Take Responsibility for Your Mistakes

Take Responsibility for Your Mistakes

“In believing that you can go through life without

making a mistake is unrealistic. Mistakes

happen, the key is to admit your

mistakes . . . . and take the

responsible for them.”

Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant,

Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

As is see it . . . . . . . .

Take responsibility for your mistakes 

Mistakes happen . . . . and are part of your personal growth and in stretching yourself forward on your success journey. Use your mistakes as a learning experience to move forward  . . . . better prepared to handle the same condition in your future.

Never be too small or too big . . . . to admit your mistakes and have the strength to correct them.

You will earn far more respect in admitting your mistakes . . . . and in finding the best solution to the condition, then to be in a state of denial.

Those who look to try to cover up their mistakes, or deny them . . . . will come up looking bad . . . . and tarnish their reputation and lose respect.

You may not be able to correct all of your mistakes . . . . But you can take responsibility for your mistakes . . . . and grow as a person.

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

The Talker VS the Doer

The Talker VS the Doer

“The world needs dreams and the world needs doers.

But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.”

Sarah Ban Breathnach, Author

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

The talker . . . . talks up a storm . . .  . about what they’re going to do. They continue to talk . . . . actually when everything is said done there’s been a lot of talking going on with very little being done.   

On the other hand there’s the doer . . . . They’re a person of few words .  . . . and when something needs to be done you can count on them to do it successfully.

The doer gets things done . . . . while the talker is thinking about doing something.

You meet the talkers and doers in every walk of life. The talker is known for talking up a good storm with no substance. The doer builds their reputation on getting things done successfully.

You can count on a doer . . . . to get the job done.

You can count on the talker . . . . to keep talking.

Strive to be a doer . . . . and avoid the talkers.

The talker VS the doer . . . . are as different as night and day. The doers being the light of day into their success . . . . Where, the talker casts the darkness of their procrastination on their day.

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

Choose Your Words Wisely

Choose Your Words Wisely

“The difference between the right word and the wrong word

is like the difference between the lighting and

the lighting bug.”

Mark Twain 1835 – 1910, American Author and Humorist

As I see it . . . . . . .

Choose your words wisely

You see it every day and every walk of life . . . . people put their foot in their mouth.

They will speak without thinking . . . . and regularly say the wrong thing at the wrong time. They may try to laugh it off but it wears thin very fast and they embarrass themselves . . . . and the people they represent.

Speaking without thinking is a nightmare that is playing out in real life.

Choose your words wisely . . . . people will judge you by what you say and how you say it. It will also reflect on your reputation and how people feel about you. As they judge you . . . . they will make a decision if they trust you and if they will do business with you.  

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

The Value of Your Services

The Value of Your Services

“Give every man more in your value than you take from him

in cash value; then you are adding to the life of the

world by every business transaction.”

Wallace D. Wattles  1860 – 1911, Aerican Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

The value of your services

Your customers will judge the value of your services.

When you services exceed your customer’s expectations . . .  in the mind of your customers the value of your services, exceed the cash value that they have paid your goods or services.

Customers are looking for value . . . . Value can be created in lowering your prices . . . . cutting back on the quality of your goods or services. All of which will lead to a downward spiral in the heath of your business and your businesses reputation.

Or you can take the high road by increasing the quality of your services and in building a solid business reputation.

The customers are value sensitive . . . . Value is not always based on the lowest price . . . . The business that builds their value in their services will outlast the business that is builds only on being the lowest price provider.  

Your customers will remember their customer service experience  . . . . When your services exceeds your customers expectations . . . . where in the long run everyone wins.

When the quality of your service exceeds your customers expectations . . . . you create raving fans.

The value of your services . . . . will be reflected in the quality of your long term business success.

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

When No One is Looking

Motivational Power Quote

When No One is Looking

“Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There

are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right

is to got by, and only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.”

J.C. Watts, Politician, Football Player

As I see it . . . . . . .

When no one is looking

Character is earned . . . . in the many things that you do when no one is looking.

Character is in doing the right thing . . . . even when there’s no one there to see what your doing . . . .  and you can slide by doing less.

There are two very important elements of character . . . . One is the way others see you and the other is the way you see yourself.

How others see you is through and accumulation of your actions. They will make a decision if they can trust you . . . . if they see you as a honest person . . . . and if you put their needs ahead of your own interests. Most of all do they see you has a person of character and someone they would business with?

How do you see yourself?

Are you consistently meeting and exceeding your customers expectations . . . . or are your services falling short.

Are you delivering on your commitments to your customers?

The way the customers see you is there perception of you . . . . and there perception is there really.

How you see yourself . . . . is your self-image.

When you look at yourself as it relates to your service to others . . . . can  you look at it through the prism of being honest with yourself.

Only when you can be honest with yourself . . . .  when no one is looking can you establish a reputation and earn the title of being a person of character. 

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

Excellences is an On-Purpose Activity

Motivational Power Quote

Excellence is an On-Purpose Activity

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do

not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we

rather have those because we acted rightly. We are what

we repeatedly do, excellence then, is not an act but a habit.”

Aristotle BC 384 – BC 322, Greek Philosopher

As I see it . . . . . . .

Excellence is an on-purpose activity

Professionals set the standards of excellence for their life and for the level of excellence that will be delivered in their customer service.

Excellences is an on-purpose activity that becomes a habit . . . . It sets the bar for the level of services that the professional will continually provide their customers. When excellence is the goal the professional routinely exceed their customer’s expectation and WOW’S the customers.

When the customer service exceed the customers’ expectations . . . .  the professional builds the business relationship on a solid foundation of excellences that earns them a positive reputation among their customers and the business community.

Excellence is an on-purpose activity . . . . that becomes a habit and will pave the path of their success journey on a foundation of bedrock.  That foundation will support the weight of their success journey through the changing and challenging conditions that they encounter.

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

What’s in a Name?

Motivational Power Quote

What’s in a Name?

“Integrity: a name is the blueprint of the thing we call character.

You ask what’s in a name? I answer, just about everything you do.”

Morris Mandel 1911 -2009, American Jewish Educator, Journalist

As I see it . . . . . . .

What’s in a name?

In our life people will refer to us by difference names.

Let them look us in the eye and reflect back on us as a person of character.

Let them say to others that we are a person of integrity and someone that can be trusted.

What people say about us is a reflection of our public image and our reputation that will takes a lifetime to build.

What’s in a name?

Your name and reputation can open up the gates to a continuous flow of business and referrals.

Your name can be recognized as a leader in your profession.

Your name can make you the go to person in your field.

Your name can make you a positive role model.

Your name can make people seek you out for your advice and counsel.

What’s in a name? It’s all the difference in the world.

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

Diligence Creates Opportunities

Motivational Power Quote

Diligence Creates Opportunities

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune,

and idleness – its opposite –never led to good intention’s goals .”

 Miguel de Cervantes, writer             

As I see it . . . . . . .

Diligence creates opportunities

Some people have it and some don’t.

It’s acquired and will make a big difference in our relationships, in our customer service and the level of success that we achieve.

You can’t get it by reading a book or in hearing an audio program.

It comes from our heart and from our attitude of being of service to others.

Being diligence in our efforts leaves your footprints in the sands of time.

Having a reputation as being a diligent professional will create a sphere of influence and a growing list of raving fans.

When you care about your customers and when you do what you do for them with diligence you will stand out as a result of your actions.

Be willing to do a little more for your customers then they expect and do it consistently and people will seek you out.

Diligence is the key that opens doors and diligence creates opportunities.

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

Making a Decision

Motivational Power Quote

Making a Decision   

“Making a decision usually means taking one of two roads.

one is doing the right thing.

To take the other road, you have to sit back and spin a story

around the decision or action you are taking.

If you find yourself thinking of an elaborate justification

for what you’re doing, you are not doing the right thing.”

Wayne Sales, Business Executive      

As I see it . . . . . . .

Making a decision

There is always a choice in making a decision.

We can make the decision to do the right thing or we can make a decision to take the easy way out.

Making the decision to the right thing leaves footprint that lead back to us. Some people may not agree with us, but we know that we have done the right thing and our footprints will lead back to a reputation of integrity and being seem as a person of character.

Taking the easy way out in the decision making process can easily turn into a nightmare of regret.

When people find out that we shirted the issues to make an politically correct decision it will have a negative effect on professional image, our reputation and our standing in the business community. 

We always have a choice in making a decision and we will carry those decisions with us into the future.

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

Your Associations Will Impact Your Life

Motivational Power Quote

Your Associations Will Impact Your Life     

“Get around people who have something of value to share with you.

Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life

long after they have departed.”

Jim Rohn, Self-help expert     

As I see it . . . . . . .

Your associations will impact your life

We will be judged by the people that we associate with. Associated with positive people and we will be judged as a mirror image of that person.

Surround yourself with people with strong character and they will cast a long shadow in our direction. 

The people that we elect to associate with will impact our life, our business endeavors and our reputation.

Choose your associations carefully. Build a network of positive people with strong values that will be there to support you when it’s needed and be there for you in your hour of need.

As important as it is for others to be there for you, it’s equally important to create a network of people that your there for them. When you create a network of people that you’re willing to nurture and help without looking for something in return you expand your sphere of influence and in time everyone comes out a winner.

Your associations will impact your life and you get to choose the direction that your life takes.

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

The No Excuse Zone

Motivational Power Quote

The No Excuse Zone

“The best job goes to the person

who can get it done

without passing the buck.”

Napoleon Hill, author

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


The no excuse zone


The life that we make for ourselves is a life made through our actions.


We become a mirror image of our actions and people will judge us on our actions and the success of that we achieve, they don’t want excuses.


Our actions will either move us forward and closer to our goals. Or our actions will have a negative affect on us and move us in the opposite direction moving our goals out of our reach.


When things are moving in the wrong direction we have to adjust our thinking and our actions to get us back on track moving in the right direction.


Making excuses compound the situation and makes it worst.


Referrals, new business, opportunities and success go to the person that has demonstrated their value and have created the reputation through the actions.


Our future success is found in the possible zone where if we can image it we can achieve it.


Live you’re live in the no excuse zone and you will be focused on solutions and productive activities.


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

Make It Happen – Don’t Pass The Buck

Motivational Power Quote

Make It Happen – Don’t Pass The Buck

“The best job goes to the person

who can get it done

without passing the buck.”

Napoleon Hill, author

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


Make it happen - don’t pass the buck


People will judge us on our actions and the success that we create. They don’t want excuses.


Our actions will either open the doors of opportunities or keep us locked out.


Referrals, new business, opportunities and success go to the person that has demonstrated their value and have created the reputation through the actions.


Don’t pass the buck; don’t make excuses; make it happen.


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

Do More Then You’re Asked

Motivational Power Quote

Do More Then You’re Asked

“Don’t be content with only your duty.

Do more than your duty.

It’s the horse that finished a neck ahead

that wins the race.”

Andrew Carnegie, industrialist

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


Do more then you’re asked


Nothing will bring more positive attention to you as a professional then superior service. Develop the reputation for going the extra mile for your customers.


Successful people contribute their success to hard work and doing more then they’re asked to do.


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

Don’t Pass the Buck

Motivational Power Quote

Don’t Pass the Buck

“The best job goes to the person

who can get it done

without passing the buck.”

Napoleon Hill, author

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

Don’t pass the buck

People will judge us on our actions and the success that we create, they don’t want excuses.

Our actions will either open the doors of opportunities or keep us locked out.

Referrals, new business, opportunities and success go to the person that has demonstrated their value and have created the reputation through the actions.

Don’t pass the buck; don’t make excuses; make it happen.

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