Here’s the Choice . . . . to Start . . . . or to Wait

Here’s the Choice . . . . to Start . . . . or to Wait

“There may be a million reasons not to start. But when

you want sometime done . . . . Nothing happens

until you start.”

Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant,

Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

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

Here’s the choice . . . . to start . . . . or to wait

When something needs to be started . . . . Start from where you are with . . . .  with the resources you have . . . . with the tools you have . . . . and develop the rest along the way.  

Waiting to get started until everything is in place . . . . becomes an exercise in procrastination . . . . Waiting doesn't create inspiration . . . . or get things done it creates stress and frustration.

Waiting puts your success journey into reverse.

When something needs to be started . . . . Move in the direction of what needs to be done. Your first step in the right direction gets you started and your persistence keeps you moving forward.

Here’s the choice . . . . to start . . . . or to wait. When you goal is to create successful results . . . . you have to get started.

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

Finish What You Start

Finish What You Start

“Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too

much to do. It comes from not finishing what they started.”

David Allen, Author and Productivity Consultant,

As I see it . . . . . . .

Finish what you start

One of the major sources of stress in a person’s life . . . . Is the stress resulting from leaving things left undone.

Leaving things undone compounds . . . . increasing the pressure on you . . . .  and creating stress. The more that you leave undone the greater your stress becomes.

When your list of things left undone grows it distorts your capacity to think clearly . . . . and cloud your decision making. It will also cause a downward spiral in your productivity. If it’s not dealt with it can freeze you into inaction and bring the forward momentum in your career to a standstill. 

Think about this . . . .

If it’s worthwhile it worth doing it with excellences . . . . and finishing it successfully.

If it’s not worthwhile . . . . Why are you even doing it?

Finish what you start . . . . and finish it successfully. From that success you will feel a sense of pride in what you did . . . . and a sense of accomplishment in getting it done.

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

A Life of Purpose and Direction

A Life of Purpose and Direction

“In the absence of clearly – defined goals, we become strangely

loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we

become enslaved by it.”

Robert Heinlein, America Novelist

As I see it . . . . . . .

A life of purpose and direction

Knowing what you want to accomplish in your life will give you direction . . . . Your written goals will give your life purpose.

A life without goals drifts . . . .  without a purpose or direction. In the drifting there will be a great deal of stress and frustration that builds up.

Define your goals and put them into writing in the order of their priorities . . . . Create a written plan of action to achieve them . . . . and your life will have both direction and purpose.

Commit yourself to successfully achieve your life’s purpose . . . . and to stay the course and make the adjustments that are necessary to reach your long term objectives.

A life of purpose and direction . . . . is a lifetime journey to successful achieve your goals . . . . and to live a life of purpose.

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

If You Don’t Like the Conditions – Change It

If You Don’t Like the Conditions – Change It

“There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as

they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”

Denis Waitley, Speaker and Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

If you don’t like the conditions – Change it

You control your choices . . . . You can choose to accept the conditions in your life . . . . and go along with it. Or you can choose to change it.

When you decide to go along with the conditions that you’re not comfortable with . . . . and they will cause a great deal of stress in your life. There is additional side effect of the conditions that drains your energy and lowers your productively.

Take control of the conditions in your life . . . . and you take control of your life and the direction that its headed in.

If you don’t like the conditions – change it . . . . modify it . . . . or get it out of your life. Otherwise your thinking and energy will be focused in the wrong direction and not productive and focused forward.

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

Consequences From the Lack of Planning

Consequences From the Lack of Planning

“Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid.

Those things are what happens when you don’t have a plan.”

Larry Winget, Bestselling Author, TV Personality and

Motivational Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Consequences from the lack of planning

When a lack of planning exists there is very limited focused direction for your life. Most days it will feel like your standing in a rut of quicksand that’s getting deeper and deeper in it.

Without planning here will be a lack of purpose in your activity . . . . As a result there will be a lot of drifting going on in your life followed by wasted efforts . . . . time . . . . and resources.  

Goals may or may not exist . . . . and there is no real way to measure your progress.

With each day that passes without planning . . . . another wasted day goes into the story of your life . . . . without contributing to your future.

Key point . . . .

Consequences from the lack of planning . . . . will increase your level of anxiety and stress compromising your future and your future success.

Create a roadmap for your future . . . . Develop written goals to give your life a purpose and direction . . . . along with goals create a written plan to successfully achieve your goals.

With written goals . . . . a written plan . . . . and acting on your plan, you will put the consequences from the lack of planning behind you . . . . and open the doors of possibilities. 

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

The Big Difference Between a Worry and a Concern

The Big Difference Between a Worry and a Concern

“There is a great difference between worry and concern. A

worried person sees a problem and a concerned person

solves the problem.”

Harold Stephens, Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

The big difference between a worry and a concern

Worry is focused on the problem . . . . and the past.

Your thinking is stuck in the past worrying about something that has taken place. Worrying creates a negative mindset and focuses you energy and thinking on the problem.

The key is there is no amount of worrying that you can do that will cure the problem.

A concern is in the here and now . . . . and focusing your energy and efforts on finding a solution to the concern. When you are focused on the solution you are focusing your thinking forward to remove the concern.

The big difference between a worry and a concern . . . .worrying keeps you locked into the past. Worrying will also create a great deal of stress in your life without finding the resolution to the problem.

Your concern becomes an actionable and manageable condition that with forethought and effort can be successfully be put to rest.

The big difference between a worry and a concern . . . . is in how you look at it . . . . and what you do about it.

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

Getting Over a Painful Experience

Motivational Power Quote

Getting Over a Painful Experience

“Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars.

You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.”

C.S. Lewis 1898 – 1963, Novelist, Poet, Medievalist

Literary Critic

As I see it . . . . . . .

Getting over a painful experience

It can happen in a personal relationship . . . . in your career . . . . or with a member of your family and in so many other areas of your life. The pain can be overwhelming and create a void in your life.

Letting go and getting over a painful experience can be very difficult to handle. The experience will be at the root cause of sleepless nights . . . .  deep anxiety and stress in your lives. If it’s not dealt with it can lead to a state of depression.

People have to work at getting over a painful experience . . . .  It will take an effort on the person’s part to put the experience behind them and cut the cord from that experience.

Getting over a painful experience can be a challenge to get through . . . . But once you do you will free liberated and have fresh start.

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

Worry Less and Do More

Motivational Power Quote

Worry Less and Do More

“If I spent as much time doing the doing the things I worry

about getting done as I do worrying about doing them I

wouldn’t have anything to worry about.”

Beryl Pfizer

As I see it . . . . . . .

Worry less and do more

When you’re worrying about what you have to do . . . . you do less then you have to do. When you do less then you have to do . . . . you worry about not doing what you had to do.

Worry becomes a downward spiral into the abyss of negative thinking . . . . and inaction.   

Worry also becomes the root for the stress in your life . . . . and many sleepless nights.

If you would invest the amount of time in doing what has to be done . . . .  that you spend worrying about what you have to do . . . .  With that shift in your time to what you have do. You would get far more done . . . . remove much of the worrying from your  life  . . . . and reduce your stress.

You worry less and do more . . . . by doing what has to be done.

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

The Seeds of Solutions

Motivational Power Quote

The Seeds of Solutions

“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t

have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.”

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale 1898 – 1993, Minister, Author

As I see it . . . . . . .

The seeds of solutions

We will face many challenging situations and problems in our life time. Some will cause a great deal of stress in your life and stretch you to your limits to the max.

With every problem there are the seeds for the solution . . . .

When you become confronted with a problem . . . . you have a choice, you can focus your time and energy on the problem. Looking at the problem is a lot like looking into rear view mirror of your life . . . . all you see is the past.

Or you can into the problem for the solution . . . .

When you encounter a problem invest your time and energy . . . . in seeking the solutions to the problem. Your time and energy will be put to good use and you will be looking for ways to put the problem successfully behind you.

Within every problem there is . . . . the seeds of solutions . . . . seek out the solutions and you will find them.

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

Conflict Helps You to Grow As a Person

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Conflict Helps You to Grow As a Person

“Difficulties are meant rouse, not discourage.

The human spirit is to grow strong by Conflict.”

William Channing 1780 - 1842, theologian

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

Conflict helps you to grow as a person

A conflict is a difference view point of the same condition by difference people. In other words we will face conflicts in many areas of our lives.

When you’re facing a conflict, look for the areas that you can agree on with the other party. In that one single act you can lay the foundation of resolution and to remove some of the stress that’s involved as a result of the conflict.

Learn to adapt to conflict and to navigate a successful solution while others are caught up in the disagreement of the conflict. You will grow stronger as a result of your conflict resolution skills.

When you have good conflict resolution skills your skills will separate from the masses and you and your services will be in demand.  Those skills are invaluable in every aspect of our business and life.

When you’re facing a conflict look at it as a temporary condition and look at it with the confidence that you can find the solution.

Conflict helps you to grow as a person and make you grow stronger . . . . As a person and more successful as a business professional.

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

Worrying Won’t Solve a Problem

Motivational Power Quote

Worrying Won’t Solve a Problem

“When I look back on all these worries,

I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed

that he had a lot of trouble in his life,

most of which had never happened”

 Sir Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister          

As I see it . . . . . . .

Worrying won’t solve a problem

A person that worries is worrying about conditions that may or may not be real and in many cases will never come about.

Worrying can make a person shut down and become consumed with what there worrying about. Their focus becomes misdirected and their time misused without any positive outcome.  

Worrying won’t solve a problem or give you the right answers. What it does is create anxiety, stress and sleepless nights without providing very little or no redeeming value.

When you find a problem coming into your life instead of worrying about it put it into prospective. Is it a real problem and what impacts will it have?

Look at the problem and determine if it needs attending. If the problem needs to be dealt with, deal with it and find the best way to deal with the problem and come up with the best solution to the problem?

Being proactive with a problem reduces the stress and anxiety and will enable you to come up with the best solution. Worrying won’t solve a problem being proactive does.  

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

The Real You Comes Out Under Pressure

Motivational Power Quote

The Real You Comes Out Under Pressure

“When you squeeze an orange,

orange juice comes out –

because, that’s what’s inside.

When you are squeezed,

what comes out is

what inside you.”

Dr.Wayne Dyer, self – development author and speaker

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


The real you comes out under pressure


Under pressure some people will break records and go onto achieve great things, while other people will break under the pressure.


Pressure creates a great deal of stress in person’s life. Each person reacts different to the pressure and how the person responds to the pressure will determine what course of action the person will take.


The person the can control the stress that the pressure creates will be able to respond to the pressure proactively and stay in control of their emotions and respond with a purpose.


If the person becomes overwhelmed by the pressure they will act out of anxiety and will become reactive to the pressure and will lose control of their emotions and the situation.


The person that can control their emotions controls the pressure effectively. In controlling your pressure the real you comes out under pressure.


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