S:1116 Principle: Responsibility
(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) An interesting sentence stood out in a recent magazine article – “Machines don’t care about operator ignorance.” Of course they don’t, they’re not sentient. (At least not yet!) But what the sentence reminded me is that when we […]
S:1115 Great Question: Retirement?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What will I do when (or if) I retire?” Coaching Point: If you are too young to even think about retirement, then forward this S3MC to one of the ‘old folks’ you know! They may benefit from it. If, on the other hand, […]
S:1114 Quote: Inspire
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery Coaching Point: Teaching is good. Lecturing has its […]
S:1113 Great Fear: Of Separateness
(Great fears are barriers to experiencing your real life.) [There are countless fears, yet few are of the level of the Great Fears. A Great Fear is noted by its commonness and its effect; it shows up in a large part of society and can have a numbing effect on one’s happiness.] The ego […]
S:1112 Distinction: Participate vs. Perfect
(Distinctions are subtleties of language that, when gotten, cause a shift in a belief, behavior, value or attitude.) One of my talents – as identified in the StrengthsFinder assessment – is called Maximizer. It is my number one, top-of-the-list talent. That means I’m motivated, at the deepest levels of my wiring, to want to […]
S:1111 Principle: Draft Ugly, Edit Pretty
(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Draft ugly, edit pretty is a approach recommended by many writers. Great writing, it has been said, does not happen in the writing, but in the rewriting. In the movie/video business the phrase is, “Fix it in post,” […]
S:1110 Great Question: Complicit?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “How am I complicit in creating the conditions I say I don’t want?” Coaching Point: I flared up when I was first presented – no, confronted! – by this Great Question. How dare they assume I had a hand in creating my less-than-stellar […]
S:1109 Quote: Impostors
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “. . . If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; . . .” Rudyard Kipling Coaching Point: Lifted […]
S:1108 Great Question: Important?
(Great questions lead to great answers; weak questions, weak ones.) “What is important to me . . . now?” Coaching Point: It’s amazing how easy it is to get into a routine, continuing to repeat what has been important in the past, but now may not be. Since now is the only moment […]
S:1107 Principle: Not Rush On
(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Reading a book that is so good, wanting it to not end. Not rush on. Watching a movie’s engaging and likeable characters, wanting the story to not end. Not rush on. Visiting with a dear friend. Not rush […]
