(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Alcohol. Food. TV. Sex. Drugs. Victimhood. Work. Hobbies. These, and plenty of other items on the Big List, are ways people avoid unpleasant things. Nobody likes to be in pain, or even to imagine being in pain. So…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspaper that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes you. This…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “It looked so bad I had to close my eyes to see it.” Pam Straus   Coaching Point: Just about everything has its useful and not so useful sides. Sometimes we can be distracted by a distasteful outer and fail to see and take advantage of…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Go make yourself obvious.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: Define your market, sure. Knock on doors, yes. Ask for the order, of course. But beyond all those clearly useful activities you want to have the attitude and feeling that you’re involved in something useful for others…