A Curious Mind Will Ask Why

A Curious Mind Will Ask Why

“Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton asked why.”

Bernard Baruch 1870 - 1965, American Businessman

As I see it . . . . . . .

A curious mind will ask why

Ask questions . . . . to gather new information to increase your base of knowledge.

Listen to hear . . . . and you’ll discover more then you ever will by talking.

Be curious . . . . and look all around you and see what you’ve missed in the past.

Take a new path of discovery . . . . . and you’ll open up a new world of of thinking and new opportunities.

Have an open mind . . . .  look for ways to make a difference . . . . and they will be there.

Look up . . . . look down . . . .  look behind you . . . . look forward . . . . and look all around you’ll be amazed that there is a whole new world all around you that you have missed in the past.

What you’ll find by having a curious mind will be truly amazing and enlightening.

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

It’s OK to Ask For Help

It’s OK to Ask For Help

“The healthy, the strong individual, is the one who asks
for help when he  needs it. Whether he has an

abscess on his knee or in his soul.”

Rona Barrett, American Gossip Columnist and
Business Woman

As I see it . . . . . . .

It’s OK to ask for help

Fact is no one knows everything . . . . and there’s nothing wrong with asking for help.

Asking for help is a personal strength . . . . and a sign of intelligences.

One of the main reasons that people don’t ask for help . . . . is they are insecure. They feel that if they ask for help it will be a sign of weakness. Actually the opposite occurs, when people are asked to help the overwhelming majority will gladly step up to help you.

The key is to know what you’re asking for  . . . . to know the right person to ask . . . . When you ask listen to they are telling you and sort out the information they’re telling you.

Asking for help with a closed mind . . . . will waste everyone’s time.

Asking for help with an open mind  . . . . gets you answers and the help that you looking for.

It’s OK to ask for help . . . .

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

People are Unique

People are Unique

“Homogeneity makes for healthy milk but anemic friendship

that cross culturally imposed lines to enlarge our hearts

and expand our vistas .”

Dan Schmidt, Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

People are unique

People are unique . . . . and one size doesn’t fit all.

People respond differently to the same condition . . . . and they need to be respected for their difference.

People want to be heard . . . . listen to them . . . . and you will build rapport with them. Has you listen to them you will understand them . . . . and discover their uniqueness.

The key is to recognize the person for who they are . . . . When you recognize the person for who they are and their uniqueness you’ll be able to effectively communicate with them as a unique person. This will result in building a bond of mutual trust with them.

When you respect a person for their uniqueness . . . . they will sense it and it will become the stepping stone to creating a strong relationship with the person.

People are unique . . . . discover that uniqueness in them and you will have the key to both successful personal and business relationships.

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

It’s the Content of What You Say

 It’s the Content of What You Say

“The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak

slowly and subservient people quickly - -  because if they

don’t speak fast nobody would listen to them.”

Brendan Gill, Author

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

It’s the content of what you say

Same people talk at a rapid pace . . . . and some people will have a hard time in following what the speaker is saying.

Some people speak very slow and with a purpose.  In both cases the listener can turn out for the speaker based on the pace of the conversation.

Here’s the key . . . . people will listen to you when you present them with quality content. No matter if it’s for a speaking presentation . . . . a customer . . . . or on a listing appointment.

In every aspect of life professional communicators provide the listener . . . . with quality content to keep the listener engaged in the conversation.

Match and mirror your customer’s speech patterns . . . . and the pace at which they’re speaking at. And give the person good content in the conversation and you will find that person is giving you their full attention as they listen to you . . . . and you build rapport with them.

It’s the content of what you say . . . . that effectively engages the listener.

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

I May Not Agree With You

I May Not Agree With You

“I disapprove of what you have to say, but I will defend the

death your right to say it.”

Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1868 – 1919, English Writer

As I see it . . . . . . .

I may not agree with you

I may not agree with you . . . . but you have a right to say it.

As a business professional I may or may not agree with what you’re saying . . . . But it’s my role to listen to what you’re saying . . . . and to understand why your saying it.

Effective communications is an essential business skill in the exchange of information in a successful business relationship.

In order to influence a person that you agree or disagree with to have to proactively listen to them . . . .  and hear them out . . . .  To understand where they’re coming from and how strong their opinions are.

For the other person to listen to you they have to trust you . . . . and there has to be mutual respect and rapport in the business relationship. With it the person will listen to you and with facts you will have the ability to influence them.

Without it there is very little likely hood that they will listen to you or take your advice.

I may not agree with you . . . . Remember the other person as the right to their opinion. Your role is to hear them out and to understand where they’re coming from . . . . what they’re say . . . . and why. Build your relationship with the person that they will listen to you and accept your advice.

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

A Stortage of Listeners

Motivational Power Quote

A Shortage of Listeners

“It seems rather incongruous that in society of super sophisticated communications, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.”

Erma Bombeck 1927 – 1996, American Humorist

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

A shortage of listeners

Everyone wants to talk and be heard . . . . but there is a shortage of listeners.

The question is why?

Is there really a shortage of listeners?

Or is there shortage in the quality of what is being said?

If the speaker doesn’t understand their audience they will speak at the audience . . . . not to the audience and the audience will tune them out and not listen to speaker.

So is there a shortage of listeners? Or is it a shortage of the speakers understanding and motivation of the audience?

My guess in many cases is the speaker doesn’t understand their audience . . . . and doesn’t draw the audience into the conversation or the presentation.

The speaker misses the mark and turns off the audience . . . .

A shortage of listeners . . . . is a direct result of the speaker not engaging their audience.

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

Speak to be Understood

Motivational Power Quote

Speak to be Understood

“The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak

slowly and subservient people quickly - - because if they don’t

 speak fast nobody will listen to them.”

Michael Caine, English Actor

As I see it . . . . . . .

Speak to be understood

Speak at a pace so that the person that you’re communication with . . . . will listen to you and understand what your saying.

People have difference speech patterns . . . . and when you can identify the persons patterns you can match and mirror them to help you to communicate with at an affective level.

A good rule of thumb for this is to match and mirror . . . . the speech patterns of the person that you’re communicating with.

By matching and mirroring their speech patterns, their tone of voice, the pace that the person is speaking at for a few minutes.  You will build rapport with the person that your speaking with and a comfort level in the conversation. You will be building a bridge to better understanding in the communications.

By matching and mirroring the other party communication style you will have to engage the person by active listening . . . .to hear and understand what you’re saying.

After a few minutes you will be able to adjust you pattern of speaking back to your normal communication style  . . . . and the person that your speaking with will start match and mirror your communication style without give it much through.

Speak to be understood . . . .  when you match and mirror the person that your communication with, your speech patterns and communication they will active listen to you and understand what your saying.

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

Be The Person That You Were Meant To Be

Motivational Power Quote

Be The Person That You Were Meant To Be

“A coach is someone who tells you

what you don’t want to hear,

who has you see what

you don’t want to see,

so you can be who you

who have always known you could be.”

Tom Landry, football coach

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


Be the person that you were meant to be


Within each of us is the special person; that person is who we were meant to be. That person is waiting there to be released and come into the world and flourish. There is only one person that can release the potential of that person to be who they were meant to be and that person is us.


There will be a time that someone comes into our life that has the potential to change us, our world and open our minds to the potential that’s within us. They have the capacity to coach us, mentor us, encourage us, and motivate us to a higher level.


That person ignites a spark deep within us and that spark changes us and our world forever.


Grasp the opportunity and be receptive to the advice and counsel they offer. Be open mined to the need to adjust and to make the changes the will change the quality of your life.


Be the person that you were meant to be and listen with an open mind and act with a passion. We will see the possibilities that are available when we change our thinking from what was in the past to what can be in the future.


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