S:0888 Quote: Email
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “It’s called e-mail, not e-mmediate.” Bruno George (Film industry innovator) Coaching Point: You run it or it runs you. Are you at choice? Copyright 2012 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.
S:0887 Quote: The Deal
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “You can’t overcome a bad guy with a good deal.” J. Robert Ransone (Energy industry deal-maker) Coaching Point: The deal looks really sweet. Why, it’s got all the attributes you’ve been looking for — speed, recognition, profit. This thing is perfect! Except… ..the guy you’re […]
S:0883 Quote: Creativity
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Creativity is the opposite of conformity.” Thomas Leonard Coaching Point: Conformity? Ugh, sounds confining. Being controlled. I have a good friend who is a Texas Sheriff. His department has a large jail. He has remarked how common it is for a newly-released inmate to find […]
S:0880 Quote: Opinions
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “You never have to admit you don’t have a clue as long as you have an opinion.” Wise and Aldrich (cartoonists) Coaching Point: Opinions, they’re around us all the time. In a world now frequently reduced to sound bites, short bits, and quick hits we […]
S:0872 Quote: Happiness
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Happiness is not the point. Happiness is the pointer.” Steve Straus Coaching Point: Some thought leaders argue against happiness being the purpose of the evolutionary process. They say it’s folly to imagine that the outcome of fourteen billion years of evolution (or six thousand years […]
S:0870 Quote: Liberty
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.” Thomas Jefferson Coaching Point: A part of the core wiring of humans is the desire to be free, to want to experience liberty. The technical term for it is the desire to be self-determining. It’s […]
S:0862 Quote: Knowledge
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Stephen Hawking Coaching Point: Have you ever bumped into a piece of information and discovered you didn’t know something you thought you did? If you are open to doing that a […]
S:0856 Quote: Virtual
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Today you’re not real unless you’re virtual.” Steve Straus Coaching Point: Seems strange doesn’t it? But do you now ever hear of a person/event/company/charity/etc. without first going online to see what the virtual world has to inform you about it before you take action? In […]
S:0854 Quote: Jars
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “You can’t read the label of the jar that you’re in!” Many sources (including the oft-quoted Anonymous) Coaching Point: Without being able to read the label you don’t know where you are or what to do next. You’re just in the jar. Stuck. Probably oblivious about […]
S:0853 Quote: Assume
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Assume is the enemy of Aware.” Steve Straus Coaching Point: Assumptions have their usefulness. They can be shortcuts, life simplifiers which can save you from chasing too many details. Plenty of successful people will tell you that their ability to make decisions without having all […]