(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Growing up in a family with modest financial means and being children of parents who experienced the Depression my brother and I were shaped by several unspoken ‘rules’ about money. One which was spoken, a lot, was to…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)    “We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   Coaching Point: I generally love Longfellow’s thoughts and observations on the human condition, but this one is in conflict with the Coaching…

(Distinctions are subtleties of language that, when gotten, cause a shift in a belief, behavior, value or attitude.)   Have you ever read a detective novel or watched a cop show? In them you’ve seen the lead detective wrap up the case with a flourish. If he or she is playing the role of a…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Thomas Leonard once observed that sarcasm is a socially acceptable form of anger. Agree with the “acceptable” part of that or not, but there is a clear underpinning of anger to sarcasm, powering it even. Some families, friends…