The Artist of Your Life

“You future in your hands . . . . pick up the bush . . . . and

become the artist of your life. Paint your future as

you want to be. Paint the canvass with a broad

vision of your goals and dreams. The future

is yours when you have a clear vision of

what you want to achieve . . . . and

your willing to go after it with

the determination to

achieve it.”

Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant,

Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

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

The artist of your life

You began your life as a blank canvass . . . .  and over your life you been painting that canvass.

At anytime you choose . . . . you can step back from that canvass and evaluate  what you have painted on it.  You can continue to paint the canvass . . . . Or you can choose to repaint the canvass.

The canvass is yours to paint . . . . and you are the artist of your life.

Look at your canvass as being blank . . . . and paint the canvass of your life as you want it to be.

Paint your canvass with your goals and dreams . . . . make them out of your reach . . . . but not out of sight. Stretch yourself forward and out of your comfort zone.

Follow your vision for your life with passion . . . . and no matter what your calling may be . . . . or where you stand today. Dedicate yourself to be the best at what you do . . . . and to live the life that you paint on your canvass.

You are the artist of your life . . . . make it a masterpiece.

©2015 Lou Ludwig Motivational Power Quote, Sales and Management Consultant Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

The Hope For a New Year

The Hope For a New Year

“Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune—without the words,

And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;

And sore must be the storm

That could abash the little bird

That kept so many warm.

I’ve heard it in the chilliest land,

And on the strangest sea;

Yet, never in extremely,

It asked a crumb of me.”

Emily Dickinson 1830 – 1886, American Poet

As I see it . . . . . . .

The hope for a New year . . . .

I wish the best to you and the people that you care about.

May the New Year bring you hope . . . . and prosperity.

Let your goals be within your reach . . . . and your dreams fulfilled.

May your back be to the wind . . . . and your days be filled with sunshine.

Turn your hope for a New Year into goals . . . . and may your goals be your success stories in the New Year.

©2015 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

Innovators Are . . . .

Innovators Are . . . .

“Innovators are the pacesetters . . . . and the trend makers.

Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant,

Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author

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

Innovators are the pacesetters . . . . and the trend makers

Innovators . . . . march to a difference drummer.

Innovators will . . . . make their own music . . . . and follow the path that’s less traveled.

People who are innovators see what other people fail to see . . . . and do what others either can’t see . . . . or won’t do.

Innovators not only see what others fail to see . . . . but they also travel a road with very little traffic to reach their destination.

Innovators follow their dreams . . . . and find a way to achieve them.

Innovators won’t become distracted . . . . by what other people say . . . . They remain on purpose and on task to create the breakthroughs and the trends that other people jump on.

Innovators are pacesetters . . . . and the trend makers that standout in their profession.

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

Stretch Yourself Beyond Your Limits

Stretch Yourself Beyond Your Limits

“No matter how many goals you have achieve, you must set

your sights on a higher one.”

Jessica Savitch 1947 – 1983, American Television

Broadcaster, News Reporter

As I see it . . . . . . .  .

Stretch yourself beyond your limits

Set your sights high . . . .  set your sights beyond your reach . . . . and stretch yourself beyond your limits. 

Set big goals . . . . and believe that you will achieve your goals . . . .  Dream big dreams . . . .  and peruse them with the passion and the purpose to live them.

Set your sights high . . . . Stretch yourself beyond your limits . . . . and take massive action . . . . to make them a reality.

You will only hit the targets that you aim for . . . . When you set your sights high you elevate your goals to a higher level . . . . and create loftier goals.

When you stretch yourself beyond your limits . . . . You will come to realize that your potential is greater then what you once thought it was.

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

Impossibilities Vanish

Impossibilities Vanish

“Man is so made that anything fires his soul,

impossibilities vanish.”

Jean de La Fontaine 1621 - 1695, French Poet

As I see it . . . . . . .

Impossibilities vanish

Have a passion in your heart for what you want to accomplish . . . . and a vision in your mind for how you will achieve the desired results.

 

Dare to dream big dreams that create the vision for your tomorrows. See the possibilities in your dreams . . . . until your dreams become your realities.

When you pursue your dreams with passion . . . . what once seemed in be impossible becomes within your reach and possible.

The only thing that becomes impossible is what you believe to be impossible.

Open you mind to what can be. . . .   see the possibilities . . . . and as you do you open your mind to a new world of what you life will be . . . . and impossibilities vanish.

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

Taking Responsibility

Taking Responsibility

“You can’t escape the responsibility of tomorrow

by evading it today.”

Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1950, 16^th President 

of the United States

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

Taking responsibility

Taking responsibility for your life . . . .and the results that you accomplish is the foundation for success and achievement. Make the decision to take responsibility today . . . . and every day of your life and for the level of success that you achieve.

You can’t escape responsibility your actions . . . . and your actions return to you the same way you send them out.

By taking responsibility, your focusing on the big picture . . . . and you’re taking control of your life . . . . and your result.

By taking responsibility, you increase the probability of achieving your goals and living your dreams.

The key to your long term success . . . . is taking responsibility for yourself . . . . and the path you follow on your success journey.

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

Successful People are Big Dreamers

Successful People are Big Dreamers

“All successful men and woman are big dreamers. They imagine

 what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then

they work every day towards their distant vision,

that goal and purpose.”

Brian Tracy, Self-Help Author, Motivational Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Successful people are big dreamers

Successful people will image their future has they want to live it . . . and work hard towards creating that outcome.

Dream big dreams . . . . and then make every effort to turn your dreams into success stories.

Turn your dreams into your goals . . . . and then take the massive actions . . . . to make them become a reality.

When obstacles occur on your success journey . . . . find the best way to work your way through them . . . . and do it with conviction.

                                                                 

Success will be attracted by those who are willing to make an extra effort . . . . And by those who willing to take calculated risks to overcome the obstacles that stand in their way of achieving their goals and pursuing their dreams.

Successful people are big dreamers . . . . Imagine what can be in your life and work hard toward them with passion and confidence. The key is to be a big dreamers and take massive action to live your dream.

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

 

 

The Life You Choose is a Life of Choices

The Life You Choose is a Life of Choices

“Wealth is in the ability to fully experience life.”

Henry David Thoreau 1817 – 1862, American Author,

Poet, Philosopher, Abolitionist, Naturalist

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

The life you choose is a life of choices

You make the choices that make your life . . . . Make the choices to live a full and productive life.

Your life is what you make it . . . . Make it a productive life . . . . and make it a life of richness in your spirit.

The true richness in life comes in having the spirit of in your attitude to make the most of your days . . . . and in living a full life through your life experiences.

Your life is a life of choices. Your life can decline into a life of making a living . . . . or you can make the choice to make your life a life of richness.

Create a crystal vision of what’s important to you and what you want to attract into life. Your life will become a mirror image of the vision that you have for yourself.  Your vision creates a magnet for your dreams and you can live and enjoy a productive life and a life of richness.

You live the life of your vision of what you want it to be . . . .  and your life is what we make it.

The life you choose is a life of choices . . . . Choose to live a life of richness.

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

 

Challenges Make You Stronger

“No Man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one

time or other, find himself with at least on foot hanging

well over the brink of failure.”

Napoleon Hill 1883 - 1970, Best Selling Author, Motivational

Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Challenges make you stronger

Success is found in the grind . . . . the hard work . . . . the preparation . . . . and in overcoming your challenges.

Success is not a straight line or a sprint . . . . it’s a road that’s less traveled that will appear to always be under construction.

Success is not found in the easy . . . . it’s earn as a result of your hard work and in grinding it out.

Challenges make you stronger . . . . and on the road less traveled of your success journey it keeps you moving in the right direction. People drop by the wayside on their success journey by giving into their challenges . . . . and not being committed to overcoming their challenges.

Challenges make you stronger . . . . they will give you the extra strength to stay the course and overcome you challenges and emerge successful to live their goals and dreams.

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

There are Many Aspects of Success

There are Many Aspects of Success

“There are many aspects to success: material wealth is only one

component . . . . But success also includes good health, energy

and enthusiasm for life, fulfilling relationships, creative

freedom, emotional and psychological stability, a sense

of well-being, and peach of mind.”

Deepak Chopra, Indian – American Author,

Holistic Health/ New Age Guru

As I see it . . . . . . .

There are many aspects of success

It becomes easy to be trapped into defining what success really is.

For one person it becomes the money  . . . . for Mother Teresa it was her service to mankind.

For each person must define what success means to them . . . .

In order for you to follow your dreams and stretch yourself to reach your goals you have a clear vision of what they are.

ASK YOUSELF . . . . what does success mean to you? What are the benchmarks that will tell you that your on or off course? And what are the stepping stones that will move you closer to success. 

There are many aspects of success . . . . when you follow your passion you create a purpose in your life. Define what success means to you and follow you dreams and goals . . . . not what you think your dreams and goals should be.

There are many aspects of success . . . . define the direction that you want your success journey to take and go after it with the determination to live it.

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

When You Believe in Yourself

“Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others

will have no choice but to believe with you.”

Oscar Wilde 1854 – 1900, Writer and Poet

As I see it . . . . . . .

When you believe in yourself

It’s a proven fact that your first have to believe in yourself . . . . for others to believe in you.

When you believe in yourself you have an aura of confidence around you . . . . That confidence will be seen by others as personal strength . . . . and your actions will become a reflections of your confidence.

Believing in yourself will become the fuel for your success journey . . . .  Your beliefs will power you forward in the direction to successfully achieve your goals and to live your dreams.

When you believe in yourself . . . . it becomes a game changer in your life. It will put a spring into your step and you will move forward with the confidence that will help your to successfully reach your objectives.

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

Higher Aspirations

Motivational Power Quote

Higher Aspirations

“Far away there is the sunshine of my highest aspirations. I may not

reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them,

and try to follow where they lead.”

Louisa May Alcott 1832 – 1888, American Writer

As I see it . . . . . . .

Higher aspirations

I can be anything I choose to be . . . .

I can climb the ladder of success to the top . . . .

I have the desire to be the best in what I do . . . .

1 will achieve my goals . . . .

I will life my dreams . . . .

Your higher aspirations are the picture you paint for your future . . . . and with the bush in your hand you can paint that picture  anyway you choose to.

Your highest aspirations are your goals and objectives for your life.

With determination . . . .  and persistence . . . . along with a focused effort you can your turn aspiration into your purpose. Your wants . . . . into a must have in your life.

Keep the pictures . . . . of your higher aspirations burning brightly in your thoughts and the passion in your heart to achieve them.

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

Life Can be an Obstacle Course

Motivational Power Quote

Life Can be an Obstacle Course

“When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream; dare to

suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self-doubts and friction

from the world.”

Laura Schlessinger, Talk-Show Host

As I see it . . . . . . .

Life can be an obstacle course

Your dreams become within your reach . . . . with massive effort.

Through may experience of working with thousands of business professionals throughout the country there seems to very interesting ongoing conversation regarding having dreams and setting goals.

Over the last twenty years we have been living a society of entitlement.

Let me explain . . . .

In many youth sporting events they no longer keep score . . . . the concept is there is no winner and there are no losers.

The players have no sense of achievement for their efforts and it kills the competitive nature of the game and in the kids. They grow up without having to strive to get better. Because when the season is over everyone gets a trophy for showing up and not for excelling.

In schools they hold back the gifted students . . . . so the other students can catch up. 

Classes should be based on getting the most out of every student in the class based on their ability. Some students will go to college and some won’t. But every student deserves the opportunity for an education . . . . and its up to them to make the most out of their educational opportunities.

The key is to prepare the students to be able to navigate the obstacle course of life . . . . Also the schools have to prepare them to go to college or into the work force. 

The key is they have to be prepared . . . .

To be able to live your dreams . . . . your going to have navigate the obstacle course of your life and take the personal responsible for your life’s journey.

You also have to be willing to pay the tolls . . . . to reach your destination.

Life can be an obstacle course . . . . your dreams are within your reach when you make the commitment to achieve  them and make a massive effort to live your dream.

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

Your Visions and Dreams Becomes Your Blueprint

Motivational Power Quote

Your Visions and Dreams Becomes Your Blueprint

“Cherish your visions and dreams, as they are the children of

your souls, the blueprint of your ultimate achievement.”

Napoleon Hill 1883 – 1970, American Author,

Motivational Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

Your visions and dreams becomes your blueprint

To build a home you have know what you want to build and what it will look like when it’s completed. When you build a home you work from a set of blueprints.

To some degree building your life . . . . is like building a home.

You have to know what you want your life to look like . . . . and you have to create a plan to build your life the way you want it to come out.

Your visions and dreams becomes the blueprint . . . . for your life.

When you have a clear vision for what you want to accomplish you will start your day with a purpose. Your activities will be focused on building your day in accordance to your blueprint.

Your vision and dreams becomes your blueprint . . . . for your future as you want it to be.

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

We All Have to Start Somewhere

Motivational Power Quote

We All Have to Start Somewhere

“The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field

have in common is that they all began their journeys when they

were none of these things.”

Mike Dooley, Author, Speaker

As I see it . . . . . . .

We all have to start somewhere

The road to achieve your goals starts . . . . with the first step in the direction of your goals.

Successful people have a common trait . . . . they had to start to get where they are. They started from where . . . . and they were and used the resources that they had at their disposal.

They also followed through on their vision and dreams . . . . With their objectives in the forefront of their thinking and with determination they took the action to get them where they wanted to go. They stepped forward and did what was required to create the course of events to move them forward and in the direction to successfully reach their goals.

To successfully achieve your goals . . . . to live your dreams . . . . or to reach your objectives. We all have to start somewhere . . . . the starting to get you where you want to go . . . . is starting from where you are.

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

Your Vision Must Be Followed By Action

Motivational Power Quote

Your Vision Must Be Followed By Action

“The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to

stare up the steps –we must step up the stairs .”

Vance Havner 1901 – 1986, American Clergyman, Writer

As I see it . . . . . . .

Your vision must to be followed by action

A vision without action . . . . becomes an unfulfilled day dream of disappointment. 

Your vision followed by determined action . . . . becomes a pathway to achieving your goals . . . . and in turning your vision into a reality.

A key factor in achieving your goals . . . . is to know what they are . . . . and to put them in their order of importance to you. Focus on the important goals first to create continued forward momentum.

The key is once you indentify your goals . . . . is to take the determined action to achieve your goals.

Your vision must to be followed by action . . . . is the straightest line between your vision and in successfully achieving your goals.

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

What are You Going to Do About It?

Motivational Power Quote

What are You Going to Do About It?

“A lot of people have dreams and never do anything about them.

When you have ideas and dreams, you do something about it.”

Paul Newman 1925 -2008. American Actor, Film Director,

Entrepreneur, Humanitarian, Professional Race Car Driver

and Owner

As I see it . . . . . . .

What are you going to do about it?

Setting big and bold goals . . . . is not enough . . . . you have to do something if you want to achieve them.

Having a dream for your future . . . . can fire your inter emotions . . . . But it’s when you do something about your dreams and take the actions to live them . . . . will your dreams become within your reach.

You have the ability to live your dreams . . . . to reach your goals . . . . and to be the person that you want to be. The key is . . . . what are you going to do about it?

Commit yourself . . . . to your dreams . . . . and in achieving them.

Follow the path to successfully achieve your objectives . . . .and do it with tenacity.

When you commit yourself to objectives you will know what you will have to do to achieve them. . . . The key is . . . .What are going to about it . . . . and when are you going to start?

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

What’s Important to You?

Motivational Power Quote

What’s Important to You?

“Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are

going. Rather than always focusing in what’s urgent learn to

focus on what’s really important.”

Stephen R. Covey 1932 – 2012, Educator, Author, Businessman,

Keynote Speaker

 

As I see it . . . . . . .

What’s important to you?

There’s very important question to ask yourself . . . . at the start of your day.

Ask yourself what will I have to do today that’s important to . . . . me to move closer to achieve my goals and to live my dreams.

Next question is to ask yourself . . . . are they on your to do list?

Focusing on doing what’s important . . . . keeps you centered on your priorities and what important to you. Without that focus you can drift off course in a blink of an eye . . . . and find yourself majoring in the minors and wasting a lot of your time with very little return for your efforts.

There is no straight line to success . . . . but the straightest line comes in doing what’s important to you . . . . to reach and achieve your objectives.

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

To Get What You Never Had

Motivational Power Quote

To Get What You Never Had

“If you want something you never had, then do something

you never did.”

Nossrat Peseschkian 1933 – 2010, M.D. Doctor of Medicine,

Professor

As I see it . . . . . . .

To get what you never had

We all have something in our dreams . . . . or goals that we would like to get . . . . acquire . . . . achieve . . . . accomplish . . . . or earn.

Turn it into a must have in your life . . . . and pursue it with the determination to bring it into your life.

A must have in your life brings a clear focus on what you want . . . . and that focus turns the must have into a goal with the top of the mind awareness to get it.

To get what you want . . . . you are going to have to stretch your thinking to find a way to remain focused on it until you achieve it.

To get what you never had . . . . you will have to acquire the skills and sharpen your current skills to a razor sharp edge to be in the position to successfully get what you want.

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