The Power of Experience

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The Power of Experience    

“Experience is the child of thought,

and thought is the child of action.”

Benjamin Disraeli, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom   

As I see it . . . . . . .

The power of experience

Experiences in your life is a powerful force, it can stimulate your thoughts, change the direction of your life, create lasting relationships and cause you to take action.

For others it can cause a person to go into a shell, withdraw from life, shut down and give up.

You can’t always control the external aspects of your life. But you can control what you do with what comes into your life in others words you have the control to shape the experiences in your life.

You control the experiences in your life through your thoughts.

If you view a condition as overwhelming in your thoughts, it will be just that. If you see the condition as manageable you will find that it is.

When you believe in yourself in your thoughts you will have confidence in your actions and gain greater control of your life.

Experiences come into your life and will impact your thinking. What you think about your experiences will create the foundation for your future action.

The power of experience will be your bridge to your future. With positive thinking you create the foundation for positive actions.

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

Made the Extra Effort

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Made the Extra Effort

“Defeat is not the worst of failure,

not to have tried is the true failure.”

George Edward Woodberry, literary critic   

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

Made the extra effort

When a task has to be done make every effort to do what has to be done to do the best of your ability. And then give it an extra effort to insure the success of your efforts.

Our efforts are not always enough to insure success and there are times that we’ll experience setbacks or failure. When that occurs we have to pick ourselves up and try again and to make the extra effort to get back on track.

We will never fail unless we give up and when your make the extra effort it becomes hard to give up.

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

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Every Decision is a Choice

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself.

Whatever has to be done it’s

always a choice.”

Dr. Wayne Dryer, author

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

Every decision is a choice

Every decision you make is a choice and those choice will determine the path we follow and the life we lead.

You have the choice to travel down the path of prosperity or take a dead end road. You can choose to be successful and work hard to achieve success or you can choose to go along with the flow.

You are responsible for your decisions, your choices and your results.

We can complain about your station in life or you can make the choices to change it and create the station in life that you want.

Every decision is a choice and it’s you choice on what you do in that moment of choice.

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

The Canvass of Your Life

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The Canvass of Your Life    

“You are the masterpiece of your own life;

you are the Michelangelo of your experience.

The David that you are sculpting is you.

And you do it with your thoughts.”

Dr. Joe Vitale, Motivational author and speaker   

As I see it . . . . . . .

The canvass of your life

What Michelangelo did with a paint brush, he first started as a vision in his thinking. Michelangelo painted his masterpieces in his thoughts and transferred those thoughts onto the canvass.

As a result of Michelangelo having the vision of what he wanted to paint he was able to paint his masterpieces and leave his footprints in the sand of time.

What do you want the canvass of your life to look like?

Do you want to leave your footprints in the sands of time?

Are willing to paint the canvass for your life as you want it to be?

You can paint anything on your canvass that you choose to paint. With a clear vision for your life you can paint a masterpiece.

Your future holds unlimited opportunities, when you believe they are there for you.

You can climb a mountain when you believe you can.

The canvass of your life will be painted with the visions that are in your thoughts that you act on.

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

The Secret of Excellences

 

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The Secret of Excellences    

“If you are going to achieve excellence in the big things,

you develop the habit in the small matters.

Excellence is not exceptions it is a prevailing attitude.”

Colin Powell, Secretary of State   

As I see it . . . . . . .

The Secret of excellences  

The secret of excellences is not mystical it’s in plain sight for those who seek it out.

Excellence is the thin slice between being good and being great. In business excellences will make the difference between a business succeeding or failing. 

Excellence is in the prevailing attitude of the person that’s providing the goods or services that takes them to the top.

It’s an attitude of to do more than what expected, to exceed expectations and to do it with excellence.

The attitude of excellences begins with the psychology of doing the things that you do with excellences.

When you continually do the small things in life with excellences you create and develop the habit excellence. That habit becomes ingrained in your thinking and becomes part of your business habits.

The habit of excellences continues to grows and the small things that you have done with excellences will become the big things.

The secret of excellence is in your prevailing attitude and that attitude is reflected in your actions.

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

The Secret of Excellences

Motivational Power Quote

The Secret of Excellences    

“If you are going to achieve excellence in the big things,

you develop the habit in the small matters.

Excellence is not exceptions it is a prevailing attitude.”

Colin Powell, Secretary of State   

As I see it . . . . . . .

The Secret of excellences  

The secret of excellences is not mystical it’s in plain sight for those who seek it out.

Excellence is the thin slice between being good and being great. In business excellences will make the difference between a business succeeding or failing.

Excellence is in the prevailing attitude of the person that’s providing the goods or services that takes them to the top.

It’s an attitude of to do more than expected, to exceed expectations and to do it with excellence.

The attitude of excellences begins with the psychology of doing the things that you do with excellences.

When you continually do the small things in life with excellences you create and develop the habit excellence. That habit becomes ingrained in your thinking and becomes part of your business habits.

The habit of excellences grows and the small things that you have done with excellences will become the big things.

The secret of excellence is in your prevailing attitude and that attitude is reflected in your actions.

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

Successful Negotiations

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Successful Negotiations

“What is great the art of beginning,

but greater is the art of ending.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet   

 

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

Successful negotiations . . . . has a start, middle and ending

All successful negotiations start with a proper mindset and a plan to negotiate a successful outcome.  

You will need to understand your objectives in the negotiations before you start and the objectives of the other person. You also have to have a plan B to fall back on if the negotiations reach an impasse.   

An excellent start to the negotiations moves the negotiations in the right direction from the beginning and sets the tone for successful negotiations and outcome.

A negotiation is a process that when you combine an excellent start and middle we create a successful conclusion to the negotiations.

Successful negotiations . . . . has a start, middle and ending.

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

When You’re Facing a Mountain Climb It

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When You’re Facing a Mountain Climb It

“Remember when you see a man

at the top of a mountain,

he didn’t fall there.”

Unknown  

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

When you’re facing a mountain climb it

The mountain that you’re looking at may be a challenge that you’re facing or an obstacle that appears to be standing in the way of your success journey. 

You can face the mountain in your thinking and in the way you look at things. You may have to adjust your thinking to get you back on track or to restart your engine. 

You will face many mountains on our success journey some passing very quickly while others will more time and effort to overcome.

The mountain will not be climbed by looking at it; you climb the mountain one step at the time. 

When you face the mountain climb it. Plan your way to the top and focus on the activities that will create the momentum to reach the highest peaks. 

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

Set a High Standard

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Set a High Standard    

“As a coach your high standards of performance,

attention to detail and above all how hard you work

sets the stage for how your player perform.”

Don Shula, HOF football coach    

As I see it . . . . . . .

Set a high standard

You set the standard for your life and success.

The standards you set will take to the forefront of your profession or keep you in the pack.

Don Shula has it right and practiced his standards. He lead by example and believed the difference between winning and losing was in the details. Coach Shula teams where always among the teams in the national Football League with the least amount of penalties assessed against them.

Be believed that you don’t give the other team an advance by making mistakes.  They won games by not making mistakes and when they made a mistake they overcame the mistake and played with excellence.

Coach Shula was demanding on himself and his players. Practice with Coach Shula was hard work and as a result of the hard work his teams where always prepared to win the game.

As a football coach, Coach prepared his teams to succeed.

As a real estate professional Coach Shula’s psychology is bring the best out of you as a professional.

Set a high standard, focus on the details, prepare yourself to win and work hard.

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

Making It Happen

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Making It Happen   

“People spend too much time finding other to blame,

too much energy finding excuses for not being

what they are capable of being,

and not energy putting themselves on the line,

growing out of the past,

and getting on with their lives.”

J. Michael Straczynski, author   

As I see it . . . . . . .

Making it happen

Making excuses is a complete waste of time and energy. When you’re done making excuses you lose your forward momentum and will very likely take seven steps backwards in your life.

Your time is far better invested in finding solutions then in excuse making.

You make it happen when you find solutions.

Put your time and energy into positive and productive activities and you will create forward momentum and the end of the day you will have invested your time to move closer to your goals.

To make it happen is a success philosophy and is achieved one day at the time. 

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

Take Control

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Take Control

“If you don’t like something change it.

If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

Don’t complain.”

Maya Angelou, poet  

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

Take control

When you encounter something that you don’t like you have a choice of changing it or accepting it. Take the high road and change it.

If you can’t change it find away around it, through it or to go over it.

What ever you encounter take control of the situation. Make the best decisions you can with the information that you have and with the resources you have take the action to change it.

With any situation maintain a positive can do attitude and find a positive way to resolve the situation.

If we don’t take control of the situation the situation will control you.

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

The Quiet Voice of Courage

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The Quiet Voice of Courage     

“Courage does not always roar . . .

Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day,

saying . . . I will try again tomorrow.”

Mary Anne Radmacher, inspirational writer   

As I see it . . . . . . .

The quiet voice of courage

There are days that instead of making progress it seem that you have taken a giant step backwards.

At the end of the day you have to make a decision to take what life gives you or to have the courage to pick yourself up and to dust yourself off and to say to yourself I will try again tomorrow.

It may not seem like a big thing at the time. But when you pick yourself up and push forward you have taken a massive step in achieving your goals.

In that simple act courage you have told yourself that you will not surrender to life’s setbacks and that you believe in yourself and will continue to push forward.

The quiet voice of courage may start out as a whisper but when you believe in yourself it will turn into a roar.

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

Are You Prepared to Give it Your All?

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Are You Prepared to Give it Your All?   

“Few men during their lifetime anywhere

near exhausting the resources dwelling within them.

there’re deep well’s of strength that are never used.”

Richard Byrd, explorer  

As I see it . . . . . . .

Are you prepared to give it your all?

When you’re willing to give it your all you open the door to amazing accomplishments.

Success is found when you’re willing to push yourself and in going the extra mile to achieve the desired result. 

Sliding by and doing the easy will not create lasting success or sustain a career at a successful level.

To achieve your goals are you prepared to give it your all? Will you stretch your limits and will you move out of your comfort zone?

Success is not found in the status quo, it’s found when you reach into your inner strength and give it your all.

When you’re driven you will find the inner strength to what you will have to do to achieve your goals. Your inner strength will be re-nourished with your inner drive. 

Are you prepared to give it your all and to take your career and life to the next level?

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

Enthusiasm Makes All the Difference

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Enthusiasm Makes All the Difference

“Nothing great was ever accomplished

without enthusiasm.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet   

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

Enthusiasm makes all the difference

Enthusiasm is the little spark that gets your engines started and then keeps it running at a high level on our success journey.

Your enthusiasm keeps you excited about your possibilities and will energize your activities.

When you have enthusiasm you have a passion for life and a sense purpose in the things you do.

Enthusiasm may start as little spark but in time it will turn into the fire in your heart that will make a big difference that will put you over the top.

Enthusiasm makes all the difference and may seem like a small difference will become a big difference.

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

Lights Camera Action

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Lights Camera Action

“Success seems to be connected with action.

Successful people keep moving.

They make mistakes,

but they don’t quit.”

Conrad Hilton. Founder Hilton Hotels  

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

Lights camera action  

Successful people understand that they are on stage and they will prepare themselves to perform at a high standard.

Successful people continually focus and move in the direction of success. There success journey is done with passion and as a result of their efforts they will create forward momentum. They stay on point and will work around and through the obstacles they encounter.

They realize that mistakes will happen. They will do their best to minimize their mistakes. When they make a mistake they will correct the mistake on move on as quickly as possible.

Successful people look at mistakes as a learning experience and use those experiences as building blocks for greater success and not as a wall.

Successful people will take the actions needed to will move them in the direction of success.

Successful people are motivated and live their lives by the motto of lights camera action and take the stage to succeed and don’t quit.

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

Break Down the Barriers of Resistance

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Break Down the Barriers of Resistance    

“It’s the constant and determined effort

that breaks down all resistance and sweeps away obstacles.”

Claude M. Bristol, author   

As I see it . . . . . . .

Break down the barriers of resistance  

A life without obstacles and resistance leads you on a path to nowhere.

The only way you can go through life without encountering obstacles and resistance is to lead a life of not trying, which will take you to a dead end.

Obstacles, challenges, resistance, setbacks and failure are all part of our lives journey and becomes part of the price you pay to success. People that have reached the heights of success have all experienced resistance on their success journey and with determination overcame them.

One people that comes to mind is Thomas A. Edison the inventor of the incandescent light bulb. The invention of the light bulb changed the world in his day. It changed from world from candles to light there the night to electric to show them the way.

Along his way to perfecting the incandescent light bulb he was able to identify 10,000 ways that the light bulb would not work. Thomas A. Edison persistence and determination eroded the obstacles that he encountered in his experiments. In his persistence he broke down the resistance and created the breakthrough and invented the incandescent light bulb that lighted the world.

Your determination will break down the barriers of resistance for you to light your world.

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

The Mindset of a Champion

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The Mindset of a Champion   

“I’m willing to put myself through anything;

temporary pain or discomfort nothing means anything to me

as long as I can see that the experience will

take me to a new level.”

Diana Nyad, swimmer    

As I see it . . . . . . .

The mindset of a champion

A champion can visualize the event that they will participate in their thoughts with clarity.

They will play and replay the event over and over in the thoughts until the event become real in there thinking. They see themselves performing in the event in fine detail. Their heart rate will increase; their muscles will be tense as a result of the mental image in their mind.

A mindset of a champion is to prepare themselves both mentally and physically to compete in the event at the highest possible level and to win.

A champion has mentally prepared themselves to be in a mental state to win and go into the event with confidence in their abilities to succeed.

A champion athlete trains hard to complete. In order to be completive they have push themselves hard and are willing to work through the pain of training and the pressure of the event.

The mindset of a champion understand that success has cost, the cost pushing yourself to stay at the top of your profession and determination to push through the challenges that you encounter.

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

Turn Your Plans Into a Road Map For Success

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Turn Your Plans Into a Road Map For Success

“When plans are laid in advance,

It’s is surprising how often

the circumstance fit in with them.”

Sir William Osler, Canadian physician 1849-1919  

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

Turn your plans into a road map for success

Planning for your journey in advance is planning for success.

Take aim on your target and set your course.

By making your plans in advance of starting your journey you will bring clearly to your journey.

When you have clearly, you will a clear direction for your journey and you’ll have a defined course to follow. With a plan and a course to follow you’ll be able to stay on course when you encounter changing conditions.

If you find yourself drifting off course you’re also able to adjust quicker to get back on course.

Planning in advance will being greater efficiency to your day and give you more control over your time. You will find yourself more focused on your goals and objectives.

With you’re planning in place your activities become focused and you turn your journey into a success journey.

With persistence you will turn your plans into a road map for success.

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

Stretch Into Your Expectations

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Stretch Into Your Expectations

“Nothing great has ever been achieved

except by those who dared to believe

that something inside them

was superior to circumstances.”

Bruce Barton, advertising executive   

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

Stretch into your expectations

Believe in yourself and that you deserve to win.

Take bold actions to achieve the results that will put you over the top of your field and into the winners circle.

Think like a winner and stretch yourself into your exceptional.

Nothing happens until you believe in yourself and stretch yourself into your exceptional.

Continually to stretch into your expectations and you will stretch out of your comfort zone into the opportunity zone.

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

Stretch into Your Expectations

Motivational Power Quote

Stretch Into Your Expectations

“Nothing great has ever been achieved

except by those who dared to believe

that something inside them

was superior to circumstances.”

Bruce Barton, advertising executive   

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

Stretch into your expectations

Believe in yourself and that you deserve to win. Take bold actions to achieve the results that will put you over the top and into the winners circle.

Think like a winner and stretch yourself into the exceptional.

Nothing happens until you believe in yourself and stretch yourself into the exceptional.

Continually to stretch into your expectations and you will stretch out of your comfort zone into the opportunity zone.

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