(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Consider your heart. The right side receives old, used, dark blood from your veins and pumps it into your lungs. There it is revitalized into healthy, energy-filled, bright red blood which is pumped by the left side of…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   There is an old saying – adversity builds character. Not so. Adversity reveals character. What you are surfaces when times are tough. Often the only difference between good and great outcomes is how one responds to adversity. In…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   It’s frustrating to get stuck during a project and have your progress stymied. Yet, it happens to all of us. Here are two approaches to help get unstuck. Many times the issue is that the project is too…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   You know about starting a diet and then backsliding. Or joining a gym, attending regularly, and then . . . not. Putting a savings or investment program in place. Enrolling in a degree program. Starting a yoga, meditation…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Purpose. A lot has been written and said about it because purpose is a significant part of a life well lived. Its power may lie in one simple thought: There is no forward without purpose. Purpose is a…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Currently popular advice, in a world speeding up, is that you should slow down, live your life more slowly. All in all, not bad advice, but there is another side to it. It has to do with flow…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   A recent book review by Cecily Sailer had some interesting language. (I haven’t read the book; it was the language in her review which caught my attention.) The book is a memoir and the reviewer said, in part…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Talking with one of my grandsons about his struggle with a math class I asked him a question, “What are your thoughts about the math you learned two years ago?” Oh well, he said, that stuff is easy…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Having stewardship of a timber farm has taught me a few lessons. An important one is the benefit of effective pruning. There are many types of pruning and many reasons for it. Some kinds of trees have major…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Dense jungle can be intimidating. I was recently reminded of such while reading an engaging, humorous, interesting book about the Inca culture of Peru (Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time…