looks at what happens.”

Kabil Gibran, poet

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


The way we live our life is our choice


In our daily life we encounter opportunities and well as obstacles. Our life is not an expressway to success it becomes a road of persistence’s and perseverance.


In our pursuit of success we will experience many good days that are full of opportunities. We will also encounter days where nothing seems to go right and everything seems to be an obstacle.


The choices we make in response to what happens to us will make the difference between success and failure.


We have to put everything into prospective and maximize the opportunities we encounter and turn them into a business advantage.


When we face an obstacle, we have to find a way to work thought the issue in an affective manor and minimize any damage the obstacle could cause us.


Make the best choices you’re capable of making in any situation that you find yourself in.


The person we become and the life we live is a result of choices.


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

Make the Tough Decisions

Motivational Power Quote

Make the Tough Decisions

“Again and again, the impossible problem

is solved when we see that the problem

is a tough decision waiting to be made.”

Robert H. Schuller, author

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


Make the tough decisions

An answer to an impossible problem is having the courage to ask the tough questions.

When we challenge ourselves by asking the tough questions we come to a conclusion of what has to be done to solve the problem.


Once we have the answers we have to make tough decisions to bring resolution to the problem.


Impossible problems can be solved by making the tough decisions to resolve them.


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

Start With the End in Mind

Motivational Power Quote

Start With the End in Mind

“You read a book from the beginning to end.

You run a business the opposite way.

You start with the end in mind

and then you everything

you must do to reach it.”

Harold Geneen, industrialist

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


Start with the end in mind


Success is like a vacation they have a common trait; you have to plan your destination before you start your journey to make the most of your journey.


Once you know where you want to go and what you want to accomplish. Make specific plans to get you to your destination and create the written goals to give you a road map to keep you on the course to get there.


Start every journey with the end in mind and create the road map to achieve the desired outcome.


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

Problems Don’t Improve With Age

Motivational Power Quote

Problems Don’t Improve With Age

“One’s objectives should be to get it right,

get it quick, get it out,

and get it over, you see,

your problem won’t improve with age.”

Warren Buffett, American Entrepreneur

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


Problems don’t improve with age


A problem unsolved becomes a burden that can crush us under its weight. In facing a problem focus on the solution not the problem. Concentrate on finding answers to the problem and implement the solutions.


Work through your problems as best as you can as quickly as possible and move on.


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

Focus on Your Goals

Motivational Power Quote

Focus on Your Goals

“Before you begin a thing,

remind yourself that difficulties

and delays quite impossible to foresee ahead . . .

You can only see one thing clearly,

and that is your goal.

Form a mental vision of that and

cling to it though the thick & thin.”

Kathleen Norris, writer

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


Focus on Your Goals


When you encounter an obstacle on your success journey, work your way through the obstacle but remain focused on your goals.


Burn the vision of successfully achieving your goals into your mind and gather your energy and focus it on the achievement of the goals.


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

We Have To Work at Making Our Dreams Come True

Motivational Power Quote

We Have To Work at Making Our Dreams Come True

“We all have dreams.

But in order to make dreams come into reality,

it takes an awful lot of determination,

determination, dedication,

self-discipline and effort.”

Jessie Owens, Olympic Champing

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


We have to work at making our dreams come true


Dreams without a commitment and the dedication to make them come true become a life of unfulfilled dreams and a series of bad memories.


When we turn our dream into a vision for our future and pursue them with determination and purpose we turn our dreams into a reality.


Fulfilling our dreams takes commitment to work hard with a passion to make our dreams come true.


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

One Step Away From Greatness

Motivational Power Quote

One Step Away From Greatness

“It’s the little things you do that

can make a big difference.

What are you attempting to accomplish?

What little thing can you do today

that will make you more effective?

You are probably only

one step away from greatness.”

Bob Proctor, author and coach

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


One step away from greatness


We never know what step it will be that will carry us over the threshold of greatness.


Our little steps will add up to big steps, treat every step as important on your success journey, because you will never know which one will made the difference in your life.


Know your purpose and take the steps to become more effective to reach your goals and objectives.


You are one step away from greatness, take the step with certainly.
©2010, Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Our Past Does Not Equal the Future

Motivational Power Quote

Our Past Does Not Equal the Future

“Life is a series of collisions with the future;

it is not a sum of what we have been

but what we yearn to be.”

Jose Ortega Y Gassett, philosopher

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


Our past does not equal the future
Our past has gotten us to where we are today. We are living the life that we have created for ourselves as a result of our thinking and previous actions. We can’t relive our past it’s in the history book of our life. Our past only becomes an indicator of the future if we continue to do the same things that we’re currently doing.
If we want to change our future we have to change our thinking and our actions. Create a positive can do attitude in your thinking. Think in terms of what’s possible. A success future comes through the actions that we take today as they will determine our future and who we become.
Find your purpose and take massive action to achieve the future you want.


The actions you take today will create your future and your actions are your choice.


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