Principles

S:1563 Principle: Consciousness

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) A useful analogy for this is the old fish/water story. They say a fish cannot ‘understand’ what water is because it has been born into it and lived its entire life enveloped by it. The fish does not sense …
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S:1557 Principle: Transform

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Transformed people transform people. In other words, instead of trying to change people from the way they are into the way you want them to be, change yourself. Gandhi gets credit for, “Be the change you wish to see …
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S:1552 Principle: 30 Years

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Spoiler alert: This is not a normal S3MC. Whatever normal is. This is me announcing and celebrating the completion of 30 years of sharing these weekly missives. A demonstration of the principle of one-foot-following-the-other. Consistency. Wrapped in desire and …
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S:1548 Principle: Yes, And…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) I recently criticized myself – had a thought, then made myself wrong for having that thought. It was a make-wrong. Make-wrongs are prevalent and powerful. Make-wrongs diminish. They create and reinforce barriers. They interfere with meaningful connections. They drain …
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S:1542 Principle: (More) Being Heard

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) This one is on me. I called to make a reservation for two for lunch at a popular place. “Hello. Thank you for calling X. How may I help you?” “I’d like to make a reservation for noon on …
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S:1540 Principle: Live Short Futures

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) You know the usual goal-setting rules. These include 1-year, 5-year, 10-year, and lifetime goals. Look back from now at where you were at each of those intervals. Have things turned out the way you planned? Most folks would say, …
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S:1534 Principle: Of

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Of. A simple word often overlooked. Yet, with a powerful contribution. When you are Of you are with something, part of it, combined, in-sync, blended. But more than that. Those are physical time-and-space connections, head stuff. Of also includes …
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S:1532 Principle: Flexible Structure

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)Sounds contradictory, doesn’t it? Structure seems rigid. Flexible doesn’t. Yet, they support each other. Highly successful people establish structures that support their desired outcomes. A structure simplifies things. There is no need to make constant and repeated decisions. Things can …
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S:1528 Principle: Being Heard

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) This is an easy one. Because we’ve all experienced it. Think of the last time you spoke to the text transcriber on your phone. You expressed your words, but it misunderstood them. It wrote something different from what you …
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S:1526 Principle: Buying a Mattress

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you more easily and more quickly.) Have you ever bought a mattress after lying on it for 5 minutes in the store? How did that work out for you? Did you get lucky and find it to be a great mattress for years? …
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