Taking Responsibility

Taking Responsibility

“You can’t escape the responsibility of tomorrow

by evading it today.”

Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1950, 16^th President 

of the United States

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

Taking responsibility

Taking responsibility for your life . . . .and the results that you accomplish is the foundation for success and achievement. Make the decision to take responsibility today . . . . and every day of your life and for the level of success that you achieve.

You can’t escape responsibility your actions . . . . and your actions return to you the same way you send them out.

By taking responsibility, your focusing on the big picture . . . . and you’re taking control of your life . . . . and your result.

By taking responsibility, you increase the probability of achieving your goals and living your dreams.

The key to your long term success . . . . is taking responsibility for yourself . . . . and the path you follow on your success journey.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author 

Defusing a Hostile Negotiator

Motivational Power Quote

Defusing a Hostile Negotiator

“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make

friends of them.”

Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865, 16^th U. S. President  

   

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

Defusing a hostile negotiator

You negotiate everyday of your life in our personal relationships, in business and in almost every aspect of our life.

Hostile or intimidating negotiating is a strategy. It can be called . . . . negotiating by bullying.

The person that’s doing the bullying is aggressive in the relationship

. . . .  and is trying to intimidate the other person into becoming submissive. If they can achieve that position in the negotiations they will control . . . . the other person and the negotiating process and the likely outcome.

You see that type of behavior in negotiations all the time. You also see that strategies being used by attorneys in questioning witnesses and in their attempt to intimidate the witness.

The hostile negotiator relays on aggressiveness and intimidation to control the negotiations.

They attack the person and not address the issues.

You defuse the hostile negotiator by remaining calm . . . . and not falling into their traps and not being baited into confrontation. Don’t allow the hostile negotiator to intimidate or pressure you into concessions.

When the hostile negotiator is making statements and asking question at the same time or asking you for an answer to a multiple question, they are trying to confuse you. Ask them to restate or repeat the question. Also ask them for additional information or ask them explain what they asking you. Tell them that you don’t understanding what they are asking you.

They will also make statements or ask question with mixed messages and by doing this they are trying to compromise you or you answer. Be very careful in responding to this type of statement or questions as asked. Simple state that what you’re being asked are several questions that are unrelated with several answers. Ask them to restate or ask the question one at a time so you can answer or to respond to them one at a time to give them the information that they are requesting.      

A hostile negotiator in normally a type A personally type and will push for fast answers to remain in control or to have you error in your response.  By asking questions you throw off the type A personally game plan of intimidation.  

Before you answer the question of a hostile negotiator pulse and silently look the person in the eye and count to 5 slowly.  By pulsing you will throw a hostile negotiator off their game plan and they will become frustrated and lose their composure.

You will witness the following; they will start to answer their questions. You will see them to start to speak faster without thinking; they will just be reacting to their frustration. They will increase their aggressiveness and as a result lose complete control of the negotiating process.

They will become confused in their strategies and some will just blow up and look really bad. 

Defusing a hostile negotiator . . . . is achieved by remaining calm and in control of your emotions. It’s remaining focused on achieving a satisfactory conclusion to the negotiations and not taking things personally. Keep your composure and don’t allow the negotiations to become personal. Keep the negotiations focused on the issues and work towards a successful win – win agreement.

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

 

 

Motivational Power Quot

Do Your Very Best and Let the Sands of Time Judge You

“I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and

 mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings

me out all right. What is said against me won’t

amount to anything.”

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

As I see it . . . . . . .

Do your very best and let the sands of time judge you 

All you can do . . . . is all you can do when it’s your very best.

Abraham Lincoln was a simple man that as President of the United States met the moments of his day to rise above the chaos.

The country was split over the issues of slavery . . . . and country became so divided that the country exposed into the American  Civil War in 1861 that lasted until 1865.   President Lincoln remained firm in his resolve that man that no man had a right to own another man.

Under President Lincoln’s leadership and by signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 into law and the American Civil War the slaves were freed.

The cost of civil war and freeing the slaves was extremely high with over 750,000 deaths between the years of 1861 to 1865.

No man is perfect . . . . But in every man there is the passion to do your very best. Only a few light the flame of their passion to do their best under very trying conditions.   

President Lincoln didn’t float a trail balloon . . . . he did is very best and what best for all American.

He could have very easily kicked the can down the road for the next president and congress to handle . . . . But he didn’t he moved to the front and lead the country through a very trying time.

Do your very best and let the sands of time judge you . . . . President Lincoln is judged for his wisdom and leadership by the sands of time.        

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

Take The Responsibility . . . . For Your Life

Motivational Power Quote

Take The Responsibility . . . . For Your Life

“You can’t escape the responsibility of

tomorrow by evading it today.”

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

 

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

Take the responsibility . . . . For your life

By taking the responsibility . . . . For your life, you are taking the responsibility for your choices, your decisions and for the results that you achieve.

The foundation for your success journey is taking the personal responsibility your actions and your results.

Embrace the personal reasonability for your life, your actions and your results because you can’t escape responsibility . . . . But in taking personal responsibility you are taking control of your life and your future.

Take the responsibility . . . . For your life and you put yourself in the driver’s seat of your life and career. You can speed it up or you can slow it down. But in all cases you choose the path that you will follow and the destination that you will arrive at.

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

Personal Responsibility Can’t be Out Sourced . . . .

Motivational Power Quote

Personal Responsibility Can’t be Out Sourced . . . .

“You can’t escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16^th President of the United States

 

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

Personal responsibility can’t be outsourced . . . .

You can’t escape personal responsibility . . . . Embrace it

Taking the personal responsibility for your life and the results that you achieve is the foundation for all of your future success and achievement.

Make the decision to take responsibility for the actions you take today and every day of your life.  By taking responsibility for your life you are taking control of your future and the direction that your life takes.

Embrace the personal reasonability for your life, your actions and your results.

Personal responsibility can’t be out sourced and you can’t escape personal responsibility. Your future is your have take the personal responsibility for your future and shape it the way you want it to be.

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

And This Too Shall Pass

Motivational Power Quote

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

The Passion to Succeed

Motivational Power Quote

The Passion to Succeed    

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution

 to succeed is more important than any other one thing.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16^th President of the United States   

As I see it . . . . . . .

The passion to succeed

The passion to succeed is the winner’s edge.

There are many people that we meet that would like to succeed.  But they never light their internal passion of their enthusiasm to light the way to get them to there. They live in a world of “I would like to” but never take the step to get them there.

The winner’s in life have a passion to succeed and the moment that you meet them that passion show in their attitude and the way the present themselves.

The passion in a winner is the enthusiasm that drives them to focus on their goals and in achieving the desired outcome. They know what they want to achieve and are willing to work hard and smart to achieve their goals. 

Be the person that is driven to achieve to succeed.

Have the passion to succeed, keep that passion burning brightly in your enthusiasm and that passion will guild you on your success journey.

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

You Can’t Escape Responsibility

Motivational Power Quote

You Can’t Escape Responsibility

“You can’t escape the responsibility of

tomorrow by evading it today.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

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


You can’t escape responsibility


Taking responsibility for your life and the results that you accomplish is the foundation for success and achievement. Make the decision to take responsibility today and every day of your life for success.


You can’t escape responsibility our actions return to us the same way we send them out.


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

Sharpen Your Ax

Motivational Power Quote

Sharpen Your Ax

“If I had nine hours to chop down a tree,

I’d spend the first six sharpening my ax.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

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


Sharpen your ax


Attempting to chop down a tree with a dull ax is an exercise in fertility, there will be a lot of effort involved with very little progress.

In business we have to keep our ax sharpen to be productive and to reach our full potential.


We have to invest time and effort in ourselves and in our professional devolvement sharpening our tools to a fine edge. The sharper our tools become the more valuable they become to us.


Having shape business tools will increase our productively enabling us to have a better use and control of our time. Having sharp tools will cut a clear path for our success journey.


One thing about tools is they won’t stay sharp unless they are maintained we have to keep the sharp edge from become dull. To be a standout in our profession we have to commit ourselves to keep our tools sharpen to a razors edge.


Sharpen your ax and maintain you’re tools to a razors sharp edge and that edge will create a strategic business advantage.


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

Look For the Good in People

Motivational Power Quote

Look For the Good in People

“If you look for the bad in people

expecting to find it, you surely will.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

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


Look for the good in people.


Our opinion of other people becomes very powerful.


That opinion will reflect in our attitude about the person, the way we treat people, and the way others treat us.


If we were too continually look for the bad in people we may find ourselves looking into a mirror. For what we see in other’s we will find in ourselves.


Look for the good in people and you will find it.


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

Success is a Work in Process

Motivational Power Quote

Success is a Work in Process

“A man watches his pear tree day after day,

impatient for the ripening of the fruit.

Let him attempt to force the process,

and he may spoil both the fruit and tree.

But let him patiently wait,

and the ripe pear, at length fails into this lap.”

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States

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


Success is a work in process


Success is much like the pear tree. We have to cultivate the fields of our career before we can plant the seeds of our success. In our career we have to prepare our mind and spirit and make a personal commitment to pursue our success with passion.


The first step of success is preparation.


Once we have prepared ourselves for success we plant the seeds for a successful career. To see our career flourish we have to plant our seeds of success to grow deep roots to withstand the winds of our challenges that we will face in our life.


The second step of success is we have to plant the seeds of success to grow deep roots.


When our success seeds have been success planted the real work begin. We will have to continually work the field of our career to ensure the tree grows and bears fruit.


The third step of success is we have to maintain our success journey with the continuous enchantment of knowledge and skills and be a life long learner.


Success is a work in process and at times a moving target. Our advanced preparation will get us started on the right path and gives us the ability to adjust to the changing conditions in our life.


We have to put down deep roots and stand strong in the face of adversity. There will be no success without the commitment to weather the storms in our life.


Success is a work in process and is achieved when we focus on the process of success and our efforts on continuous personal improvement to become the best that we can be.


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