(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Confidence feels pretty good, doesn’t it? A warm, things-are-possible, enjoyable, moving forward, free kind of feeling. Here are two aspects of confidence. First, how do you get or have confidence? Surprisingly it’s not about learning stuff; confidence is…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Bear with this example, it’s got more to do with Life than with airplanes. It used to be that the builder of a home-built/ experimental airplane — starting with some plans, smooth sheets of aluminum or sticks of…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Part of creating a successful life is to do good work. Doing real good work can be even better. Maybe you’re one of the few who likes to do the very best work. Wherever you are on the…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Do people remark about you to others? Are you remark-able? In a world which is increasingly an always-on, real-time, technology-based experience have you noticed what you value more and more? It’s probably direct human connection. A thread which…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   The phrase “Life on the bleeding edge” has been used for years as shorthand for describing a certain choice of life-style. Its attributes include taking risks, pushing ahead of the competition, being willing to get ‘cut’ in the…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   I didn’t ‘wake up’ until I was 35. I had lived with no plan, just showed up every day and reacted. Since I was pretty quick, smart enough, and had lots of energy, all in all, it worked…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Is there something you want to ask for, but find yourself holding back. Everybody holds back from asking for what they want from time to time. Why? It’s just an ask. Asking doesn’t seem to be that difficult…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Much has been written and said about the word abundance. Most of it is not too useful. When you cut through the noise abundance is really quite simple. Abundance is a feeling. When you have it, when you…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Normal. A dictionary may define normal as “average, usual, conforming, ordinary, common.” Wow, to be called normal sounds like an insult! Yet, historically, that’s what you and I have been normed (there’s that word again) into being and…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   A good friend, client, colleague, and mentor to me passed away recently. Those who knew him spoke of his ‘magic.’ I think I may know what at least part of that magic was about. You may have it…