(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Alcohol. Food. TV. Sex. Drugs. Victimhood. Work. Hobbies. These, and plenty of other items on the Big List, are ways people avoid unpleasant things. Nobody likes to be in pain, or even to imagine being in pain. So…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   “Yes” is a powerful word for you. When you say yes to something you start energy in motion and you give it direction. You might think that “No” is just as useful. Not so. Whatever you give your…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Sometimes we don’t always do what we should. Then, sometimes bad things happen. Sometimes that’s okay. Life is trade-offs. You can’t do everything you want to do; you don’t have the time. Most people try to do everything…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Intuition is real. It’s as real as thinking, but too often people believe that if they can’t think through something and come to a logical, reasoned conclusion, then they don’t have enough information, or somehow they are not…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   It’s obviously useful to protect yourself. We know, from the work of Abraham Maslow published in 1943, that humans are wired at a deep level to have a sense of self-protection. Protect yourself from danger, attack, abuse, or…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   What does Conscious mean? It means being awake, aware, clear, open, receiving, connected to, drawn by, and eager. It means you know you’re not alone and that what happens to others matters to you. It means, fundamentally, that…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   After learning the basics of flying an airplane a pilot may go on to the more advanced training of learning to fly by only looking at the readings on instruments on the panel, not by looking outside the…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   The past is what you make of it. Yes, it’s what happened. Or it didn’t. Either way, it’s your past. You may love it, or regret it, or be ashamed of it, or angry about it, or ecstatic…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Life can be puzzling. But when you step back and see the pieces of your puzzle, the picture gets clearer. Then, when you look at other people’s puzzles you can see how their pieces work with the pieces…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   It’s hard to hand-craft ordinary. You can get an ordinary hamburger from a high-volume restaurant chain, or ordinary kitchen cabinets from a mega-home improvement store, or an ordinary bunch of flowers from a large grocery store. But when…