Network Your Way to Continued Success

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Network Your Way to Continued Success

“Network your way to success and grow rich.”

Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and author

As I see it. . . . .

Network your way to continued success

You do business with the people who like you and trust you.

Networking is a foundation of building a sphere of influence thought building relationships. In those relationships you build a valuable resource for future business and referrals.

Networking can be very effective in both a one on one face to face environment and in an online social networking setting. Both will build a base of connecting with people and increasing the potential for opening up the doors to future business opportunities.

Over time your connection will continue to grow into a powerful business source that will turn into a sphere of influence, opportunities, sales and referrals.

Network your way to continued success.

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

Take Measure of Your Accomplishments

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Take Measure of Your Accomplishments

“Don’t measure busywork. Don’t measure activity. Measure accomplishments.

It doesn’t matter what people do as much as it matters what they get done.”

Larry Winget, author, speaker

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

Take measure of your accomplishments

It’s not how busy you are or how active you become, what becomes critical is what we get done to accomplish your goals and objectives.

There is a big difference between being busy and being productive.

Focus your efforts on doing what’s important and that will contribute to your long term success. Eliminate the busy work that’s drains your time and energy.

Busy work is a time waster and returns very little or no value for your efforts.

Focus on doing what’s important.

When you’re focused on doing what’s important you will get more done in a shorter period of time. You will create great productively in your days and positive forward momentum in your career.

You will have a benchmark to look at the directions of your career, take measure of your accomplishments and your progress your making in reaching your goals.

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

Luck Starts With Preparation . . . .

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Luck Starts With Preparation . . . .

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

Seneca 4 BC – 65 AD, Roman Philosopher, Statesman,

                                                                 

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

Luck starts with preparation . . . .

Luck is being prepared . . . . To effectively meet and overcome the challenges that you face on your life’s journey and to take control of the conditions in your life.

Preparation puts your success journey on solid footing and creates a quiet air of self-confidence in your actions.  

Preparation places you in a position to achieve your goals and to reach your desired outcome.

The level of your preparation will determine the level of your success.

Luck starts with preparation . . . . When you prepare yourself to succeed.

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

Your Life Is What You Make It

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Your Life Is What You Make It

“Life is a Song; Sing it.

Life is a Game; Play it.

Life is a Challenge; Meet it.

Life is a Dream; Realize it.

Life is a Sacrifice; Offer it.

Life is Love; Enjoy it.”

Satya Sai Baha 1925 – 2011, Indian Guru,

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

Your life is what you make it . . . .

You can have a life full of great relationships.

You can choose to make your life a life of richness of spirit.

You can have a life where you pursue your goals with a purpose.

Your life can be anything we choose to make it.

Life is short; make the most of it every day.

You can take the path to fill full your dreams and to find happiness.

Your life is what you make it . . . .

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

When You Want Something Bad Enough You’ll Find a Way to Achieve it

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When You Want Something Bad Enough You’ll Find a Way to Achieve it

“When you know what you want and you want it bad enough,

you will find a way to get it.”

Jim Rohn 1930 - 2009, American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker

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

When you want something bad enough you’ll find a way to achieve it

Know what you want and you’ll find a way to achieve it

When you know what you want create a clear vision in your mind of exactly what it is you want and then focus your energy on the achieving that vision.

When you want something bad enough it will create the passion in your heart and in the spirit of your will to achieve it.

Convert what you want into written goals and develop a plan of action to achieve your goals.

To know what you want starts your forward momentum on your success journey having goals gives you a purpose and your plan gives you the road map to get you to what know what you want.

When you know what you want bad enough and you support it with written goals, a plan of action and act on your plan you create a driving force on your success journey to achieve a successful outcome and get what you want.

When you want something bad enough you’ll find a way to achieve it.

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

You Improve Your World in Your Thinking

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You Improve Your World in Your Thinking

“The place to improve the world is in your thinking and in your actions.”

Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant,

Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

As I see it. . . . . . .

You improve your world in your thinking

Improving your world begins with your thinking. What you think about will impact your attitude and your attitude determines if you take action and what actions you will take.

What starts out in your thinking and is implemented into targeted action will provide the vehicle to improve your place in the world.

You first improve your world in your thinking and when you take action on your thinking you bring that world into a reality.

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

Find a Way to Achieve Your Goals

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Find a Way to Achieve Your Goals

“When you know what you want, and you want it badly enough, you’ll find a way to get it.”

Jim Rohn 1930 - 2009, American Entrepreneur, Author, Motivational Speaker,

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

Find a way to achieve create your goals

Knowing what you want becomes your target. Putting what you want into writing creates your goals.

When you take your goals and create an action plan to achieve them you have a road map to reach your goals.

Taking action to achieve your goals moves you in the direction of achieving your goals and achieving your objectives.

Your motivation is the fuel that will drive your engine on your success journey and your motivation will give you an extra boost when you need it the more.

With a positive attitude and a persistent focused effort you will find a way to achieve create your goals.

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

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Face Change Boldly With an Open Mind

“Not everything that’s faced can be changed.

But nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

James Baldwin, author

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

Face change boldly with an open mind

Change may be one of the only constant in your life.  

Not everything you face in life can be changed, but without facing change boldly nothing changes.

The one thing that is consistent in your lives is change.

When you’re facing change step out of your comfort zone and look at change as an opportunity to expand your thinking and to open a new door to greater opportunity.

Change can create a new beginning in pursuing our goals; change can also create a breakthrough to reach new heights in your success journey.

Face change boldly with an open mind and you’ll see things in a difference light.   

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

Success is a Habit

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Success is a Habit

“We are what we repeatedly do.

Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Aristotle 384 BC – 322 BC, Greek Philosopher

As I see it. . . . . .

Success is a habit

Success is a habit . . . . And creating success habits is essential to your continued success and in reaching your objectives.

The qualities of your habits create the foundation for our life. The stronger your success habits become the stronger your foundation becomes. And the more weight it will support.

Success habits embedded in a strong foundation will withstand the storms in your life. They will give you the strength to push through your setbacks and challenges without losing focus of your long term goals and objectives.

The journey of excellence is a life long journey that takes determination. Forming and creating success habits that will carry you forward to reach your desired outcome is a key component of your long term success.

Success is a habit . . . . Creating success habits will create a powerful driving force on your success journey to keep us moving in the right direction and in the achievement of your goals.

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

Create a Vision For Your Life

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Create a Vision For Your Life

“Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life,

because you become what you believe.”

Oprah Winfrey, entrepreneur, talk show host

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

Create a vision for your life

See your life in a way that you want it to be. See the possibilities for your future and focus on that vision every day until your efforts make them a reality. 

It’s your vision, make it grand, and make it big. It’s your vision make it what you want it to be.

You will never achieve more then you believe that you will achieve and you will never further then the vision for your life. Create a grand vision for your life and as you create your objectives believe in yourself and believe in your ability to achieve them.

Believe that you will successful in achieving your objection.

Your beliefs will become you inner determination and strength to get you through the challenging times that you encounter along the way. Your inner strength will keep you moving in the right direction and focused on successfully achieving the desired outcome.

As you move forward and successfully achieve your objectives expand your vision for your life and your future. Create new objectives to replace the ones that you have successfully achieved and you stretch your limits as a person.

Create a vision for your life . . . . Your achievements will expand your confidence and as you expand your confidence you will expand your limits you will grow as a person and expand the vision for your life to a higher level.

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

Actions Have Both Risks and Rewards

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Actions Have Both Risks and Rewards

“There are risks and costs to a plan of action. But they are far less than the long – range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.”

John F. Kennedy 1917 - 1963, 35^th President of the United States

As I see it. . . . . .

Actions have both risks and rewards

For every action that you take there will be an element of risk in your decision to take action and in your actions there will also be rewards and benefits.

Without action on your part there is only the status quo, there is no progress only more of the same. Choosing not to act brings a bigger risk of falling behind. When you fail to act you will lose sight of your goals and your inaction will return very little in the way of any benefits to you.

With action there will always be a potential of risk. Look at the risk and look at the rewards and benefits. If the benefits exceed the risk there is value in taking the risk.

To move your career forward there will be elements of risk in your action. But without taking action there is not progress on your success journey and you will find yourself stuck in place.

Have the courage of your convictions and take the actions that will move you closer to your goals.

Actions have both risks and rewards; take the actions that will lead you down the pathway to success and prosperity.

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

Prosper in Real Estate

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Prosper in Real Estate

“The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket

and then watch that basket.”

Andrew Carnegie 1835 - 1919, Scottish American Industrialist

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

Prosper in real estate

Become a specialist in a market niche.

Accumulate all the knowledge that you can in your niche until you stand out in your field.

Put your energy and efforts into growing that niche into an unstoppable business force to where you are seen as an expert in your field and the go to person.

The way to prosper in real estate is to become specialist and to become an expert in a market niche.

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

Give It Your Best in the Things You Do

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Give It Your Best in the Things You Do

“Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are

small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you

that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big

ones will tend to take care of themselves.”

Dale Carnegie 1888 - 1955, author, self help expert

As I see it . . . . .

Give it your best in the things you do

Give it your best with the small details and your small details will accumulate and make a big difference.

Give it your best when you’re working with your customers and your best will open the doors to opportunities, and to new business and referrals.

Make giving your best your standard and you will stand out in your profession and you will be seen as a leader in your field.

Give your best no matter now small the task may seem to be and you will become a person of excellences.

Give it your best in the things you do . . . . And you will never have to look back with regrets

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

Success Leaves Footprints of Your Actions

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Success Leaves Footprints of Your Actions

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

Conrad Hilton 1887 - 1979, Founder of the Hilton Hotel Chain

As I see it. . . . . . .

Success leaves footprints of your actions

Success is not created in a vacuum it the result of consistent and focused action.

Focus your efforts on the desired outcome and keep your actions moving you forward.  

Continue to move in the direction of your goals even when the steps are small.

Success leaves footprints of your actions.

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

See the Opportunity in Your Difficulties

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See the Opportunity in Your Difficulties

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”

Albert Einstein 1879 -1955, German Theoretical Physicist  

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

See the opportunity in your difficulties

It becomes easy to fall into the trap of negativity when we encounter a difficult situation.

Challenging and difficult conditions are part of success journey and we encounter them when we are stretching ourselves and step out of comfort zone.

How we respond to our challenging and difficult conditions will make of the difference. We can fall into the fog of negativity to our difficulties or we can be a solution finder and look for and focus our energy on the opportunities.

With any challenging or difficult condition that you encounter look pass the condition and you will see the opportunity in your difficulties. When you look pass the conditions that find yourself in you will broaden your view and see the opportunities.

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

Happiness is a Choice and a Journey

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Happiness is a Choice and a Journey

“Happiness is a journey not a destination.”

Ben Sweetland, author

As I see it. . . . . .

Happiness is a choice and a journey

Happiness is a choice and you and only can decide if you’re going to be happy or not. Happiness is a life long journey.

You won’t find yourself waking up one day and to find yourself automatically being happy. Happiness is the accumulation of many moments in our life and learning to enjoy the moments.

Your attitude is also a big factor in finding happiness in your life.

When you feel happy with your life you are enjoying your moments and feeling the emotion of happiness.

At times your life’s journey may be challenging, find happiness in your ability to cope with your challenges.  At other times it will feel like your life is an expressway and thing are all coming your way.

Your life is a series of temporary events and each one offering you an opportunity to find happiness,

Happiness is a choice and a journey. Stays focused on your desired outcome and as you move through your success journey enjoy the journey and find happiness in the moments.

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

Find the Remedy to Your Obstacles

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Find the Remedy to Your Obstacles

“Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”

Henry Ford 1863 - 1947, American Industrialist, Founder Ford Motor Company

As I see it . . . .

Find the remedy to your obstacles

When you’re facing an obstacle find the remedy and in the remedy you will find the solution.

In looking to the remedy you are investing your time and energy productively. In focusing on the obstacle you are using your time and energy looking backwards which is unproductive and won’t remedy the condition.

Focus forward look for the remedy in the conditions that you encounter.

Find the remedy to your obstacles and you’re make forward progress in find the solutions and in building forward momentum.

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

Make the Effort to do All You Can do

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Make the Effort to do All You Can do

“All You Can Do

is

All You Can Do,

but all you can do is enough!”

A.L. Williams, Author, Entrepreneur

As I see it . . . . . . . 

Make the effort to do all you can do

This quote is the title of an outstanding book written by, A.L. Williams in 1988.

The book is timeless and is still appropriate today for those who strive to become the best that they can be in their business and in their lives.

It tells the story how A.L. Williams took control of his life and changes the path he was on to become a successful entrepreneur.

A.L. Williams grew up wanting to follow in his father’s footstep to become a football coach. He achieved his goal and became a successful high school football coach.

A.L. Williams father died a young age and died without any form of insurance. His family was left to struggle both emotionally and financially that event changed the course of A.L. Williams life.

While still coaching football A.L. Williams took on a part time job amd became a successful insurance salesperson.

Now for the rest of the story . . . .

The death A.L. Williams father left a lasting impression on him.

His mission became his passion. Has A.L. became successful selling insurance he took the next step and started a insurance company that would go on to specialized in selling  term life insurance policies.

Term life insurance is far more affordable than the traditional insurance policies and made life insurance available at lower costs and on that business model A.L. built a successful company.

I would highly recommend the book. I found my copy on Amazon.com, just Google the book by name.

A.L. Williams followed his passion to be all he could be. He made the effort to do all that you can do and you will find that all you can do will be enough to achieve your goals

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

Every Choice Has an Impact

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Every Choice Has an Impact

“Every choice we made has an end result”.

Zig Ziglar, Author, Motivational Speaker

As I See It. . . . . . .

Every choice has an impact  

Every choice you make has an impact on your life and future, choose wisely.

Make the choices that will build positive forward momentum and that will keep you on course in achieving your goals.

The choices you make will multiple and will either become positive fuel for your success journey or create obstacles and slow you down or stop your forward progress.

Choose wisely, for every choice has an impact on your life. The choices you make will determine the path that you will follow and level of success that you will achieve.

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

The Power to Choose

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The Power to Choose

“Every human had four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom . . . The power to choose, to respond, to change.”

Stephen R. Covey, Author, Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

The power to choose

Everyone has within themselves the power to choose.

We can choose to pursue our career with determination or we can choose to drift and do enough to get by.

We can choose to push our self to get a little better each day until our little better becomes a big difference.

We can choose to be who ever we want to be and we can achieve anything that we put our mind to has long as we’re committed to and are willing to work hard to accomplish it.

We can choose to get out of bed an hour earlier to enhance our professional development or we can roll over and sleep in for that hour.

We have the power to choose and do . . . . and in our choices we become who we are.

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

The Ability to Think and Reason

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The Ability to Think and Reason

“During my 87 years, I have witness a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual of ability to think.”

Bernard Baruch 1870 -1965, American Financier, Political Consultant,

As I see it . . . . . . .

The ability to think and reason

Many people can think . . . . but it the successful people that have the capacity to reason.

Successful people can take their thoughts and rationalize them and expand on them to use them for productive purposes.

The ability to think in any endeavor becomes an important part of personal growth and becomes the building blocks for your success.

Being able to reason separates the exceptional from the good. The person that can think through their conditions and reason them out in their mind will be able to find the solutions to the condition and as a result will make far better decisions.

To reason will focus your efforts on what will have to be done without a lot of wasted motion. A person who reasons things out will make better use of their time and minimize the do over’s.

The ability to think and reason is to take the extra moment to think and reason before you act.

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

And This Too Shall Pass

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And This Too Shall Pass

“It is said that an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words:

And this, too, shall pass away.”

Abraham Lincoln 1809 – 1865, 16^th President of the United States

As I see it . . . . . . .

And this too shall pass

Nothing lasts forever and over time this too shall pass.

There are things in our life that we hope will never change and things in our life that can’t change fast enough.

Your lives are made up of many moments with each one passing in a flash. It’s in those moments that you make your lives and the conditions in your life.

Some on those moments remain in your control and there are some moments that you have no control over. You will have to direct the moments in your life that you can control and make the best of the moments that are not in your control.

Each moment is a temporary condition and when you think about this the moment shall past. Remind in control of your emotions. No matter what the condition is that enters your life,  think that this too shall pass, and you will have your emotions under control and you will control the moments in your life.

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