(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   If you see something as a problem, it’s hard to see the gift within it. If you see something as a gift, it’s hard to see the problem within it. What you look for determines what you see…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   An interesting sentence stood out in a recent magazine article – “Machines don’t care about operator ignorance.” Of course they don’t, they’re not sentient. (At least not yet!) But what the sentence reminded me is that when we…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Draft ugly, edit pretty is a approach recommended by many writers. Great writing, it has been said, does not happen in the writing, but in the rewriting. In the movie/video business the phrase is, “Fix it in post,”…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Reading a book that is so good, wanting it to not end. Not rush on. Watching a movie’s engaging and likeable characters, wanting the story to not end. Not rush on. Visiting with a dear friend. Not rush…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Inspiration is insight. Non-linear. Sudden. Whole and complete. Inspiration is an ah-ha. An awakening. Simultaneously subtle and profound. Inspiration teaches, guides, supports, encourages, uplifts. It enhances discovery. Inspiration opens up, adds to, fills in, expands, and completes. Inspiration…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   I read a phrase recently which had a lot of power in a few words. “You spot it, you got it.” A bit of clarifying translation, “If you spot something in someone else which is upsetting you, then…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   At the gym the other morning I was focused on rehabbing my left shoulder, which had been giving me trouble for a while. As I did the exercises I realized I had also – in the previous year…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Thanks Gratitude Appreciation Recognition Cheer Acknowledgement Giving credit Well done Good work Gratefulness Accepting Pleased Giving thanks   Coaching Point: When you re-read the list, which ones stand out for you?   Copyright 2016 Steve Straus. All rights…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   In a recent interesting article on telescopes and astronomy there emerged a coaching point which is universal. It concerns the different viewpoints of astronomers and physicists. Astronomers are primarily interested in looking for ever larger phenomena. They try…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   There was an interesting line in a recent movie which caught my attention. Researching it showed that, with various wording differences, it is a proverb from several cultures. The line is, “What you lose in the fire, you…