Don’t Let a Temporary Setbacks Defeat Us - 06/30/09 09:02 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Don't Let a Temporary Setbacks Defeat Us
 
"One of the secrets of success
is to refuse to let
temporary setbacks defeat us."
Mary Kay, founder of Mary Kay cosmetics
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Don't let a temporary setback defeat us.
Temporary setbacks are a fact of life, and we all will face them at one time or another.  
Stand up and stand strong and refuse to let a temporary setback defeat us.   
Find a way though, over, or around a setback, focus on the solutions … (18 comments)

What does everybody think about the new green energy bill (Part 2)? - 06/30/09 12:10 PM
More information on the Cap and Trade bill.
It's important that all real estate professionals understand the bill.
Lou Ludwig

Via Steve Rosenbaum (That Web Marketing Guy):
OK, let's here what everybody thinks.  This post is TX Congressman John Carters views on the energy bill that passed the house.  Post your comments below, and then visit my previous post where I posted Obama's Weekly Address about the same energy bill and post your comments there as well.
From TX Congressman John Carter
Democrats Pass Bill to Raise Gas Prices and Consumer Power Bills, Ship Millions of American Jobs to China
House … (6 comments)

American Clean Energy & Security Act of 2009. Thanks Henry. - 06/30/09 11:58 AM
This information relates to the Cap and Trade bill and is important to understand.
Cap and Trade will affect your ability to sell real estate.
Lou Ludwig

Via Gene Wunderlich - Selling Southwest California Homes / Temecula & Murrieta (Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage):
What a day. I've got 9 pages of notes from today's Real Estate Forum convened by NAR and a couple more pages from our Land Use Committee meeting so I'll divide this post into a couple parts and only try to pass along some of the most relevant comments.
Let's start with the Land Use, Property Rights and … (0 comments)

What We Do Matters - 06/30/09 07:09 AM
     
Motivational Power Quote
 
What We Do Matters
 
"What we think or what
we know or what we believe is,
in the end of little consequence.
The only consequence is what we do."
John Ruskin 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
What will matter is what we do.  
What we think will make or break us, with positive thinking being the foundation of a successful and happy life.  
What we know gives us the ability to use that knowledge in our daily life.  
What we believe is the basis for what actions we take.  
… (10 comments)

Wake Up People, Stop Cap And Trade Or It Will Stop Us - 06/29/09 08:31 PM
Every real estate professional really needs to take the time to read the bill. If the bill is passed the real estate and new home business as we know it will no longer exist.
This is not a Democrat or Republican issues it's an America issue. It's not an energy issue it's a tax issue, as the Wall Street Journey said it's the largest tax bill ever proposed in the Country.
Lou Ludwig
Via Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC):
Regardless of where you stand on energy use, climate change, alternative energy, or similar matters, the … (10 comments)

If You’re Coasting, You'll Run Out Of Steam - 06/29/09 08:17 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
If You're Coasting, You'll Run Out of Steam
 
"If you're coasting;
you're either losing momentum
or else you're headed downhill."
Joan Welsh
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
If you're coasting, you'll run out of steam. 
When you're coasting not only are you losing momentum, but over time you will lose all your momentum and run out of steam.  
The only direction that coasting will take you is down hill until you come to a stop.   
Coasting will move you farther away from your goals and increase the … (4 comments)

Happiness is in Our Thoughts - 06/29/09 10:00 AM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Happiness is in Our Thoughts
 
"Remember happiness doesn't
depend on who you are
or what you have, it depends
solely on what you think."
Dale Carnegie, author
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Happiness is in our thoughts.  
As I think I am, our daily thoughts are who and what we are. 
Happiness is not in who we are; people can accomplish great things or fame and not be happy. 
People can accumulate wealth and not be happy.  
The greatest happiness is in our thoughts.
Our thoughts … (12 comments)

Plan With a Purpose - 06/28/09 08:48 PM
    
Motivational Power Quote
 
Plan With a Purpose
 
"If you plan for one year,
plant rice.
If you plan for ten years
plant trees.
If you plan for 100 years
educate mankind."
Chinese Proverb
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Plan with a purpose . . . . 
What are your long term objectives and how will you accomplish them? How will you know if you're on course?  
Planning starts with the end in mind and in writing.  Starting today what will have to be done to reach the desired objective?  
Plan … (8 comments)

Get It Done Whether You Like It or Not - 06/28/09 07:03 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Get It Done WhetherYou Like It or Not  
 
"Learn to do what ought
to be done,
when it should done,
whether you like it or not."
Roy W. Haley 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Get it done whether you like it or not.  
There will be times that we're faced with getting things done.  
The question becomes what should be done and when should we do it.   
It's not a matter of whether we like what we have to do it or not.  
Learn to evaluate the importance of … (14 comments)

The Secret of Inspiring Others - 06/27/09 07:23 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
The Secret of Inspiring Others 
 
"We can only inspire others,
when we are filled with
hope and confidence."
Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consulting,
Executive Coaching, Trainer, Speaker and Author
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The secret of inspiring others . . . . . is having confident in ourselves and providing hope to others.  
Confidence is transparent it can be seen in our action and behavior. Others will sense if we have confidence in ourselves and in the actions we take and will evaluate the … (16 comments)

The Period of Our Greatest Gain - 06/27/09 08:55 AM
    
Motivational Power Quote
 
The Period of Our Greatest Gain
 
"The period of greatest gain
in knowledge and experience is
the most difficult period in ones life."
Daiai Lama
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The period of our greatest gain . . . .  
May be one of the most challenging and difficult period of our life's. As we gain knowledge we seek new ways to use it, as we do it creates change and stepping away from the security of our comfort zone.   
We trade short term difficulty with the … (10 comments)

Genuine Passion is Like a Mountain Stream - 06/26/09 08:03 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Genuine Passion is Like a Mountain Stream
 
"A genuine passion is like
a mountain stream;
it admits of no impediment;
 it cannot go backward,
it must go forward."
Christian Nestell Bovee, author
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Genuine passion is like a mountain stream.  
A mountain stream may start with a trickle and turn into a force and travel a great distances. The flow of the stream creates many benefits for those who come in contact with it.  
The stream continues to flow forward and won't flow … (7 comments)

Place a Value on Yourself - 06/26/09 10:06 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Place a Value on Yourself 
 
"Until you value yourself,
you won't value your time.
Until you value your time,
you will not do anything with it."
M. Scott Peck, author
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Place a value on yourself.     
Look in a mirror; the value you see in yourself is the value that you reflect to others. 
Before other place value in us, we have to see the value in ourselves.  
You are a unique person with unique value. Believe in yourself, believe in the value your … (14 comments)

Creativity Requires Courage - 06/25/09 09:25 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Creativity Requires Courage
 
"Creativity requires the courage
to let go of certainties."
Erich Fromm
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Creativity requires courage.  
Doing what we do is a habit; we have created a safe zone that we live and work in.  Day to day we are in a comfortable routine.   
If we would continue doing what we are currently doing we will continue to yield the same results.   
We are in an area of certainty is our actions and may not want to risk change or venturing … (21 comments)

Why Should People Be Like a Watch - 06/25/09 11:45 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Why Should People Be Like a Watch
 
"A person should be like a watch-
open -faced, busy hands
well-regulated,
and full of good works."
Roy B. Zuck
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Why should people be like a watch?  
We should show transparency like a face of a watch with people; showing our true self in terms of what you see is what you get, what I say I will do.  
Keep busy with on-purpose and proactive activities focusing on the desired outcome.  
Be self-regulated manage your time … (10 comments)

I Will Hear Though My Silence - 06/24/09 08:41 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
I Will Hear Though My Silence 
 
"The quieter you become
the more you hear."
Baba Ram Dass, contemporary spiritual teacher
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
I will hear though my silence.  
In silence you hear things that you would never hear when you're speaking. 
Our silence encourages the other person to speak; as they speak we learn more about the person. 
Letting a person to speak is a sign of respect and the relationship will be strengthen though this practice.  
From our silence and allowing the other … (14 comments)

Our Dominant Thoughts - 06/24/09 07:23 AM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Our Dominant Thoughts 
 
"The mine moves in the direction
of our currently dominant thoughts."
Earl Nightingale, author
of, The Strangest Secret, Lead the Field
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Our mine moves in the direction of our dominant thoughts. 
Our thoughts control our thinking and our thinking controls our actions. 
We become our dominant thoughts. We can unleash our personal power of a positive thinking and become a person with unlimited potential.   
Or we can become a person a limitations and negative thoughts.  
Our dominant thoughts … (14 comments)

Two Primary Choices about Conditions - 06/23/09 08:28 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Two Primary Choices about Conditions
 
"There are two primary choices in life;
to accept conditions as they exist,
or accept the responsibility . . . .
for changing them.."
Denis Waitley, author
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Two primary choices about conditions . . . .
The conditions in our live are about choices.  
We can't always control what happens to us; we have choice the on what to do once the condition occurs.   
There are two primary choices once the condition occurs.   
One of our choices is … (10 comments)

Do What You Do in a Great Way - 06/23/09 06:57 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Do What You Do in a Great Way
 
"If you cannot do great things,
do small things in a great way."
Napoleon Hill
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Do what you do in a great way.  
It not the size of the thing we do, it doing what we do in a great way.  
When we're involved in small things do them in a great way for over time the small things we do become big things.  
How we do things is based on our attitude and thinking, … (24 comments)

Our Ultimate Freedom - 06/22/09 08:17 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Our Ultimate Freedom
 
"Our ultimate freedom is the
right and power to decide
how anybody or anything
outside ourselves will affect us."
Steven Covey, author
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Our ultimate freedom . . . .  
We have the power to decide who or what will affect us.  
Externally no one can affect us without our permission, the only way anything externally will affect us is if we allow it to. 
We are in control and we have the power to decide what happens to us. … (10 comments)

Few Things are Impossible - 06/22/09 09:31 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Few Things are Impossible
 
"Few things are impossible
to the diligence and skilled.
Great works are performed
not by strength,
but by perseverance."
Samuel Johnson, writer (1709-1784)
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Few things are impossible. 
Being diligence and skilled in your chosen profession increases your possibilities.  
The diligence person that's exercises conscientiousness in their efforts will be seen by others as a leader in their field. When we commit to work for their our success we increase our possible of success.  
Acquiring and applying the necessary … (20 comments)

Being Positive Accelerates Your Success - 06/21/09 08:30 PM
Motivational Power Quote
 
Being Positive Accelerates Your Success
 
"The more positive you are
when you think and work
toward you goals,
the faster you achieve them."
Brian Tracy, speaker, author, consultant
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Being positive accelerates your success.
A positive person is far more likely to achieve success and reach their goals then a person with a negative attitude.  
As we increase our positive outlook we accelerate the pace of achieving our desired outcome. 
Applying positive thinking to your planning permits you to focus on the possibilities.   
Having … (22 comments)

Define the Moment - 06/21/09 08:59 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Define the Moment
 
"When a defining moment comes along,
you can do one of two things.
Define the moment,
or let the moment define you."
Tin Cup (the movie)
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Define the moment.  
A defining moment is a moment of choice, do we let the moment define us or do we take control and define the moment.  
When we passively allow the moment define us we accept what that moment brings to us either positive or negative, without any control on our part.  
In … (16 comments)

Trust and Believe in People - 06/20/09 07:25 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Trust and Believe in People
 
"You must trust and believe in people
or life becomes impossible."
Anton Cheklov
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Trust and believe in people.  
Our trust and belief in other people is a refection of how we feel about ourselves. 
When we trust people we will build mutual trust; which is the foundation for everything we do in business.  
Trust has to be established to successfully form business relationships and conduct business.  
Believing in others may take a leap of faith on our … (10 comments)

Mastering Your Fate - 06/20/09 09:23 AM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Mastering Your Fate
 
"How a person masters his fate
is more important
than what his fate is."
Karl Wilhelm
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Mastering your fate . . . .  
One's fate can bring many things.  
We can accumulate wealth, or we could find ourselves financially challenged.  
Things around us can be stable or we can find ourselves with continued change.
We can find ourselves cruising on our success journey or we can be encountering obstacles and roadblocks.   
Our fate can bring many things. Mastering our … (12 comments)

Harness the Energy of Your Dreams - 06/19/09 08:20 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Harness the Energy of Your Dreams
 
"A vision is a clearly-articulated
results-oriented picture
of the future you intend to create.
It is a dream with direction."
Jessie Stoner Zemel
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Harness the energy of your dreams.   
Until we clearly define our dreams they are vague thoughts with no direction or purpose.  
The moment that we clearly define our dreams and put them in writing we create a mental picture of our future that we intend to create.  
Once we create a result orientated … (16 comments)

Shake the World - 06/19/09 08:54 AM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Shake the World
 
"In a gentle way,
You can shake the world."
Mohandas Gandhi,
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Shake the world.  
We may not be able to shake the world but we have within our power to gentle shake the world one person at the time. 
We can make a difference with our families by caring and being there for them.
We're able to treat our customers with respect and compassion to create a WOW experience. 
Be can be a friend or a guiding hand for … (14 comments)

Learn From Others People’s Mistakes - 06/18/09 08:42 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Learn From Others People's Mistakes
 
"Some of us learn from other
peoples mistakes
and the rest of us
have to be other people"
Zig Ziglar, author, motivational speaker
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Learn from others people's mistakes.  
Learning from mistakes can be a very costly lesson.
A key to learning from a mistake is to take the experience, determine what when wrong, and determine what when right. Replay the series of events in your mind that lead to the mistake. Play the mistake forward with what … (10 comments)

If You Can Imagine it You Can Do It - 06/18/09 03:34 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
If You Can Imagine it You Can Do It
 
"Your imagination is your preview
to life's coming attractions."
Albert Einstein
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
If you can imagine it; you can do it.  
Let your imagination flow; paint big pictures of what can be in your mind.  
Your imagination is the vision of your future as it can be. It never to late to ignite your imaginations and fan you're your dreams.  
Your imagination is the preview of your future and your life.  
Buy the ticket for … (12 comments)

When You Stumble Pick Yourself Up - 06/17/09 08:54 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
When You Stumble Pick Yourself Up
 
"I had to pick myself up
and get on with it,
do it all over again,
only even better this time."
Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
When you stumble pick yourself up . . . .  
This is great advice from Sam Walton who built the largest and one of the most effectively operated retail businesses in the world from his vision and one store.  
Success is not an expressway it's journey and in any journey we … (14 comments)

Every Man Determines Their Success and Fortune - 06/17/09 02:28 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Every Man Determines Their Success and Fortune 
 
"Every man is the architect
of this fortune."
Sallust
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Every man determines their success and fortune.  
We build our life from the ground up; a strong foundation will support the pillars of our success. The stronger will build our foundation the more success our foundation will support.  
How we build our life will determine how our life turns out.  
Be the architect of a successful life; where you achieve a life of fullness and reach your … (12 comments)

Success; Make It a Habit - 06/16/09 07:32 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Success; Make It a Habit
 
"If you develop the habits of success,
You will make success a habit."
Michael E. Angier
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Success; make it a habit. 
We are a creature of our habits and what we most often do we become. 
The habit's we create today will form our future. The quality of our habits will determine the quality of our future.  
Make a habit of success and success will follow. Make every effort to experience small successes everyday, and over time our … (12 comments)

Be a No Limit Person - 06/16/09 07:25 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Be a No Limit Person
 
"If you accept a limiting belief,
then it will become
a truth for you."
Louise Hay
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Be a no limit person.  
Never accept a belief that will place limits on us as a person or on our possibilities. 
Think in terms of unlimited possibilities.
What we think about will become our truth; think the best about ourselves and we get better, think in terms of unlimited possibilities and doors open.  
Be a no limit person and the … (12 comments)

Don’t Let Pride Stand in the Way of Change - 06/15/09 06:38 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Don't Let Pride Stand in the Way of Change
 
"Never be too proud to change."
Bobby Bowden, Florida State University footfall coach
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Don't let pride stand in the way of change.  
There will be times that change will be needed.  
The change can be challenging or it can be easy, when change is needed we have to step forward and lead the change.  
Don't let your pride stand in the way of the change, have the courage to put your pride aside and … (12 comments)

Turn an Intangible Desire into a Concrete Plan - 06/15/09 10:43 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Turn an Intangible Desire into a Concrete Plan
 
"Reduce your plan to writing.
the moment you complete this,
you will have definitely given concrete
form to the intangible desire."
Napoleon Hill
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Turn an intangible desire into a concrete plan.  
When we have a desire it starts as a wish, it's a like to or a may be. Your desire is an intangible that a lot like trying touch fog, there's nothing there for your hands to hold on to.  
A desire can be … (8 comments)

Seek the Path For Your Success Journey - 06/14/09 09:22 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Seek the Path For Your Success Journey
 
"Over every mountain there is a path,
although it may not
be seen from the valley."
James Rodgers
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
See the path for your success journey.  
Our success journey has a path but it not always seen, it may take and extra effort to see it. The path may obscured by our thinking or we may not recognize the opportunity that present themselves to us.  
Keep your eyes open for the opportunities and you're thinking … (8 comments)

Freedom of Choice - 06/14/09 08:06 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Freedom of Choice
 
"We are free up to the point of choice
then the choices controls us."
Mary Crowley
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Freedom of Choice . . . .  
One of the greatest human freedoms is the power to choose.  
We are free to make our choices and those choices are under our control. 
The choices we make can positive, proactive choices that will offer us future benefits.   
We can make poor choices that can be very costly today and in the future.  
Once we make … (4 comments)

Understanding Fear - 06/11/09 10:01 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Understanding Fear
 
"Half our fears are baseless;
the other discreditable."
Christian Bovee
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Understanding fear . . . .  
Fear is false information appearing real. 
Half of our fear is either baseless or false. 
Fear can be based on incomplete information or misunderstanding the information we have.  
Fear can come from intentionally being threatened or pressured for the others person gain, a good example would be in negotiations.    
When you sense fear; mentally step back from the situation for a moment and analyze … (24 comments)

Carve Out Your Own Best Life - 06/11/09 03:03 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Carve Out Your Own Best Life
 
"Take the tools in hand
and carve you own best life."
Douglas Lurton
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Carve out your own best life.  
Step up and step out; take the tools you have to create your own best life.  
Don't wait for the best time, the right place or more tools, start with the tools you have. Continue to move forward in the direction of your goals.
Don't underestimate the impact of your tools or your efforts.  
Use your tools with … (18 comments)

Do People Like Themselves When They’re With Us? - 06/10/09 07:58 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Do People Like Themselves When They're With Us?
 
"To a large degree,
our success and happiness in life
depends on how much people like
themselves when they're with us."
Joe Caruso, transformation thinker
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Do people like themselves when they're with us?  
The level that a person likes themselves when they are with has an effect our success and happiness.  
Success and happiness is attracted to us through others.  
We attract success and happiness by our services rendered to others and the quality of … (16 comments)

You Can if You Think You Can - 06/10/09 11:07 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
You Can if You Think You Can 
 
"It's the moment you think you can't
that you realize you can."
Celine Dion, entertainer
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
You can if you think you can  
There will be a moment where we think we can't.  
In that very moment all our fears and self droughts will surface.
What happens next will be determined on how you have prepared your mind to think. 
The position thinker knows with certainty that they can and will move forward with self-confidence.
The … (16 comments)

Protect Your Most Precious Resource - 06/09/09 08:24 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Protect Your Most Precious Resource
 
"We cannot waste time.
We can only waste ourselves."
George Matthew Adams
   
As I see it. . . . . . .
Protect your most precious resource.
Time can be either used effectively, or wasted.  
When we use or time effectively, our time becomes invested and will come back to us with a dividend.
What misunderstood about time is when it misused we consider that time as wasted and it is.  
In reality one of most precious resource is ourselves, we waste time we waste our life. We … (16 comments)

An end-run around the Constitution - 06/09/09 05:36 PM
What is your feeling on this?
What is an effective course of action?
Should we be calling the elected officals in Washington?
Do we have a voice?
Your thoughts are important.
Make your comments to Steve's blog
Thanks
Lou

Via Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC):
Csar, czar, tsar, tzar. Foreign sounding names and spellings for a foreign concept to America. Supreme power with no accountability.
Obama didn't create the first csar, but he is taking the practice to new extremes. A total of 16 csars now are in play, with the addition … (10 comments)

Your Dreams Ignite Your Passion - 06/09/09 09:19 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Your Dreams Ignite Your Passion 
 
"Dreams is not what you see in your sleep.
Dreams is the thing which does
not allow you to sleep."
Abdul Kalam
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Your Dreams ignite your passion.
A dream that you have a deep belief in and you turns into a passion will become a must have. Once the dream becomes a must have in your mind you create a burning desire to make your dream a reality.   
The more you think about your dream the more … (16 comments)

Three Ingredients to Make Life Worth While - 06/08/09 09:27 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Three Ingredients to Make Life Worth While
 
"There are three ingredients
in the life;
learning earning and yearning."
Christopher Morley
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Three ingredients to make life worth while . . . .
The access to learning and knowledge opens the doors to opportunities. The person who learns and applies their knowledge creates unlimited opportunities as the result of there investment in themselves.  
Knowledge creates inter confidences that reflected in the certainly of our actions and our relationships with the people around us. … (20 comments)

Continued Incremental Improvement - 06/08/09 10:15 AM
Motivational Power Quote
  
Continued Incremental Improvement 
 
"Only those who constantly
retool themselves
stand a chance of staying
employed in the years ahead."
Tom Peters, author
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Continued incremental improvement . . . . becomes critical to stay completive in a completive world and business.  
Retooling ourselves and sharpening our skills is required to stay ahead in your field. Professionals who retool themselves will carve out a distinct business advantage. 
The choice is clear retool ourselves and move forward with confidence or stay as we are and fall … (20 comments)

We’re Obligated to Do Our Best - 06/07/09 11:57 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
We're Obligated to Do Our Best
 
"You're not obligated to win.
You're obligated to keep trying
to do the best you can everyday."
Marian Wright Edelman
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
We're obligated to do our best.  
We can't always control the outcome or winning  
We can control our effort by doing our best we can everyday, which increase our possibly of achieving success. 
By doing our best everyday, we continually become better at what we do, and we increase our confidences in our daily activities. 
Make … (6 comments)

Failure is Not Fatal - 06/06/09 05:26 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Failure is Not Fatal
 
"Failure is not fatal,
but failure to change might be."
John Wooden, basketball coach
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Failure is not fatal. 
Some of the most successful people have experienced great failure become they achieved their greatest successes. 
Thomas Edison found 10,000 ways that a light bulb would not work, before he invented the light bulb. 
Colonial Sanders made 1000 calls to sell his chicken recipe before someone agreed to use the chicken recipe. 
Michael Jordan was cut from this high school basketball … (8 comments)

If You Want it Bad Enough You’ll Find a Way to Get It - 06/06/09 12:27 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
If You Want it Bad Enough You'll Find a Way to Get It
 
"When you know what you want,
and want it bad enough,
you find a way to get it."
Jim Rohn, author, speaker
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
If you want it bad enough you'll find a way to get it.  
There are times that we decide that we want something. If that something turns into a must have; everything changes.  
When you want something it's a wish, when you turn that want into a must … (12 comments)

Don’t Put Things Off - 06/05/09 08:20 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Don't Put Things Off
 
"If you put off everything till
you're sure of it,
you'll get nothing done."
Norman Vincent Peale, author
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Don't put things off.  
If you wait until you sure of everything you wouldn't get anything done. 
If you wait until you're sure of everything before you start, you make a decision of no action.  
Circumstances seldom ever exist were everything is aligned to take action. You have to move forward with the best information that you have.  
Moving forward has … (24 comments)

Be the Person You Want to Be - 06/05/09 09:09 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Be the Person You Want to Be
 
"Act the part and
you will be the part."
Williams James, American psychologist and philosopher
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Be the person you want to be.  
We become the person that we want to be in out thoughts.  
With your thoughts create a compelling vision of that person in your mind. 
Take your vision and actualize that person through your actions.  
We first become the person we want to be in our mind and we actualize that person in our … (12 comments)

Spread Your Wings - 06/04/09 06:23 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Spread Your Wings
 
"There is nothing in a caterpillar
that tells you
it' going to be a butterfly."
Buckminster Fuller, American architect, author, futurist, visionary
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Spread your wings. 
When you see a caterpillar you don't see a butterfly. You see a bug that moves very slowly and can't off the ground.  It's not until the caterpillar spins their cocoon do they emerge as a butterfly and spread their winds. 
We are like the butterfly, it not until we spin a cocoon of commitment … (20 comments)

Have Faith and Believe It’s Possible - 06/04/09 12:03 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
Have Faith and Believe It's Possible
 
"The only thing that stands
between a person
and what they want in life
are the will to try it,
and the faith to believe it's possible."
Rich Devos
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Have faith and believe it's possible.  
Don't let things stand between were you are today and what you want. Have faith in yourself and the belief that you can achieve the things what you want.
We have to have the will to try until you succeed.  
Have … (8 comments)

Happiness is Not About Perfection - 06/03/09 07:04 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Happiness is Not About Perfection
 
"Being happy doesn't
mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you're decided
to look beyond the imperfections."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Happiness in not about perfection . . . . .  
True happiness is found in accepting ourselves.  
We find happiness when we decide to let go of the past and to look pass our imperfections.  
Happiness if formed in our thoughts when we accept ourselves as who we are; once we accept ourselves, we can determine … (12 comments)

Inspiration and Passion WHATS iS Important? - 06/03/09 03:29 PM
This is an excellent Seth Godin video on this book tribes.
I would highly reconman both.
Lou Ludwig
Via Hannah Williams (Re/Max affiliates NE):
Seth Godin explains in his interview about Tribes.Small groups of committed people.Everyone can be a leader if you care enough about something ..if you have that deep passion..that strong desire ,that belief inside that you can convey to others..that passionate inspiration so that person A will tell person B and person C and the networking begins and you have not spent a dime just time..Be the best in the world at what you do.We are the best in our … (2 comments)

Our Information Will Influence Our Judgment - 06/03/09 02:27 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Our Information Will Influence Our Judgment
 
"A business man's judgment
is no better than
his information."
Robert P. Lamont
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Our information will influence our judgment.  
When we are asked by our customers for assistants the information that we give them is critical.  
The information we offer our customers is based on our skills, knowledge and accumulated information.   
Our judgment of our customer's motivations needs and their circumstances will determine the information we offer them.
Our information will influence our judgment on how … (0 comments)

Do You Want to Forget Your Troubles? - 06/02/09 06:56 PM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Do You Want to Forget Your Troubles? 
 
"If you want to forget
all your other troubles,
wear tight shoes."
Author unknown
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Do you want to forget your troubles?  
Wearing tight shoes will make you not only forget about your troubles but just about everything else that could be on your mind.  
In fact wearing tight shoes creates pain.
We have a choice in wearing tight shoes we can elect not to continue to wear them. Troubles are the same, we can continue … (18 comments)

Focus on the Journey - 06/02/09 10:05 AM
  
Motivational Power Quote
 
Focus on the Journey
 
"Focus on the journey,
not the destination.
Joy is found not in finishing an activity
but on doing it."
Greg Anderson
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Focus on the journey. 
Think about your success journey as an adventure, and as in any adventure you want to enjoy the experience. 
The success journey is not any different if you're enjoying the experience you will receive far more the journey. 
There are times on our journey that we will need stay focused to continue. If … (6 comments)

The Doors of Opportunities are all Around us - 06/01/09 04:47 PM
 
Motivational Power Quote
 
The Doors of Opportunities are all Around us 
 
"People wait for opportunity
to come along . . . .
Yet it is there every morning."
Dennis the Menace
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The doors of opportunities are all around us.  
A person with vision will see the opportunities where others see only the problems and challenges.   
Successful people who looks for opportunities will find them.  
Ones attitude will determine what we see.  
Opportunities will not present themselves in a calm environment of the day, they will be … (18 comments)

Do it or Don’t - 06/01/09 09:25 AM
  
Motivational Power QuoteP
 
Do it or Don't
 
"Do or do not. There is no try."
Yoda, Jeri Master in Star Wars
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Do it or don't.  
The choice becomes to do it or not to do it.   
Both are absolute either we do or don't, and they are both an action. One becomes a positive action the other a negitive response of no action. 
Try is to think about it, it becomes a maybe. If the response of trying is taken, the response is taken without a … (6 comments)