selfhelp: The Foundation of Effective Communications - 10/31/17 10:10 AM
The Foundation of Effective Communications
“Effective communication . . . . is in understanding the
person that you’re communicating with . . . .
through an effective exchange
of useful information.
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . . .
The foundation of effective communication
 
Effective communication . . . . is in understanding the person that you’re communicating with . . . . through an effective exchange of useful information. 
 
The only way that you’re able to gather information is by asking the right questions . . . . and being … (7 comments)

selfhelp: The Choices You Make - 10/30/17 09:19 PM
The Choices You  Make
“The price of achieving your destiny . . . . is taking the
personal responsibility for your choices to
 achieve that destiny.
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . . .
The choices you make
 
Achieving your destiny becomes a matter of the choices you make . . . . and the actions take.
 
Success does not happen by chance . . . .  It’s to be achieved through your choices . . . . and your continuous . . . . and determined efforts to achieve successful results.
 
Pursuing your … (8 comments)

selfhelp: A Goal Without Focus - 10/30/17 02:54 PM
A Goal Without Focus
 “A goal without focus is only an intention without direction.”
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
A goal without focus
 
Goals without focus . . . .  becomes only a distant intention where very little if any effort that goes into achieving the goals . . . . as a result of the lack of focus. 
 
The goal will drift away from sight without direction never fill fulling it’s full potential.  
 
Goals like anything worthwhile in life will take focus . . . .  hard work … (7 comments)

selfhelp: The Achiever - 10/30/17 08:42 AM
The Achiever
“Achiever’s have common personality traits that stands
out almost immediately when you meet them.  They
believe in themselves . . . . their ability . . . . and
they have confidence in the things that
 they do . . . . to do them well.
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer an Author
 
 
 
As I see it  . . . . . . . .
The Achiever
 
We come in contract with them everyday . . . . who are they? They are the achievers. . . .
 
What makes them different? What makes them standout?
 
Achiever’s have common personality traits that … (4 comments)

selfhelp: Life Lessons Learned - 10/29/17 08:14 PM
Life Lessons Learned
“We learn lessons from our past . . . . from both ours
successes . . . . and our mistakes.”
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . . .
Life lessons  learned
 
 
We learn lessons from our past . . . . from both our successes . . . . and our mistakes.
 
The lessons that we learn from our mistakes can offer a greater opportunity for success in the future than what we learn from our successes. Our mistakes create life lessons . . . . that gives … (14 comments)

selfhelp: What You Expect is a Self-Fulling Prophecy - 10/29/17 02:30 PM
What You Expectis a Self-Fulling Prohecy
“Those who don’t expect to win, don’t win. It’s 
self-fulling prophecy.” 
Dr. Lee Pulos Clinical Psychologist, Author
 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
What you expect is a self-fulling  prochecy
 
We seem to live a life . . . . of self-fulling prophecies. What you believe becomes . . . . self-actuating.
 
When you believe that you will win . . . . and you will find a way to create a successful outcome. When you believe that you will lose . . . . you will end up finding yourself losing.
 
What you believes plays a major … (2 comments)

selfhelp: Be The Change You Want To See in Your life - 10/29/17 08:01 AM
Be The Change You Want To See in Your life
“The things in our life stay the same . . . .  until we take
the steps to change them. Things may evolve without
our input . . . . and will just drift without purpose.”
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
 
 
 
Be the change you want to see in your life
 
Time doesn’t change things . . . you do
 
The things in our life stay the same . . . . until we take the steps to change them. Things may evolve without our input . . . … (12 comments)

selfhelp: Get Answers - 10/28/17 01:22 PM
Get Answers
“When you ask questions you get answers . . . . and that’s
 a good thing.”
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
Get answers
 
You get answers . . . . gather information . . . . build rapport . . . . and build a better understand of the person that you speaking with by asking questions.
 
Asking questions is a form of proactive communications . . . . that draws the other person into the communications to exchange information. The information that’s gathered become invaluable in the working … (13 comments)

selfhelp: Open Eyes and Open Mind - 10/28/17 06:02 AM
Open Eyes and Open Mind 
“What others miss . . . . has the makings of a success story
for people that see it and act on it.”
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Coach, Speaker, Trainer and Author
 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
Open eyes and open mind
 
What is seen is a small percentage of what is there.
 
What is acted on is far less.
 
What is missed become a trove of opportunities for those with open eyes and open mind.
 
There is no shortage of opportunities . . . . there is a shortage of willingness to dig into … (15 comments)

selfhelp: You Can Because You Think You Can - 10/27/17 02:06 PM
You Can Because You Think You Can
 “They can because they think they can.”
Virgil 70 BC – 19 BC, Ancient Roman Poet of
the Augustan Period
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
You can because you think you can
 
What you think impacts what you do . . . . how you do it . . . . and your results.
 
Your thinking will greatly influence the effort you apply in what you’re doing . . . . and if you’re willing to go the extra mile to create successful results.
 
You can because you think you can  . . . . and … (12 comments)

selfhelp: In Adversity We Know Our Friends - 10/27/17 10:27 AM
In Adversity We Know Our Friends
 “In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity
we know our friends.”
John Churton Collins 1848 – 1908, British Literary Critic
 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
In adversity we know our friends
 
Success attracts many people into your life . . . . many will call themselves friends . . . . What you will find is many of them are fair weather friends.  Around in the good times . . . . and among the missing in adversity.
 
The best friends are those who will be there for you . . . . no matter … (9 comments)

selfhelp: Life Doesn’t Get Better By Chance - 10/26/17 08:14 PM
Life Doesn’t Get Better By Chance
 “Your life does not get better by chance. It Gets
better by change.”
Jim Rohn 1930 – 2009, American Entrepreneur, Author
And Motivational Speaker
 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
Life doesn’t get better by chance
 
Life doesn’t get better by chance . . . . by accident . . . . or by casual activity. Life getting better is the result of on-purpose activity done consistently over a period of time.
 
Getting better is a mission . . . .  and commitment one makes to themselves to get better . . . . and following … (12 comments)

selfhelp: Happy is the Person - 10/26/17 04:27 PM
Happy is the Person
 “Happy is the person who knows what to remember
of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and
what to plan for in the future.”
Arnold H. Glasgow 1905 – 1998 American Businessman
 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
Happy is the person
 
Know what to take with you on your success journey . . . . will streamline your success journey . . . . or bog it down.
 
It’s important to know what to take with you from the past to enhance your success journey . . . . and keep you moving in the direction … (5 comments)

selfhelp: There is No Scarcity of Opportunity - 10/26/17 07:00 AM
There is No Scarcity of Opportunity 
“There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living
at what you love; there’s only a scarcity of
resolve to make it happen.”
Dr. Wayne Dyer 1940 -2015, American Philosopher,
Self-help Author and a Motivational Speaker
 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
There is no scarcity of opportunity
 
There is no scarcity of opportunity . . . . to earn a living.
 
You may have to work hard to make a living . . . . Money won’t be handed to you . . . .  you have to earn it. That’s ok because the key is … (7 comments)

selfhelp: Worry is a Misuse of Your Time - 10/25/17 04:24 PM
Worry is a Misuse of Your Time 
“Worry is a misuse of your time . . . . your energy . . . .
and your resources.”
Lou Ludwig Sales and Management Consultant,
Success Tips, Speaker Trainer and Author
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
Worry is a misuse of your time
 
Worry will not solve a problem . . . . it will compound it.
 
Worry will not reduce stress . . . . it makes things worst.
 
Worry is wasting your time . . . . your energy . . . . and your resources When everything is said and your where … (19 comments)

selfhelp: Your World is as Big As Your Dreams - 10/25/17 12:29 PM
Your World is as Big As Your Dreams
“If you have built castles in the air, you work needs not
be lost; that is where they should be. Now put
the foundation under them.”
Henry David Thoreau 1817 - 1862, American Author
Poet, Philosopher and Abolitionist 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .           
Your world is as big as your Dreams
 
Dream big dreams . . . . and build your castle in your thinking.
 
You will realize your dreams when you believe in them with the passion that you will achieve them in your hard work. Say and repeat to yourself … (2 comments)

selfhelp: Use and Maximize What You Have - 10/24/17 08:14 PM
Use and Maximize What You Have 
“We don’t need more strength or more ability or greater
 opportunity. What we need is to use what we have.”
Basil S Walsh Author
 
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
Use and maximize what you have
 
As you start each new day take the resources that you have at hand . . . .  and be determined to put what you have to their best uses . . . . to maximize what you have.
 
As you maximize what you have . . . . What you have expands and multiplies to create greater success in your … (13 comments)

selfhelp: You Are Responsible For What You Think - 10/24/17 04:57 PM
You Are Responsible For What You Think
“You may believe that you are responsible for what you
do, but not for what you think. The truth is that
you are responsible for what you think because
it is only at the level that you exercise choice.
What you do comes from what you think.”
Course in Miracles
 
 
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
You are responsible for what you think
 
You are responsible for your thinking . . . and your thinking makes you who you become.
 
You are free to choose what you think about . . . . and what … (6 comments)

selfhelp: Gratitude . . . . is an Attitude - 10/24/17 09:36 AM
Gratitude . . . . is an Attitude
“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for
everything that happens to you, knowing that
every step forward achieving something bigger
and better than your current situation.”
Brian Tracy, Self-Help Author and Motivational Speaker
 
 
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Gratitude . . . . is an attitude
 
Be thankful for the people that you have attracted into your life; because they will make a difference in your life. Show the people appreciation for being in your life . . . . and for what they mean to you.
 
Be thankful for the … (8 comments)

selfhelp: Your Character Is the Foundation - 10/23/17 02:26 PM
 Your Character Is the Foundation
“Character is the foundation upon which one must build to win
respect. Just as no worthy building can be erected on
a weak foundation, So no lasting reputation
worthy of respect can be built
on a weak character.”
R.C. Samsel, American tennis player  
 
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Your character is the foundation
 
Character is foundation . . . .  that mutual respect is built on. The respect that you receive is in direct proportion to your character.
 
Lasting success can only be built on a strong foundation . . . . and the cornerstone of … (10 comments)

 
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