S:0241 Principle: Flexible is Better

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   We have all heard that the tree is limber yields in the wind and lives, while a stiff tree breaks and dies. Have you also considered that when alive your body is fluid and vulnerable and when it […]

S:0240 Principle: Instrument or Ornament

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   The pearls of your beauty are in your heart, not around your neck. Your strength is in your character, not in the power of your muscles. Joy comes from the inner journey of self discovery, not trips to […]

S:0236 Principle: Play Your Own Hand

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Sometimes when faced with a sticky business or personal relationship issue — perhaps due to something you said, didn’t say, should have said, or wish you had said — it is easy to start projecting what the other […]

S:0233 Principle: The Physical Universe Never Lies

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) “Never” and “always” are words to watch out for; they are frequently incorrectly used, but the phrase “The Physical Universe Never Lies” withstands pretty close scrutiny. The keys to utilizing this principle are threefold: 1) be very aware of […]

S:0229 Principle: Detached Compassion

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   How can you be detached if you are compassionate? And how can you be compassionate if you are detached? Sounds like an impossibility. This is not an easy principle to get. In fact, it can’t be explained or […]

S:0225 Principle: Attachment

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   High on the list of human conditions which keep us from having the life we really want is the condition of being attached to things. Attachment occurs when we really need for something to be a certain way […]

S:0224 Principle: Feedback

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Feedback is what you get when you take an action. (Or when you don’t take an action.) Feedback is observing what’s happening right now. When you pay attention to what’s going on, you see the result of your […]

S:0218 Principle: Gratitude

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   How often are you consciously grateful? Most people are well aware that gratefulness, gratitude, and thankfulness are all powerful states of being. The phrase “develop an attitude of gratitude” was even popular for a while. But it turns […]

S:0208 Principle: Pacing

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   A friend, David Ludwick, is an architect. A piece of advice he was given early in his career was to “never draw more in the morning than you can erase in the afternoon.” Think about it. You will […]

S:0206 Principle: Focus

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   When you ask a teenager “What are you doing?” the answer frequently is … “Nothing”. When you ask a teenager “Where are you going?” the answer frequently is … “Nowhere”. If someone asked you those two questions about […]