S:0652 Quote: Money
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Money is anything that you HAVE (meaning possess, control, have access to, can do, or can create, etc.) that you can exchange with someone else who has been persuaded that what YOU HAVE has sufficient value to exchange it for something THEY HAVE that you have […]
S:0646 Quote: Becoming
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Turn the Dream in the direction you want.” Steve Straus Coaching Point: Too often we hear people say “I can’t, because…” or “That’s just the way it is” or “It’s too late to….” All are incorrect. Whatever Dream you’ve created up until today is simply […]
S:0645 Quote: Live Your Life
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “It’s better to live your life imperfectly, than to live someone else’s with perfection.” Bhagavad Gita Coaching Point: This is perhaps a rough translation from the original Sanskrit, but the idea is sound. So many people spend their life trying to live according to some […]
S:0634 Quote: Check Performance
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” Winston Churchill Coaching Point: Is there an assumption you have which needs checking? Copyright 2007 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.
S:0632 Quote: Expect Performance
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Expect performance. Don’t expect success.” Tiger Woods Coaching Point: What!? Don’t expect success? That sounds wrong. We’re taught to want to succeed. But Tiger’s point is to put your attention on your performance — the plan, every action, receiving and evaluating feedback, course-correction — and […]
S:0630 Quote: Wonderful
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.” Annette Funicello Coaching Point: How long are you going to impatiently wait for perfect, when you already have wonderful? Copyright 2007 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.
S:0628 Quote: Speed
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Speed is a great solution for increasing income and productivity, but those benefits are only one piece of the picture. The bigger reason we should speed up is to make time for meaningful experiences. Speed is not just the way to get more work done– speed […]
S:0623 Quote: Planning
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “The great bulk of planning for the future, to the extent we do it at all, is putting patches on the present, as opposed to creating a future from the raw material of possibility, which has a lot more power.” John Barnes Coaching Point: Planning […]
S:0619 Quote: Build Your Own Board
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “Build your own board.” The character “Big Z” in the animated movie “Surf’s Up” Coaching Point: They’re talking about surfboards. About how you can buy a new board or get a used board from another surfer. But the wise mentor (“Big Z”) advises the youngster […]
S:0617 Quote: Originals
(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.) “History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.” Alexis de Tocqueville – Historian Coaching Point: Are you free to be an original? Copyright 2007 Steve Straus. All rights reserved.