The Difference Between Waiting and Doing

“You can sit and wait for something to happen . . . .

Or you can take control of your success journey

. . . . and make things happen. The difference

between the two is how far you go on

your success journey.”

Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant,

Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

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

The difference between waiting and doing

Far too many people will sit on the edge of the dock . . . .  waiting for their success ship to come in . . . . while others go out and work hard for their success.

The person that waits for success to find them will find that the world will soon pass them by . . . . While they remain steadfast in their thinking that success will come to them.

The best time to set sail for your success journey . . . . is now. Don’t wait for your ship to come in. Go out . . . . and meet it . . . . and make positive things happen in your life.

Success is achieved in incremental steps . . . . as the result of continued focused effort in the direction of achieving your goals.

The difference between waiting for and doing . . . . when your waiting your accepting what comes your way. In doing . . . . your making things happen.

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

Think and See Yourself as Being Successful

Think and See Yourself as Being Successful

“What you think about most often becomes a reality

in your thinking. Think and see yourself as

being successful and burn that vision into

your thinking until you make your

vision becomes your reality.”

Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant,

Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

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

Think and see yourself as being successful

Success is a state of mind . . . . and success takes on difference meaning to difference people. Your goals become a benchmark for what you want to achieve . . .  and your interpretation of what success is for you.

Success is first achieved in your thinking and becomes a reality through your action.   

Here’s the key . . . . what you think about most often becomes a reality in your thinking. Also what you think about most often . . . . will move you in that direction.

Positive thinking patterns . . . . becomes the foundation for positive thinking . . . . and a positive attitude.

Think about yourself in terms of achieving your goals. See yourself enjoying the benefits of your efforts and enjoying what achieving your goals brings into to your life. Burn the vision of yourself standing in the winner circle of life.

A positive mental attitude will be reflected in your thinking . . . . and your actions that will becomes the foundation of your success.

Think of yourself as successful and see yourself stepping in the direction of your goals and successful achieving them.

Think and see yourself as being successful . . . . and living your dreams. See it . . . . believe it . . . . and do everything in your power to do it.

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

Eliminating the Non-Essentials is a Success Habit

Eliminating the Non-Essentials is a Success Habit

“Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”

Pablo Picasso 1881 – 1973, Spanish Printer,

Sculptor, Poet, Playwright

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

Eliminating the non-essentials is a success habit

Focus your efforts . . .  . on doing the most important things in your life.

Invest your time and efforts . . . . in getting the most important things done in there order of importance . . . . as you eliminate the non-essentials.

Doing what non-essential wastes your time . . . . drains your energy . . . . and takes you down the wrong path on your success journey.

Focus your efforts on doing the high return essential activities . . . . that will keep you on the right track . . . .  moving you in the direction of successfully achieving your goals.

Eliminating the non-essential is a success habit . . . . of eliminating the non-essentials from your life . . . . As you do, you take control the use of your time. You will also find that your time and efforts will become far more focused . . . . and will be returned to you with dividend.

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

A Positive Thinker

A positive thinker will see things that other can’t see . . . . and then will act on them with certainly. 

A positive thinker knows what they have to do to become successful . . . . and will do what has to be done with confidence.

A positive thinker will see challenges as opportunity . . . . and obstacles as starting points to the next level.

A positive thinker . . . . sees charge as the beginning of new opportunities.

When other people are complaining . . . . positive thinkers are finding a way.

   

When other people are failing . . . . positive thinkers are achieving.

A positive thinker . . . . will achieve the impossible because they believe they can.

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

Remain Composed Under Pressure

Remain Composed Under Pressure

“Pressure makes diamonds.”

General George Patton 1885- 1945, General U.S. Army

As I see it . . . . . . .

Remain composed under pressure 

We are very much like a diamond . . . . and our true self will be molded under the pressures in life.

At one time or another we will come under some form of pressure some being very intense . . . . and some just in passing.

Your life will be formed under intense pressure. How you handle the intense pressures in your life . . . .  and how you work your way through those intense pressures will determine who you become . . . . and how high you’ll soar.

Being composed in any situation . . . . creates a strategic advantage in your personal life and in your career.

Remain composed under pressure . . . . and you will remain in control of your emotions. You will also make far better decisions in controlling the outcome . . . . and in achieving your goals.

©2014 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consulting, Success Coach, Speaker, Training and Author 

You Control Your Results

You Control Your Results

“There is no failure expect, in no longer trying, there is no defeat

expect from within, no insurmountable barrier except our

own inherent weakness of purpose.”

Elbert Hubbard 1856 – 1915, American Writer, Publisher,

Artist, Philosopher

As I see it . . . . . . .

You control your results

You make the choices . . . . you decide to keep trying . . . . and you decide to get up after you get knocked down.

So when it comes right down to it you control your results.

On your success journey you will encounter changing conditions there will be obstacles . . . . challenges . . . . setbacks . . . . and failure. You will also encounter forward progress . . . . successful stepping stones . . . . and achieving your goals.

How your treat the changing conditions on your success journey . . . . determines the direction that your success journey will move in.

You’re behind the wheel of your success journey . . . . and you’re the one that makes the choice to put your foot on the accelerator . . . . or to step on the brake . . . . and when your going to pull into the rest stop.

You control your results . . . . turn on your personal navigation system to get you to your destination.

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

Push to Be All You Can Be

Push to Be All You Can Be

“There is no passion to be found in playing small – settling for

a life that is less than the one your capable of living.”

Nelson Mandela, Served as President of South Africa 

As I see it . . . . . . .

Push to be all you can be

Don’t settle for less than you can be . . . . push to be all you can be and for all you can achieve.

When you settle for less . . . . you leave what’s possible on the table and you achieve less then what your capable of achieving.

The difference of pushing to be all you can be . . . . and settling . . . . is in applying a little more effort . . . .  and pushing a little harder . . . . and a little longer.

In pushing you will discover that you have the capacity to . . . . achieve more . . . . and be more.

Push to be all you can be . . . . and you will discover a whole new world of opportunity in there waiting for you.

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

Being One of Best in Your Chosen Field

Motivational Power Quote

Being One of Best in Your Chosen Field

“Determine to become one of the best. Sufficient money will

almost automatically follow if you get to be one of the

“best” in your chosen field, whatever it is.”

Donald G. Mitchell, Writer

As I see it . . . . . . .

Being one of the best in your chosen field

There a benefits for being one of the best in your chosen field.

You will develop a positive reputation for your accomplishments . . . . and in being a leader in your field. That reputation will become a magnet for repeat business with your existing customers and in attaching referrals.

Having high business standards . . . . will be reflected in your professional compensation and you future earning capacity.

Be determined to be the best . . . . and be willing to pay the tolls that will be required to keep your success journey moving forward and in the right direction.

Being the best is a journey . . . . That has to be made in your determination . . . . through your actions . . . . and in your willingness to work hard today for your future success . . . . and in achieving the status of being one of the best in your chosen field.      

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

Raising the Bar For Your Expectations

Motivational Power Quote

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

You Paid For Your Success In Advance

Motivational Power Quote

You Paid For Your Success In Advance

“Everyone who has achieved financial independence will tell you that

at least in the early days you have to work smarter and harder.

The price of success must be paid in full, and it must be paid in

advance. There are no shortcuts.”

John Cummuta, Author and Financial Advisor

As I see it . . . . . . .

You paid for your success in advance

On your success journey you will come . . . . to a fork in the road.

One road is Easy Street . . . . On Easy Street there are a number of road signs that trap you into a false sense of security . . . . There is enjoy it now and pay later Lane . . . . You will see the coasting zone . . . .  and there will be an off ramp to a the short cut expressway.

Easy Street . . . . will lead you on a dead end journey of false starts . . . . wasted time and lost opportunities. The only direction that Easy Street takes you is in the wrong direction and further away from your goals.

To reach your destination you have to be willing to start stay on point and work hard.

A journey in the direction of your goals is one that will take time and energy to continue to move in the right direction.

When you choose success you paid for your success and you paid for it in advance . . . . of achieving it.

For those who choose Easy Street . . . . They continue to pay and repaid the tolls because they are moving in circles. They are retracing the same steps over and over without making any forward progress.

You paid for your success in advance . . . . and then you get the benefits of enjoying the fruits of your efforts.

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

Think In Terms of Limitless Abundance

Motivational Power Quote

Think In Terms of Limitless Abundance

“The life each of us lives is the life within the limits of our own

thinking. To have life more abundant we must think in limitless

terms of abundance .”

Thomas Dreier 1884 – 1976, American Editor, Writer,

Adverting Executive

As I see it . . . . . . .

Think in terms of limitless abundance

The life you live in today is within the limits . . . . of your current thinking . . . .

If you want to expand your world . . . . expand your thinking and you will expand your abundance.

You can go as far as you believe you will go . . . . and you will achieve what you believe your capable of achieving.

The world in front of you is the world that’s in your thinking . . . . if you want more expand your thinking to attract more.

Think in terms of limitless abundance . . . . and that thinking will take you out of your comfort zone and make a paradigm shift in your life.

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

Keep That Thought

Motivational Power Quote

Keep That Thought   

“The Key to success is holding in your conscious mine

what you want to achieve and then striving in

everything you do to make the image reality.”

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Author       

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

Keep that thought

Your thoughts are a driving force in your life.

Focus your thoughts on what you want to achieve and your future success. Don’t allow the clouds of doubt to creep into your day and block out the sunlight of your success.

Make your thoughts of success your mission and see yourself achieving your goals. Commit yourself to taking the steps everyday that will get you closer to your goals.

Burn the image of your success into your thoughts and live those thoughts in your actions until you turn them into a reality. 

If you can think it you can do it, keep that thought and live your dream.

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

Put Yourself in The Picture

Motivational Power Quote

Put Yourself in The Picture    

“Picture yourself in your mind’s eye as having already

achieved this goal, see yourself doing the things

you’re be doing when you’re reached your goals.”

Earl Nightingale, American motivational speaker, author    

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

Put yourself in the picture

Paint the picture of your life as you want it to be where everything and anything is possible.

Put yourself in the picture with brilliant color so bright of that the color seems to radiate from the photo. See yourself experiencing the life of achieving your goals.

Visualize yourself living the life in your dreams the life of achieving your goals.

When you put yourself into your dreams and visualize the results you have created an intense vision of your future and you will live with that vision until your vision becomes a reality.

Put yourself in the picture of your life as you want it to be and the life that’s in the picture will be there for you to achieve.

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

There’s No Coasting on Your Success Journey

Motivational Power Quote

There’s No Coasting on Your Success Journey

“If you’re coasting, you’re

either losing momentum,

or else you’re headed downhill.”

Joan Welsh, Maine House of Representatives

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


There’s no coasting on your success journey


There are two types of momentum. Your will either have forward momentum moving you closer to your goal. Or your momentum will be pulling you in the wrong direction putting your goals further out of your reach.


There is no coasting on your success journey. When your coasting you’re losing forward momentum and being to digress and go of course.


Keep your focus on the future and your momentum in moving you forward and in the direction of achieving your goals.


When you encounter an obstacle find a solution and work your way through the obstacle, but can’t coast your way through an obstacle.


When you encounter a road block on the journey find a way around it, over it, through it or take the detour to get you to your goals, but don’t coast.


Coasting creates a lost of momentum, takes you in the wrong direction and farther away from your goals.


Stay on course and keep your journey moving forward.


There’s no coasting on your success journey your momentum is either pulling you forward or you’re allowing your momentum to pull you away from achieving your goals. What you do with your momentum is a personal choice. Put your success journey into gear and move forward.


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

What Constitutes True Happiness?

Motivational Power Quote

What Constitutes True Happiness?

“Many people have a wrong idea

of what constitutes true happiness.

It is not attained through self – gratification

but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”

Helen Keller, author and activist

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


What constitutes true happiness?


A person with clear set of goals will have a purpose. Their goals may challenge them but they will find satisfaction in pursuing and achieving them.


They will find their passion in the pursuing their and true happiness in the achievement of their goals.


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