(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Humans tolerate. Animals don’t. The difference? Thinking things should be different than they are. A badger, dealing with a new-fallen tree across the normal path back to her den, simply goes around, over, or under it. She doesn’t…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Visions of utopias lift the human spirit. To dream of what is possible is how progress is made. Always be willing to ‘build your castles in the air.’ Practical is also necessary because it provides traction. It, too…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Trust. The word alone evokes many thoughts, emotions, and reactions. Much has been written about trust over thousands of years. The point of this S3MC is to describe a simple, street-level attribute of trust. It is unwise to…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Recently a person used the phrase, “I want to make sure I’m not borrowing problems from the future.” Struck by that language, I asked him to say more about it. He was talking about worry. A technical definition…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   The past collapses into itself. Details disappear. Facts fade. Conditions combine. It’s not so much that we forget or can’t remember, it’s that collapsing thing the past seems to do. Memories remain real, but they aren’t accurate. A…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   There are many forms of blindness; this S3MC is about the blindness which comes from being judgmental. When I am being judgmental it means I am holding a position. I know what’s right. A position which doesn’t agree…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   How can something which is necessary be evil? How can something which is evil be necessary? The phrase ‘necessary evil’ is used to justify many behaviors. You probably can think up several answers to the two questions above…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   “. . . and that’s the truth,” he said emphatically. “Wow, that’s amazing. Where did you learn that?” “Yesterday at lunch I overheard a guy at the next table. He had all the facts.” “So…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Have you noticed that successful people ask questions? Lots of questions. They seem to be constantly learning. Have you noticed that great teachers, when you ask them a question, will frequently come back with a slightly different one…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Willingness is positive. It’s a source of energy with openness, perhaps even eagerness. There are people (you know who I mean) who seem to always look for what’s wrong, off, bad, scary, or upsetting. They look for reasons…