Principles

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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S:1524 Principle: Territory and Map

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you more easily and more quickly.) Usually, someone presents these as a Distinction – territory being better than a mere map. The argument is that a map is good to have, but it’s never as rich as the territory. Also, the territory is …
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S:1523 Principle: To Fly

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you more easily and more quickly.) Modern hot air balloons work on a simple principle. Hotter air is thinner and lighter than cooler air. The hotter, thinner air inside the balloon displaces the cooler, heavier air outside. To fly, make the air hotter. …
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S:1521 Principle: Now…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you more easily and more quickly.) Consider these two arrangements of the same words: Everything is different now.andEverything is different. Now The first is a statement that can lay pretty flat. It’s rarely used as a positive expectation. It may be a lament …
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S:1517 Principle: Yeah, but…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you more easily and more quickly.) We all have internal voices that speak to us. In secret. No one else hears them. Some are gentle and supportive. Some are harsh, judgmental, and demeaning. This S3MC is about a voice that is between those …
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S:1512 Principle: Present, Tense

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) This is not a grammar lesson about past tense, present tense, and future tense. This is about your state of being when you are present/here/now. Now is the only real moment. Past and future are mere mental constructs. However, …
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S:1503 Principle: Presence

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) You know how it feels when you are with someone you like? You sense they are really right there with you. A connection beyond words. That is Presence. Presence is more ephemeral than physical. A free and easy intimacy. …
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S:1498 Principle: Heart-Seeking Missile

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) In military aviation there is a device known as a heat-seeking missile. In the nose of the missile is extremely sensitive apparatus which can detect the difference in temperature between heat emitted by the target and the surrounding ambient …
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S:1496 Principle: First Draft

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Writing is rewriting. What finally gets published has usually gone through many rewrites. And that works. Grab an idea, write something about it. Get all your initial thoughts captured. Then at your pace reread your writing and rewrite anything …
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