Experience is a Marvelous Thing

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Experience is a Marvelous Thing

“Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to

recognize a mistake when you make it again.”

Franklin P. Jones 1908 – 1980, Journalist

As I see it . . . . . . .

Experience is a marvelous thing

It’s that little voice playing in the background of your thinking that seems to popup to tell you to keep going . . . . it also pops up and tells you to make adjustments.

That voice is the voice of your experience coming to the surface . . . . and guilds your decisions from the wisdom of your past experiences.

Your experiences are worth their weight in gold when you listen to them. They will prevent from stepping into quicksand and sinking . . . . That voice of your past experiences will come through to draw on to help you to make good choice.

Your experiences will speak to you . . . . but there are times listening becomes optional and that those time you are at the greatest risk a repeating a mistake.

Experience is a marvelous thing . . . .  in the hands of a person that will use the wisdom of their experiences.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Raising the Bar For Your Expectations

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Raising the Bar For Your Expectations

"Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising

one's levels of aspiration and expectation."

 Jack Nicklaus, American professional golfer

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

Raising the bar for your expectations

When you establish crystal clear expectations for your future . . . . you create the foundation in your mind on how you will achieve your maximum potential.

Steadily raising the bar for your expectations . . . . and the aspirations elevates your thinking to a higher level to reach for higher goals.

Raising the bar of your expectations changes your future. You will find yourself reaching a little higher . . . . and a little further for bigger goals. You will stretch yourself out of your comfort zone . . . .and into the possible zone.

As you stretch out of your comfort zone you stretch your potential . . . . and you find yourself soaring at greater heights. As a result your potential steadily grows . . . . and you will discover your true potential.

In raising the bar of your expectations you stretch your potential to new heights . . . . and you will find yourself achieving more . . . . and steadily push the envelope to greater success.

Continually raising the bar of your expectations . . . . will maximize your potential.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Have Confidence in Your Own Power

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Have Confidence in Your Own Power

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble

but reasonable confidence in your own power you cannot be

successful or happy.”

Dr. Norman Vince Peale 1880 -1993, Minister and Author

Related to Positive Thinking

As I see it . . . . . . .

Have confidence in your own power

What you want to achieve . . . .  will be up to you.

Believe in yourself . . . .and believe in your ability to create successful results . . . . Believe in your power to succeed and to achieve your goals.

Your personal beliefs will become the fuel for you on your success journey . . . . Your beliefs will keep you focused on created your desired outcome and staying on point through the changing conditions that you encounter.

When you believe in yourself and faith in your ability . . . . Everything becomes possible. From your beliefs you will increase the confidence that you have in yourself and expand your power to create successful results.

Have confidence in your own power . . . . to create your destiny.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Enthusiasm is the Breakfast of Champions

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Enthusiasm is the Breakfast of Champions

“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it

the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.”

Edward Butler, Discount – Store Entrepreneur

As I see it . . . . . . .

Enthusiasm is the breakfast of champions

Each day when a champion gets up is ready to get out of bed in the morning they replenish their enthusiasm before their feet hit the floor.

They start their day with positive expectations . . . . and filled to the brim with enthusiasm.

With gusto they go into the world . . . . and face their challenges with the belief that they will successful overcome them. Some of their challenges can appear to be barriers  . . . . Their enthusiasm will give them an extra bust of energy when they need it the most . . . . and with that bust of enthusiasm they will find the endurance  to work through the challenge and to break down their barriers.

Enthusiasm is key component to a successful life and career . . . . keep your enthusiasm burning within you . . . . Your enthusiasm is the breakfast of champions that will keep you on the path of standing in the winner’s circle of life.  

 

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Busy Doing What?

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Busy Doing What?

“Don’t mistake movement for achievement. It’s easy to get faked

out by being busy. The question is: busy doing what?”

Jim Rohn 1930 - 2009, American Entrepreneur, Author

And Motivational Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Busy doing what?

It happens to us all the time . . . . we are really busy and at times it seems overwhelming.

We skip lunch . . . . forget about event and get home exhausted. Have a million of calls to make and e-mails that have to be attended to. We all have gone through a day or days like that.

The question becomes . . . . busy doing what?

Fill your day with productive activities that play an important role in servicing your customers . . . . moving you in the direction of your goals . . . . and contributing to you long term success?

When your day is full productive activities . . . . your are in control of your time and investing it in creating successful outcomes in your life.

When you ask yourself busy doing what? You will focus your time and activity on doing what’s important . . . . and weed out the distracters and time wasters from your day.

The next time you’re involved in having “one of those days” ask the question . . . . busy doing what? The answer will redirect your thinking and efforts in doing what’s important.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Put Yourself Into a Positive State of Mind

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Put Yourself Into a Positive State of Mind

“Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself. Here is an

opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power,

my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.”

Anthony Robbins, Motivational Author and Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Put yourself into a positive state of mind

A positive state of mind will energize you . . . . Accelerate your forward pace and increase the level of your motivation.

In that positive state you will expand your thinking . . . . feel like your walking on a cloud and open up the doors to greater opportunities.

A positive state a mind is a natural high of positive thinking and expectations . . .  it will motivate you to stretch yourself forward and to reach for higher achievement.

When you’re in the zone of a positive state of mind you release your personal power of starching your ability and to step in the direction of achieving you’re your goals with confidence.

Put yourself into a positive state of mind . . . . and you enter the state of releasing your personal power of opening the doors to . . . .  new possibilities . . . . and new opportunities . . . .

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Do I Need What You’re Selling

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Do I Need What You’re Selling

“A man’s success in business today turns upon his power to getting people to believe he has something that they want.”

Gerald Stanley Lee 1862 – 1944, American Clergyman and Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

Do I need what you’re selling

Interesting question . . . .

If I need what you’re selling . . . . I may consider buying it from you.

If you convince me I want what your selling . . . . and I believe you . . . . I will buy it from you.

People will only buy from you . . . . when they trust you . . . . have rapport with you . . . . believe you . . . . and you build the value in what your selling . . . . and you create an environment  for them to do business with you.

The key becomes in your ability to influence them . . . . by extending your hand and leading them into ownership without being pushy.

Do I need what you’re selling? The answer omes from effective communications with your customers . . . . and in understanding their needs . . . . their wants . . . . motivations . . . . and capacity to own. 

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Right is Right

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 Right is Right

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it;

and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.”

William Penn 1644 - 1718, English Real Estate Entrepreneur,

Philosopher, Quaker and Founder of the Province of

Pennsylvania

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

Right is right

There are times that you will be asked . . . . to compromise your integrity.

It can be in your business practices . . . . by not presenting a contract in a timely fashion because we’re asks us to hold off for 24 hours. It can be a seller asking us to not mention a defect in a property . . . .  Or we are asked by someone not to show the property because they may be getting an offer.

It can happen in negotiations, it can be on the edge of the Code of Ethics. There are a number of “little thing” that we can be asked to do “just this one time”. 

Things are either right or wrong and when your being asked to bend the rules for them . . . . they are asking you to compromise our integrity. A little wrong can accelerate out of your control and turn into a big thing or a disaster.

What’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong . . . .  it’s not matter what the size of what the wrong is. Take the high road of doing what’s right and you will never have to look over your shoulder.     

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

 

A Blog Should Be Written To . . . .

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A Blog Should Be Written To . . . .

“I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth

century:  that a writer never complains, never explains

and never disdains.”

James A. Michener, Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

A blog should be written to . . . .

Deliver a message to a target audience . . . .

To communicate a clear message . . . .

To create a professional image . . . .

To socially connect with other people . . . .

To inform and transfer information . . . .

To expand your business . . . .

To sell your services or products . . . .

To differentiate youreslf from your competitors . . . .  

To expand your social network . . . .

It should not be used to whine . . . .

It should not be used as a bully forum . . . .

With a blog people will judge you by your message and from a distances . . . . Your message will have to be clear and reach your target audience with relative information to be effective.

A blog should be written to communicate and with a purpose . . . . and when your message is on purpose you will have your target audience attention.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

The Real Test of Courage in Internal

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The Real Test of Courage in Internal

“Courage is not limited to the battlefield. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner test, like enduring pain when the room is empty or standing alone when you’re misunderstood.”

Charles Swindoll, Evangelical Christian Pastor,

Author, Educator

As I see it . . . . . . .

The real test of courage is internal . . . .

The real test of courage can come in the solitude in your quiet moments . . . . when you have to make a decision that only you can make . . . . and you make it.

Or it can be in the chaos and the craziness in a condition that you find yourself in . . . . and your step forward to take control on the situation.

The real test of courage in internal . . . . and is in that moment when an ordinary person steps forward . . . . and performs in an extraordinary fashion.

In that moment you can change the course of event . . . . the direction of your life . . . . or create a breakthrough. What you do in that moment comes from within and in your actions to meet the challenges in the moment.

The real test of courage in internal . . . . and many time your efforts go unnoticed . . . . but you know what you did . . . . and you did what is important.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Worry Less and Do More

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Worry Less and Do More

“If I spent as much time doing the doing the things I worry

about getting done as I do worrying about doing them I

wouldn’t have anything to worry about.”

Beryl Pfizer

As I see it . . . . . . .

Worry less and do more

When you’re worrying about what you have to do . . . . you do less then you have to do. When you do less then you have to do . . . . you worry about not doing what you had to do.

Worry becomes a downward spiral into the abyss of negative thinking . . . . and inaction.   

Worry also becomes the root for the stress in your life . . . . and many sleepless nights.

If you would invest the amount of time in doing what has to be done . . . .  that you spend worrying about what you have to do . . . .  With that shift in your time to what you have do. You would get far more done . . . . remove much of the worrying from your  life  . . . . and reduce your stress.

You worry less and do more . . . . by doing what has to be done.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Anything Worthwhile Has its Stages

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Anything Worthwhile Has its Stages

“Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little has its stages of drudgery

 and triumph, a beginning a struggle, and a victory.”

Anonymous

As I see it . . . . . . .

Anything worthwhile has it stages

Your success journey is a work in progress . . . . and evolve through difference stages.

As with any journey you have to prepare yourself to succeed on your journey to reach your desired outcome.

To get to your destination you will have to have a plan before you start your journey.

Along the way you will encounter the changing of the landscape and conditions . . . . There will be times you will feel drudgery and the grin of your journey. In those times you have to remain determined and keep pushing forward.

In your struggles on your success journey you will develop character and in that character you will find your persistence.

Anything worthwhile has its stages . . . . remain focused on your objectives . . . . Work your way through the stages will take time and determination. With a sense of purpose and dtermination you will be standing in the victory lane of your success journey.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Turn it Into a Strength

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Turn it Into a Strength  

“My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”

Michael Jordan, Basketball Player

As I see it . . . . . . .

Turn it into a strength

A perceived weakness . . . . is only a weakness until you master it.

One of the many great things about life . . . . Is that you have the opportunity for personal growth . . . . and there are no limits on how far you will go and how much you will grow.

It takes a deep desire to take a perceived weakness . . . . and to turn that weakness  into a strength. It will take time . . . . an extended effort . . . . hard work . . . . and determination to master your weakness.

A weakness is only a weakness . . . . as long as you allow it to exist in your life. Your have the capacity to push it out of your life and leave it on the curb.

Take a weakness and turn it into a strength . . . . and you will have created a new success habit . . . . and repeat that step has needed. And you will find yourself becoming stronger with less and less weaknesses in your life. 

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

The Step of Having Faith

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 The Step of Having Faith 

“When you get to the end of all the light you know and it’s time to

step into the darkness. of the unknown, faith is knowing that

one of two things shall happen; either you will be given

something solid to stand on, or you will be

taught how to fly”

Edward Teller 1908 – 2003, Hungarian-Born American

Theoretical Physicist

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

The step of having faith

There will be a time in your life that you will have to take a step into the darkness of the unknown . . . . Where the only thing you have to move you forward is your faith.

When you have a strong self-image . . . . you will have faith in yourself and in your ability.

When you have prepared yourself . . . . you will step forward with confidence.

When you step into the darkness . . . . look for the switch and turn on the lights.

Having faith . . . . is knowing yourself and having the belief that you can stretch yourself forward successfully.

The step of having faith . . . . is taking the first step forward with the conviction that you will succeed.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Life Can be an Obstacle Course

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Life Can be an Obstacle Course

“When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream; dare to

suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts and friction

from the world.”

Laura Schlessinger, Talk-Show Host

As I see it . . . . . . .

Life can be an obstacle course

Your dreams become within your reach . . . . with massive effort.

Through may experience of working with thousands of business professionals throughout the country there seems to very interesting ongoing conversation regarding having dreams and setting goals.

Over the last twenty years we have been living a society of entitlement.

Let me explain . . . .

In many youth sporting events they no longer keep score . . . . the concept is there is no winner and there are no losers.

The players have no sense of achievement for their efforts and it kills the competitive nature of the game and in the kids. They grow up without having to strive to get better. Because when the season is over everyone gets a trophy for showing up and not for excelling.

In schools they hold back the gifted students . . . . so the other students can catch up. 

Classes should be based on getting the most out of every student in the class based on their ability. Some students will go to college and some won’t. But every student deserves the opportunity for an education . . . . and its up to them to make the most out of their educational opportunities.

The key is to prepare the students to be able to navigate the obstacle course of life . . . . Also the schools have to prepare them to go to college or into the work force. 

The key is they have to be prepared . . . .

To be able to live your dreams . . . . your going to have navigate the obstacle course of your life and take the personal responsible for your life’s journey.

You also have to be willing to pay the tolls . . . . to reach your destination.

Life can be an obstacle course . . . . your dreams are within your reach when you make the commitment to achieve  them and make a massive effort to live your dream.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Block Out the Negative

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Block Out the Negative

“Character isn’t inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks

and acts, thought by though, action by action. It one lets fear or

hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become

self-forged chains.”

Helen Douglas 1900 – 1980, American Actress, Politician

As I see it . . . . . . .

Block out the negative

One must be aware of their circumstances . . . . and what you’re feeding into your mind.

Your mind acts like a living computer . . . . Your thinking is programmed into your mind and becomes the basis for how you program your life.

What you program into your mind will be reflected in your attitude . . . . Become the foundation for your actions . . . . and a critical component in your relationships.

When you program your thinking in the format of positive thinking and information you will have a positive outlook in your thinking and actions. It will be reflected in your attitude in your thinking and in your action.

The positive thinkers will have their sharing of challenges and setbacks . . . . As positive thinking you are focused forward and with positive outlook you will seek out solutions to your challenges and find a way to successfully work through your challenges.

Positive thinkers . . . . block out the negative in their life.  

When negative conditions come into the life of a positive thinking . . . . they focus on successfully resolving the condition . . . . They won’t allow the condition to become a barrier to their forward progress or prevent them from reaching their objectives.

Block out the negative  . . . . focus on the positive.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

The Willingness to Accept Responsibility

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The Willingness to Accept Responsibility

“Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s our

life – is the source from which self – respect springs.”

Joan Dillion

As I see it . . . . . . .

The willingness to accept responsibility

No one likes to make a mistake . . . . encounter obstacles . . . . or to meet with a failure. In reality we all . . . . do.

Your time is better spent in finding solutions . . . . them in wasting it in trying to make excuses.

Conditions come and go through your life . . . . dealing with what has to be done and finding solutions is using your time productively.

Making excuses will take your eye off the ball . . . . It sends you down a slippery slope of misuse of your time without come up with an acceptable solution . . . . or making forward progress.

When you willing to accept responsibility  . . . . you take your bumps upfront. Your able to put them behind you and focus on finding solutions and moving forward. 

The only way you can try to avoid obstacle and issues is by staying in your comfort zone. The willingness to accept responsibility . . . . is accepting the responsibility for your own success and for working through the difference conditions in encounter in your life.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Persistence’s is a Success Habit

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Persistence’s is a Success Habit

“Failure is only postpones success as long as courage coaches

ambition. The habit of presentence is a habit of victory.”

Herbert Kaufman 1878 – 1947, American Writter

As I see it . . . . . . .

Persistence’s is a success habit

Close only counts in the games quates and horse shoes.

You don’ get a touchdown . . . . for almost catching a pass in the end zone. You get a touchdown by playing the game with persistence’s and getting to the end zone.

You don’t get a homerun . . . . for a ball you hit into the stands foul. You get a homerun when step back in the battler’s box and hit the ball into the stands fair.

You achieve success in the real estate profession . . . . when you prepare yourself to succeed and through focused and persistence effort.

Persistence’s will move you to the top of your profession and keep you there. Persistence’s also will keep you going . . . . and pull you forward to reach your goals.

For the business profession persistence’s is a success habit . . . . that makes a big differences. Successful people have put themselves into the position to succeed through their persistence’s.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Change Your Perspective – Change Your Life

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Change Your Perspective – Change Your Life

“The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What

tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?”

Oprah Winfrey, American Media Proprietor, Talk Show

Host, Actress, Producer, Philanthropist

As I see it . . . . . . .

Change your perspective – change your life

Your viewpoint drives your thinking . . . . your actions . . . . and your results.

Change your perspective . . . . and you will change your thinking . . . . and you will change your actions . . . . and you will change your results.

You look at things through your attitude . . . . When you look at things through the prism of a positive attitude you will tend to be proactive and look for the best in the conditions that you find yourself in.

By looking for the best in the conditions . . . . you look for the best ways to create a successful outcome . . . . You will also look past a problem and look for solutions and ways to turn the condition around . . . . successfully.

When you look at your world through the eyes of a positive attitude . . . . You are looking at a world of opportunities.

Change your perspective – change your world . . . . Your attitude has a massive impact on you and the results that you achieve. When your attitude gets out of sync . . . .  make the adjustments to get your attitude back in sync to support you in achieving your goals and objectives.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

Sometimes You Need a Good Push

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Sometimes You Need a Good Push

“Come to the edge. No, we will fall. Come to the edge. No we will fall.

They came. He pushed them and they flew.”

Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 - 1918, French Poet, Playwright,

Short Story Writer, Novelist, Art Critic

As I see it . . . . . . .

Sometimes you need a good push

There are many conditions that we will face in our lives . . . . that we may need a good push to become unstuck.

You may be stuck in your comfort zone . . . . Your forward progress feels like you’re struck in reverse and your just not making any meaningful forward progress. You may need a good push to get you off the dime to resume meaningful forward progress.

There are times in your life that you may need a hand to pull you forward.

There are also times that what you really need is a good push to get you moving in the right direction.

A good push will help you to regain your forward momentum . . . . change the direction of your career or create a breakthrough in your life and career.

The key is sometimes you need a good push . . . . to lift you to soar with the eagles.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

You Will Create What You Will

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You Will Create What You Will

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what

you desire, you will what you imagine and at last

you create what you will.”

George Bernard Shaw 1856 - 1950, Irish Playwright

Co-Founder of the London School of Economics

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

You will create what you will

Your will is a powerful your internal force . . . . that pushes you pass the hurdles in your life. It gives you the strength to pick your self up after a setback . . . . and to try and try again.

A person’s will is their inner drive to go the extra mile when . . . . they feel too exhausted to take another step.

Your will is created in your attitude and then you act out your will of what you want to be . . . . and what you want to achieve in your daily achievity. Focus your thinking and concentrate your thoughts on your objectives and priorities. Your will and determination . . . . will be the driving force to achieving a successful outcome.

Whatever you will to be . . . . you are motivated to achieve.

Stay on purpose . . . . internalize your goals. Make the commitment to yourself to make continuous and consistent progress in achieving your goals and not to become sidetracked.

Stay on purpose . . . .

Your will is your strength of character . . . . to successfully finish what you start. 

You will create what you will . . . . Your will is the person power within you and when you release it . . . . what you will you will achieve.

©2013 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author