Keep Pushing Forward - Don’t Give Up

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Keep Pushing Forward - Don’t Give Up

“We may encounter many defeats

but we must not be defeated.”

Maya Angelou, poet  

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

Keep pushing forward - don’t give up  

Don’t give up, don’t quit and don’t surrender focus on the horizon and pursue your dreams for the future and keep pushing forward.

We may encounter setbacks, obstacles and defeats on your success journey but they all are temporary unless we give up.

The things that you want will not be handed to you on a silver platter. It will take a persistent focused effort and time to achieve the things that you want in life.

There will be times that you will have to work a little smarter,  others times  little harder, and you may have to work a little longer. No matter what you’re doing keep pushing forward - don’t give up.

When you encounter roadblocks look for the best way around them. When you faced with a problem look for the solution but don’t succumb to the problem keep going but don’t give up.

The only time that you become defeated is when you give up.  Keep pushing forward and don’t give up and you will find the way to achieve what you’re looking for.

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

Dare to do the Difficult

 

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Dare to do the Difficult

“It is not because things are difficult

that we do not dare,

it is because we do not dare

that they are difficult.”

Seneca, Roman philosopher

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

Dare to do the Difficult

When you dare to step out of your comfort zone and to do the difficult you turn the difficult into a speed bump on our success journey.

If you procrastinate on doing the difficult you will make a speed bump into a road block that either will extensively delay or bring your success journey to an abrupt stop. 

Addressing and working your way through a difficult task will not always be easy and at times can appear overwhelming.

A difficult task is a lot like eating an elephant and the best way to eat an elephant is one bite at the time.

The best way to tackle a difficult task is to prioritize what’s most important in what has to be done and to break the difficult task down into bite size pieces. Handle the most important pieces of the task first until each piece has been successfully resolved and some of the pieces will become irrelevant and no longer have to be addressed.

When you break down a difficult task into bite size pieces you break the task down into manageable pieces and you create milestone successes as you work through the task.

When we’re facing a difficult task have the courage to look at the in the eye and address challenge. Take control of the task and in finding the best solutions. As you do you are in control of the difficult test and the outcome. 

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

Excellence is an Attitude

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Excellence is an Attitude

“Excellence is not a skill,

it’s is an attitude.”

Ralph Marston, professional football player 1929  

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

Excellence is an attitude 

Your attitude will determine how we approach our life.

Excellence is getting out of bed every day and doing what you do the best that can and improving on your personal best until you are doing the things you do with excellence.

Your attitude will determine if you will pursue a life of excellences or doing what’s acceptable. You and you make the choice if you will peruse excellences in your days or just do just enough to get by.

Your attitude is a mind-set on how you look at and approach your world. Your actions will be based on your attitude and how you see that world.  

You create excellence in your attitude and execute that excellence every day with your actions.  

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

Don’t Become Complacent – Just Do It

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Don’t Become Complacent – Just Do It

“A man who is contented with what

he has done, will never become

famous for what he will do .”

Fred Estabrook, author  

  

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

Don’t become complacent

Just do what you have to do and do it now.

You can’t rely on what you’re done yesterday, today is a new day and yesterday is history. What has to be done has to be done today.

What you’re going to do won’t fuel your success journey and has very little value; you have to take action to make what has to be done today a priority and do it now.

What you do today and your results is what counts.

Don’t sit on yesterday’s results; blaze a new path to make today a productive day that contributes to your long term success.

Don’t become complacent just do what you have to do and do it now.

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

Customer’s Expectations

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Customer’s Expectations

“Customers don’t expect you to be perfect;

they do expect you to fix things

when they go wrong.”

Donald Porter, British Airways  

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

Customer’s expectations

Customers expect us to do what we said we’ll do and they expect us to get it done well and on time.

They expect us to be trustworthy, and to be someone that they can count on.

They are expecting us to communicate with them in a timely fashion and to keep them informed.

Customers are expecting us to successfully fill full our obligation to them and fix any problems that arise.

They hired us as a professional and are expecting us to live up to that expectation.

If you meet and exceed your customers expectations and everyone comes out a winner.

Customers set the expectations for the business relationships and it becomes our role to exceed the customer’s expectations.

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

Breakdown The Barriers to Success

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Breakdown The Barriers to Success

“The barrier to success is not something

which exists in the real world;

It is composed purely and simply

of doubts about ability.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32^nd U.S. President  

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

Breakdown the barriers to success

The barrier to success exists in our thoughts and thoughts determine our actions and our success. 

As you think you do and become.

As you think so goes your life. You can think in terms of unlimited opportunities that breakdown the barriers of success and paves the way for your success journey.

Or your thinking can be one of limitation and barriers.

As you think you do and will achieve.

Keep the compass of your thinking pointed in the direction of success and step in the direction. Keep your thoughts positive; believe in yourself, have faith in your ability and the barriers to success will crumble.

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

Life is Not Always a Smooth Road

Life is Not Always a Smooth Road

As we navigate our success journey we find that the road may not always be smooth and many times our footing becomes unsure. During these times, remain focused on your desired outcome and keep reaching for the stars.

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

Our Life is What We Make It

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Our Life is What We Make It

“Wealth is in the ability to fully experience life.”

Henry David Thoreau, author

 

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

Our life is what we make it . . . . make it a life of richness. 

Live a full and rich life.

The true richness in life comes in living a full life and through our experiencing life.

Our life is a life of choices, where our life can decline into a life of making a living or we can make the commitment to make our life a life of richness.

Create a crystal vision of what’s important to you and what you want to attract into your life. Your life will become a mirror of the vision you have for your life.  Your vision creates magnet for your dreams and you will have a life of richness.

We live the life of our vision of what we want it to be and our life is what we make it.

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

Time is Wealth

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Time is Wealth

“When you play it too safe,

you’re taking the biggest risk of your life . . . .

Time is the only wealth we’re given.”

Barbara Sher, author

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

Time is wealth

When you were born you were given the wealth of time. What you do with that time is your choice.

Value your time as a precious resource one that can only be used once and once it expended it is gone forever never to be used again. 

Focus on investing your time and not using it. You can invest your time wisely in productive pursuits that will pay you a dividend through out your life or the time can be wasted returning very little value of no value. What you decide to do is a choice and that choice is yours.

Manage your wealth of time as a precious resource and you resource of time will be return to you as wealth. 

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

Motivational Power Quote

Build a Strong Foundation

“A successful man is one who can

lay a firm foundation

with the bricks others thrown at him.”

David Brinkley, new commentator   

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

Build a strong foundation  

Put your foundation on the bedrock of your values and that foundation will withstand the turbulence that you will encounter along the way on your success journey. A foundation put down on weak values will not withstands the test of time and will eventually crumble under the weight of life.

Your life is built on the strength of your foundation. The depth of foundation will determine the height that you grow too in your life and what your foundation will support.

Your values will support you on your success journey and booster your relationships. Your values become a critical component on the path that you will follow and the results that you will achieve in your life.

You will be judged on your values.

Build a strong foundation on your values and dig that foundation deep to support you and your life’s journey. You will find that the foundation that you build will support you through the challenging times in your life and guild you to greater achievement and success.

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

Separate Yourself From the Competition

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Separate Yourself From the Competition

“Business is not just doing deals;

business is having a great products,

doing great engineering,

and providing tremendous

service to customers.”

Ross Perot, entrepreneurs  

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

Separate yourself from the competition   

Having a superior product with marginal customer service will result in an inconsistent business model with and hit and miss business success.

A business or business professional that puts the needs of their customers above their own will find that the business grows and that their customers become raving fans.  

Customers return to businesses that they can depend and have delivered on their promises of their product and services.

The quality of your customer service will determine the degree of separation that you create between yourself and the competition and if you standout or blend in.

The greater your separation becomes the more that you standout as a professional. Your customer will create a buzz about you, your business and you will receive the additional benefit of becoming a business and referral magnet.

By consistently providing superior customer service you create a consistent flow of positive customer satisfaction that will separate you from the competition and contribute to your long term success.  

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

Successful People are Big Dreamers

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Successful People are Big Dreamers

“All men who have achieved great things

have been great dreams.”

Orison Swett Marden, American writer   

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

Successful people are big dreamers

Great things are achieved by ordinary people who dare to be big dreamer and act on their dreams.

Ordinary people who are big dreamers and take actions on their dreams become the achievers in life and move away from the ordinary and into the success zone.

Successful people have dreams but they also ask questions and challenge themselves and their thinking to stretch themselves. They will ask the questions of what if, why not, why not me and why not right not now. They will move outside of their comfort zone and stretch them self into the possibility zone.

Big dreamers think out of the box and will move away from the status quo. They will search for the ways to make their dreams come true and act on them.

Successful people turn their dreams into their passion and turn their passion into action. Through your actions you turn your dreams into a reality.

Successful people are big dreamers and dare to dream big dreams and to take massive action to turn their dreams into success stories.

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

Anything is Possible

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Anything is Possible

“Start by doing what’s necessary

then what’s possible,

and suddenly you’re doing the impossible.”

Francis of Assisi, clergyman  

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

Anything is possible

Anything is possible to those who believe in themselves and have the passion to pursue their dreams. 

Have a vision of what you want to achieve in your life and burn that image into your thinking until you can see it happening. Put your vision into a plan, set your course and take the steps to have your vision become a reality.

Take small steps everyday to achieve small accomplishments. You will build big things off of your small accomplishments and continue to build momentum in doing what’s possible. Your momentum will create a break through. In that break through you’ll experience doing what others would have considered impossible. 

You now have turned the impossible into a reality. 

Anything is possible for those who believe that they can and take the actions to make it happen.

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

Believe and Achieve

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Believe and Achieve

“To accomplish great things,

we must not only act,

but also dream

not only plan,

but also believe.”

Anatole France, Winner of Noble Prize

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

Believe and achieve

What you believe you will do and become. 

To achieve great things you have to believe in yourself and your abilities. Your beliefs will create the foundation for the actions you take and for the results that you achieve. 

Your beliefs will put you on the path of standing in the winner’s circle of life or lead you to the sidelines to become a spectator and watch the world pass you by,

Have a crystal clear vision of your future as you want it to be. Believe that you will achieve your vision and create the plan on how you will achieve your vision.  

Believers achieve things that others dream about and become leaders in their field. 

If you believe in yourself there is no limit on what you’re able to achieve. 

Believe and achieve begins in your thinking and is achieved in your daily activities.

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

There Are No Half Truths

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There Are No Half Truths 

“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Benjamin Franklin, American Statesman  

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

There are no half truths  

You are either a person that speaks the truth or you are not, there are half truths.

The person who paves the path of success journey with integrity paves the way for a bright and successful future.

When you attempt to tell a half truth you are telling a lie. A lie create a path full potholes and makes for a very bumpy journey with very little or no progress.

The path we decide to follow is a choice; choose the path of truths and integrity. 

There are no half truths or partial lie, its either the truths or it’s not  

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

Adjust, Change and Thrive

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Adjust, Change and Thrive 

“Change is difficult but often

essential to survival.”

Les Brown, motivational speaker  

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

Adjust, change and thrive

Find tune your systems, techniques and skills to get better at what you do.

Adjust to meet the circumstances that you find yourself in and determine the best course of action to turn your circumstances into an opportunity.

You move from existing to thriving the moment we take the steps to move outside of our comfort zone and change. Without change we live in the status quo world and we either remain the same or move into reverse.

Adjust what needs to be adjusted. Have the courage to change what has to be changed and follow the path that will move into the thriving zone.

Adjust, change and thrive and open the pathway to greater opportunity and success. 

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

Become the Gardener of Your Life

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Become the Gardener of Your Life

“Don’t Water your weeds.”

Harvey MacKay

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

Become the gardener of your life

If you have weeds in your garden remove them.

When the weeds in life are creeping up around you remove them and don’t give them chance take root and grow.

Don’t give the weeds a chance to take over the garden where your thoughts grow. Remove the weeds from your mind and give your mind room to grow without being hindered.

The weeds are the distractions and negative thoughts that clutter your minds and your thinking. Those weeds have the capacity to derail your success.

Become the gardener of your life and when weeds are popping up; remove them before they take over the garden of your thoughts.

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

  

Motivational Power Quote

The Secret of Constant Effort

“Constant effort and frequent mistakes

are the stepping stones to genius.”

Elbert Hubbard  

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

The secret of constant effort

The secret of constant effort is not in the moving but in the direction.

Effort without purpose becomes scatted and will be one of wasted efforts and will result in very little or no return for your efforts. Effort with a purpose will move you in the direction of achieving your goals and will become efforts with a high rate of return on your activities.

Activities that keep you continually moving in the direction of your goals with a purpose will create greater productivity in your days and in your efforts.

Maintain forward motion that will continually move you closer to achieving your desired results.

When you make a mistake find the best possible solution to the condition, take the corrective actions to correct the mistake and move forward.

Making a mistake is a temporary condition and only becomes a problem if you fail to act to correct it.

Continue to make progress through constant effort to reach your goals and your success journey will stay on purpose.

Your constant effort becomes your stepping stones to greater success.

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

You Choose the Pace of Your Success Journey

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You Choose the Pace of Your Success Journey

“You can have success now,

or you can have it later.

It’s entirely up to you.”

Nisandeh Neta, author

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


You choose the pace of your success journey


It’s your choice when you commit to your success journey and you choose the path of the journey.


It’s your choice when we get started.


It’s your choice on the speed and intensity of the journey.


It’s your choice when to stop at the rest stops along the way and when to keep going.


It’s your choice to stay on course when we face obstacles, challenges and detours.


You can choose to be successful today from your efforts or maybe see what comes along someday in the future.


Success is all about your choices and you choose the pace of your success journey.


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

Persist Your Way To Success

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Persist Your Way To Success

“He conquers who endures.”

Persius 34-62AD, Roman poet

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


Persist your way to success


Your success journey is not an expressway it’s a journey of endurance. It becomes a journey of many twists and turns where your have keep your focus on your goals. You will face the winds of obstacles and the whether of adversity in those you have to persist.


The person that remains persistent on their journey and focuses on their outcome will move closer to achieving their goals.


Your journey may not be fast or smooth. But when you’re persistent you will find a way to stay on course and to succeed.


The person that persists attracts greater and greater success.


Persist your way to success, work a little harder, work a little long, do a little more then you have to do and you will find that being persistent will take you to higher levels of success.


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












 

Think Like a Winner

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Think Like a Winner

“Learn to think like a winner.

Think positive and visualize

your strengths.”

Vic Braden, author and tennis instructor

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


Think like a winner


You become who you think you are and the person that you visualize yourself to be.


Visualize yourself in the winner’s circle of life achieving your goals and celebrating your success. See the people around you congratulating on your accomplishments.


Everyday look into the mirror put your shoulders back and stand tall. Think like a winner and have the look of a winner.


Your mind is a powerful tool where you are in control of the data in your mind and how you use that data.


Think like a winner and ignite the winner that’s in you.


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

You Always Have a Choice

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You Always Have a Choice

“I discovered I always have choices

and sometimes it’s only a choice of attitude.”

Judith M. Knowlton, author

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


You always have a choice


You can choose to look at your world through the prism of positive thinking, or you can choose to see your world as a negative environment.


You can be enthusiastic about your possibilities or you can choose to see your future with no hope.


You can choose to work through your challenges or you can give up.


You always have a choice.


At times your only choice may be the choice of you attitude, but your attitude will make all the differences.


You always have a choice and in your choices you create the foundation for your future and your future success.


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



















Correct Your Mistakes and Move On

Motivational Power Quote

Correct Your Mistakes and Move On

“A man who has committed a mistake

and doesn’t correct it

is committing another mistake.”

Confucius

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


Correct your mistake and move on


The person that makes a mistake and doesn’t correct it will find themselves repeating the mistake.


What you repeatedly do becomes a habit. Repeating a mistake becomes an ingrained habit and you will continue to repeat the mistake until you correct the mistake and replace it with a new habit.


Make a commitment to yourself to correct the mistake as soon as possible before the mistake becomes a habit.


Change the habit and you’ll correct the mistake.


When we make a mistake correct it and move on.


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

Time is a Precious Resource

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Time is a Precious Resource

“Time, indeed is a sacred gift

and each day is a little life.”

John Lubbock, politician

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


Time is a precious resource


We have all there is; the only time that we have is now.


Time can’t be replaced; once time has passed it can never be retrieved or replaced.


You choose have your time is used.


Your time can either be invested, it can be used or it can be wasted. The best use of your time is to invest it wisely in productive activities. Investing your time becomes an annuity returning a dividend on your investment time paid over an extended period of time.


Treat your time as a precious resource and your time will treat you well.


Time is a precious resource that will be a critical resource in forming your future.


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

Motivational Power Quote

Your Attitude Creates the Winner’s Edge

“For success, attitude is equally

as important as ability.”

Harry F. Banks, author

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

Your attitude creates the winner’s edge

Money won’t do it by itself, you can’t buy continued success.

Having skills won’t do it by themselves; skills without a winning attitude won’t get you to your goals.

What makes the difference is a winning attitude.

The winner’s edge is their attitude. When they combine it with their skills with a winner’s attitude they create unstoppable force of forward momentum.

A winner’s attitude is in knowing, you can do it, and you will do it.

Your attitude creates the winner’s edge and that edge will move you to the front of the pack.

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