sales tips: Keep Searching
- 01/28/10 01:50 PM
Motivational Power Quote
Keep Searching
"As long as one keeps searching,
the answers come."
Joan Baez
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Keep searching
The answers are there for us to see; but they may not be apparent. To find the answers we may have to search for them.
The length of the journey is not what's important. What's becomes critical is finding the answers. Remain committed to seeking and finding the answers.
Your journey will require patients and remaining focused to find the answers.
If you search with a … (4 comments)
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sales tips: Successful Entrepreneurs Know the Secret
- 01/28/10 01:46 AM
Motivational Power Quote
Successful Entrepreneurs Know the Secret
"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand
that there is little between obstacles and opportunity
and to be able to turn both to their advantage."
Victor Kiam, American entrepeneur
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Successful entrepreneurs know the secret
They know that everyone is blessed with the same 1440 minutes each day. The success person understands the value of their time and maximizes the use of it.
A successful person will look at their obstacles and find solutions. They find a way … (8 comments)
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sales tips: Decide to Succeed
- 01/27/10 01:30 PM
Motivational Power Quote
Decide to Succeed
"It's is impossible to win the race unless you venture to run,
impossible to win the victory unless you choose to battle."
Richard M. DeVos
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Decide to succeed
Make the decision to succeed and make the commitment to make it happen.
Step out of your comfort zone and stretch yourself into the success zone.
In the success zone we open our minds to new concepts and to shaping our existent skills to take us to the next level. … (14 comments)
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sales tips: Attracting Opportunities
- 01/26/10 11:30 PM
Motivational Power Quote
Attracting Opportunities
"Those who embrace learning will attract
business opportunities and success in their future,
while the non-learner will no longer be able to compete."
Lou Ludwig, sales and marketing consultant, speaker, trainer and author
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Attracting opportunities
The person that commits to continuous learning will acquire the skills necessary to compete and achieve success in a competitive world, while others will not be able to keep up.
©2010 Lou Ludwig, Sales and Management Consultant, Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
… (13 comments)
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sales tips: What’s the Best Use of Your Time?
- 01/26/10 11:52 AM
Motivational Power Quote
What's the Best Use of Your Time?
"Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and,
repeat over and over is, what the most valuable
use of my time right now?"
Brian Tracy, author, speaker
As I see it. . . . . . . .
What's the best use of your time? . . . . Right now?
What can you do right now that will move you closer to your objectives? What will you do today that will move you in that direction?
Focus on investing your time … (6 comments)
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sales tips: Become a Subject Matter Expert
- 01/26/10 03:51 AM
Motivational Power Quote
Become a Subject Matter Expert
"Ignorance breeds fears.
The more you know about your subject,
the less fear it holds for you."
Brian Tracy, author
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Become a subject matter expert
By becoming an expert in our field we have certainty in our actions and move forward with confidence.
We become an expert by making a commit to personal excellence and following through on our commitment to achieve the desired results.
To become that expert we have to stretch our thinking and … (4 comments)
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sales tips: Be Effective
- 01/25/10 01:47 PM
Motivational Power Quote
Be Effective
"We may be very busy.
We may be very efficient,
But also to be truly effective
only when we begin with
the end in mind."
Stephen Covey, author and speaker
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Be effective
When we start with the end in mind we change our thinking and as a result we focus on the outcome.
Focusing on the outcome becomes a goal and we focus for our efforts on the goal.
Focusing on the outcome creates a road map for achievement.
… (10 comments)
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sales tips: Today Will Be My Day
- 01/25/10 11:37 AM
Motivational Power Quote
Today Will Be My Day
"Yesterday is gone.
Tomorrow has yet to come.
We have only today.
Let us begin."
Mother Teresa
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Today will be my day
Today is a precious resource and once our day has passed it will be gone forever. Investing your day in productive activities creates forward momentum.
What we do today will impact our tomorrows. Our activities of today become the foundation for our success or crumbles in failure.
Treat today as prized procession and handle … (9 comments)
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sales tips: We Create Our Security
- 01/24/10 01:34 PM
Motivational Power Quote
We Create Our Security
"The only real security that a man
will have in this world is a reserve of
knowledge, experience and ability."
Henry Ford, American entrepreneur
As I see it. . . . . . . .
We create our security
True security in life comes from within. We create the security in our life by preparing for it in advance and by taking the actions to achieve it.
We create our security by developing the necessary tools to become excellent in our chosen field.
We need to gain the … (3 comments)
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sales tips: The Only Constant in Life is Change
- 01/24/10 12:29 PM
Motivational Power Quote
The Only Constant in Life is Change
"Remember, no human condition
is ever permanent.
then you will not be overjoyed
in good fortune
nor too scornful in misfortune."
Socrates
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The only constant in life is change
We can count on it the only constant in our life is change.
We can be having a great day then something happens and then everything changes.
We may be having a challenge and we take the right action and everything … (2 comments)
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sales tips: Ask the Question
- 01/23/10 01:52 PM
Motivational Power Quote
Ask the Question
"He who is afraid of asking
is ashamed of learning."
Danish Proverb
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Ask the question
Never hesitate to ask the question.
In asking questions you will receive information that you did not have before.
In asking for the sale the customer is far more likely to say yes then not asking.
Asking questions is the key to learning and knowledge.
Asking questions leads to success.
Never hesitate to ask a question.
Ask and recieve.
®2010, Lou Ludwig, Sales and … (8 comments)
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sales tips: In My Day
- 01/23/10 12:43 AM
Motivational Power Quote
In My Day
"I my day, we didn't have self-esteem,
we had self-respect,
and no more of it then we had earned."
Jane Hadam
As I see it. . . . . . . .
In my day
A man built their self -worth through their actions and efforts there were no entitlements. It may have been hard work and sweat may be involved but they had self-respect.
They went out and did what had to be done at great personal peril.
They made great sacrifices and were proud of what they had … (7 comments)
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sales tips: Follow the Shadows Into the Light
- 01/22/10 02:40 PM
Motivational Power Quote
Follow the Shadows Into the Light
"Never fear shadows they simply mean
there's a light somewhere nearby."
Ruth E. Renker
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Follow the shadows into the light
The shadows may seem like a dark and uncertain place, much like life can be at times.
How we see the shadows makes all the difference. We can see our shadows as a place to fear or we can see the shadows being created by light.
When we fear our shadows our life becomes very … (9 comments)
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sales tips: There’s a Moment that Everything Changes
- 01/21/10 10:12 PM
Motivational Power Quote
There's a Moment that Everything Changes
"The moment of enlightenment is when a person's
dreams of possibilities become
images of probabilities."
Vic Braden
As I see it. . . . . . . .
There's a moment that everything changes
When our thoughts turn into dreams things change.
The moment that we turn our dreams into the vision for our future things change.
When we turn our vision into possibilities things change.
The moment that we realize that our possibilities have turn into probabilities everything in our world changes.
®2010, Lou Ludwig, … (22 comments)
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sales tips: Listen to Your Customers
- 01/21/10 12:01 PM
Motivational Power Quote
Listen to Your Customers
"To satisfy our customers needs
we'll give them what they want,
not what we want to give them."
Steve James
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Listen to your customers
When we listen to our customers we build a bridge of understanding and rapport. In that understanding we discover the true needs of the customers.
Knowing and understanding our customer's needs are the stepping stones of successful business relationships.
In understanding our customer's needs we are better able to give the customer what … (4 comments)
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sales tips: We Spend Our Life in Our Thoughts
- 01/21/10 01:35 AM
Motivational Power Quote
We Spend Our Life in Our Thoughts
"Since we are destined to live out our lives
in the prison of our minds,
our duty is to furnish it will."
Peter Ustinov, actor
As I see it. . . . . . . .
We spend our life in our thoughts
We spend our life in our thoughts as we think we are.
When we feed our minds the positive nourishment of our thoughts our thoughts become stronger and grow. The roots of those thoughts become deep ingrained in our mind. We become … (6 comments)
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sales tips: Worrying is Like a Rocking Chair
- 01/20/10 12:55 PM
Motivational Power Quote
Worrying is Like a Rocking Chair
"Worry is like a rocking chair
it gives you something to do
but won't get you anywhere."
Author unknown
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Worry is like a rocking chair
When we're sitting in a rocking chair we have the allusion that we moving but all we'll doing is rocking in place. We can rock slower, we can rock faster but at the end of the day we are still in the same place were we started.
Worrying is … (15 comments)
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sales tips: The Ultimate Tragedy
- 01/19/10 11:45 PM
Motivational Power Quote
The Ultimate Tragedy
"Giving up is the ultimate tragedy."
Robert Donovan, writer
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The ultimate tragedy
The ultimate tragedy is giving up on our dreams.
As we move forward in pursuing our dreams we may encounter challenges and set backs. Those challenges and setback may seem to be overwhelming at times and we may feel like giving up.
Don't give up push through your obstacles and keep moving in the direction of your dreams.
The only real failure is giving up.
… (18 comments)
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sales tips: The Difference Between Life and the Movies
- 01/19/10 01:45 PM
Motivational Power Quote
The Difference Between Life and the Movies
"The difference between life and the movies
is that a script has to make sense,
and life doesn't."
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
As I see it. . . . . . . .
The difference between life and the movies
In the movies we know the story line before we see the movie, in life the story line continually changes.
The movie has a natural progression. Many times our lives seem to have no rhyme or reason and what we have to do is continually adjust … (5 comments)
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sales tips: Do You Beat All Odds For That Listing?
- 01/19/10 11:00 AM
Sally's post is right on target, take a moment to read her insight.
Thanks
Lou Ludwig
You are one of a few agents that are being interviewed to sell that wonderful home and you're thinking that it's just not worth it. You let out a ‘harumph' after getting off the phone (and hearing that you're one of several to be interviewed) and rather than ‘go through the trouble' you retort that, "They don't know what they're missing".
You expect everyone to pick you and trust in you to sell their home...without even interviewing you.
NOT.
Remember the movie Against All … (2 comments)
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