(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Americans always do the right thing,after they’ve tried everything else.” Winston Churchill Coaching Point: Churchill was a friend and fan of America. His comment was not intended as a ‘knock’ against it, rather an observation of how the USA processes and progresses. But his view has a…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Petrichor: The smell of fresh rain on dry earth. (Yes, I had to look it up.) The smell bursts from the sudden interaction of dry, parched earth with fresh raindrops. It doesn’t last long. After a few moments, the…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Pain is a story. Pain has physical components as well as mental and emotional ones, but at its core pain is a story intended to get our attention. This first came to me in yoga class during a pose…

(Distinctions are subtleties of language that, when gotten, cause a shift in a belief, behavior, value or attitude.) A gifted teacher can have an outsized effect. We were a bunch of Junior High School band members, surely no more than average, but he led us to win the citywide (of Dallas, not exactly a burg)…