(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Growing up in a family with modest financial means and being children of parents who experienced the Depression my brother and I were shaped by several unspoken ‘rules’ about money. One which was spoken, a lot, was to…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Thomas Leonard once observed that sarcasm is a socially acceptable form of anger. Agree with the “acceptable” part of that or not, but there is a clear underpinning of anger to sarcasm, powering it even. Some families, friends…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Tools. What does that word evoke in you? I remember my father’s tools. He had good tools of many varieties, he maintained them well, and, perhaps most importantly, he knew how to use them to accomplish the job…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   You’ll appreciate the irony of this. I knew Wait For Clarity was a topic for an S3MC, knew it was something I wanted to share with you. I remembered how it had taken me many years to awaken…

(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…