A Commitment to Excellence

Excellence is not a destination . . . . it’s a continued process of getting better until you become the best.

Vince Lombardi, legendary football coach shared the following thoughts “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

Excellence is a life long journey . . . . and that journey starts from where you are today.

Excellence is a process of stretching yourself out of your comfort zone . . . . in into the possibility zone.

Make the commitment of daily incremental personal improvement and each day becomes a stepping stone to achieving that excellence in your life.

When you make a commitment to excellence . . . . and follow through on that commitment you change your life and the foundation for your career.

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

Do What Turns You On . . . .

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Do What Turns You On . . . .

“The one piece of advice I can give you is, do what turns you on. Do something that if you had all the money in the world, you’d still have a reason to jump out of bed in the morning.”

Warren Buffett, American Investor and philanthropist

As I see it . . . . . . .

Do what turns you on . . . .

Do what turns you on . . . . and what you do will never be a job.

There are far too many people that go to work every day and dislike their job and what they do . . . . they live their life for their days off.

They drag themselves out of bed each day and dread the day in front of them. They go through the motions at work with pain and can’t wait to get out the door at the end of day.

Their life is a rut and their career is a job . . . . and they will never reach their true potential as a result.

When you do what turns you on and enjoy what you’re doing . . . . You will never view it as work or a job. It’s your mission and your passion and you will eagerly pursue what you involved in without looking at the clock.

Find what turns you on . . . . and what you would do as a career even if you would not be paid for your efforts. When you find it you would have found you true purpose in life . . . . and the pathway to your greatest success.

Do what turns you on . . . . and you will never WORK a another day in your life . . . . you will be living your passion.

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

Consider the Source

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Consider the Source

“Don’t let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream,

and he thinks you are crazy, Succeed and he thinks you’re

lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you’re greedy. Pay no

attention. He simply doesn’t understand.”

Robert G. Allen, Canadian-American Businessman and Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

Consider the source

Anyone can have an opinion . . . . But always consider the source of that opinion.

There are those who share their opinions with you . . . . and what they share with you can be invaluable to you on your success journey. They are valuable source of information and their opinions can help you to create a breakthrough in your career.

And there are others that want to share . . . . hot air with you and call it an opinion. They can become a distraction on your success journey and their opinions have very limited or are of no value to you.

Consider the source . . . . of the information carefully before you use it.  Good information will booster you and your career and bad information will sink you like a rock.

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

The Amazing Results of Doing Your Best

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The Amazing Results of Doing Your Best

“Any man’s life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he make up his mind to do his best each day.”

Booker T. Washington 1856 -1915, African – American Educator,

Author, Orator and Advisor to Republican Presidents 

As I see it . . . . . . .

The amazing results of doing your best

Doing your best every day takes you from being good to becoming exceptional at what you do.

When you continually do your best you begin to standout and move to the front of your profession. You may not be noticed at first . . . . It’s in your continuous effort that creates the degree of separation that moves you forward to where other people recognize you as a practicing expert in your profession.

Doing your best is a career decision . . . . That decision will take time, commitment and determination to move you to the top of your profession. As you move forward your career will take on forward momentum that will drive your career in the direction of your goals.

The amazing results of doing your best . . . . is you become a different person . . . . with higher standards and values. Those standards will become a big difference in your career and in the level of success that you achieve.

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

2 Key Principles of Fulfillment in Your Career

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2 Key Principles of Fulfillment in Your Career

“The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it

is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you

find it put your whole soul into it – every bit of energy and

ambition and natural ability you have."

John D. Rockefeller III 1906 – 1978, Philanthropist

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

2 principles of fulfillment in your career

It seems that as I travel through the country and meet people in my training programs and consulting assignment I meet a number of people that are trapped in I hate my job.

The person that hates their job can only go in one direction by continuing doing what they are doing and . . . . that’s straight down hill.

The 2 key principles of fulfillment in your career is . . . . you have to find something that your really interested in and something you can do well.

You have to find the path to what interests you and what you enjoy doing to make the most out of your career. When you’re doing what interests you . . . . It will hold your interest and will light the passion of your enthusiasm to drive you to higher level of achievement in your career.

To reach a higher level in your career you will have to do what you’re doing well. When you enjoy what you’re doing you will motivation yourself to become better in your profession.

The 2 key principles of fulfillment in your career . . . . is to find out what interests you . . . . and to become really good at doing it.

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

Take The Responsibility . . . . For Your Life

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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

Your Activities Today - Prepares You For Your Future

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Your Activities Today - Prepares You For Your Future

“The best preparation for tomorrow

is to do today’s work superbly well.”

Sir William Osler, 1849 – 1919 physician, writer

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

Your activities today - prepares you for your future. . . .

Your preparation of today prepares you for the your future . . . .and your future success.  Positive activities today have a positive impact on your day and become the building blocks for your future success.

Preparation is the foundation for a successful career and becomes a key ingredient in being confident in your decisions and in your actions.

Putting your best in everything you do today builds the bridge to a successful tomorrow.

Preparation for tomorrow . . . . starts today and becomes the fuel for your success journey that keep you moving forward.

Your activities today – prepares you for the future and the level of your preparation today will mirror your future success.

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

 

Do Something Worthwhile Every Day

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 Do Something Worthwhile Every Day

“The greatest use of your life is to spend it for something

that will outlast it.”

William James 1842 – 1910, American psychologist and philosopher

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

Do something worthwhile every day

When you do something worthwhile every day . . . . You are making the best use of your time and putting down a solid foundation for your career and success journey.

By doing something worthwhile every day . . . . What you do will create forward momentum in your life and career and what you do will outlast you.

You can follow the path that others have walked in and followed their tracks. Or you can set out on your own path and leave a trail that leads to a better life for you and the people around us.

Leave the tracks that others will want to follow.

Do something worthwhile every day . . . . And in that simple act you will have the potential to change your life and the lives of the people that are affected by your act.

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

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Habits Can Build a Bridge to Success

“Habits can build a bridge to success, or take you down a dead end path. If you want to change the direction of your life you have to change your habits.”

Lou Ludwig, sales and management consultant, success coach, speaker, trainer and author

As I see it . . . . . . .

Habits can build a bridge to success

You can build your bridge on a solid foundation of your good and productive habits.  Build your bridge to support the weight of your success journey and your bridge will take you from where your standing today to greater levels of achievement and success.

Your habits will build that bridge to success or it will erode your career foundation.

If your habits are building the bridge to success your habits are moving you in the right direction.

If not . . . . your habits are either moving you in the wrong direction or derailing you and your success journey

You will have to evaluate your habits and indentify the habits that are contributing to your success. Then you will have to identify the habits you have that are holding you back and having a negative impact on your career.

Habits can build a bridge to success on bedrock by strengthening your positive habits and by eliminate the negative habits.

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

Play Hard and Enjoy Your Life

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Play Hard and Enjoy Your Life

“You really have social disease when

you make all your play work.

The only reason to play hard is to work hard,

not the other way around like most people think.”

Andy Warhol, American Painter

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


Play hard and enjoy your life


There is a time for work and when we’ll working apply the maximum effort to work hard and make the most from your efforts and your day.


The real secret of success is to make your work play. When you really enjoy what you’re doing you will never look at your career as work. You will view your career as play and that view of your career will keep you energized and open the doors to unlimited success.


Play hard, make your work play and enjoy your life.


When you enjoy your career your career becomes play. Play hard and enjoy your life.


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

What’s The Best Use Of My Time?

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What’s The Best Use Of My Time?

“Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize

and repeat over & over,

Is ‘what the most valuable use of my time right now’.”

Brian Tracy, author

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


What’s the best use of my time?


When we can answer that question; we find the most valuable use of our time and make more productive use of our days. As a result we will propel our career to the next level and achieve greater levels of success.


As we increase the productive use of our time we accelerate the pace of our success journey and we move closer to our goals.


Using our time productively focuses us on our priorities and the best use of our time, allowing more time for the fun things in life.


What’s the best use of my time? When you answer that question you are on the path way to success.


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

You Own Your Career

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You Own Your Career

“The biggest mistake that you can make

is to believe that you are work for someone else.

Job security is gone.

The driving force of a career must come

from the individual.

Remember:

Jobs are owned by the company;

you own your career.”

Earl Nightingale, author

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


You own your career


The career path that we take is our responsibility; we choose the direction that our career will take us.


We determine the efforts that we will expend on our success journey to achieve our goals.


Our attitude is a personal a personal choice, the way people will see is a reflection of our attitude.


We can peruse our goals with enthusiasm or we can show up.


We own our career and we determine what direction our career will take and become.


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