(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   It was just before Thanksgiving when he met her. She was showing her motorcycle to another person. He noticed the small flag on the back and asked if she had been “there”? Silently she nodded, naming a couple…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   When you have an unmet Need it seduces you into doing whatever you have to do to get it met — even when you consciously know it s not in your best interest. Identify your Needs. Get them…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Who you are is defined by your study and your actions, of course, but also by your environment. Being “dipped” into another culture not only changes your perspective of the world and of other people, it changes your…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Life is uncertain. The Buddha (and others using different words) said, “Whatever you expect, it will be different.” Uncertainty is everywhere in your life, even the parts of which you are absolutely certain! To be able to step…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   The old saying is, “Your character is … what you do when no one is watching.” Maybe your parents told you that when they were lecturing you about one of your transgressions. They wanted you to be “good”…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) What do you react to? Strongly react? Maybe even to the point of being upset? Anything you react to is a gift. Why? Because you only have a reaction to something on the outside if it is similar to…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Decades after graduating from high school and after skipping several class reunions, a man attended his first. It was his first because he remembered having not enjoyed high school. He was an introverted boy who felt socially inept…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   Problems and suffering in human life occur when we lose the sense of being whole. We are whole, we just forget. Each fundamental way in which our sense of being whole is lost leads to an illusion of…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) In most organizations, the vast majority of problems are caused by faulty systems or processes, not by faulty people. To create a successful, smooth-running organization you must separate the people from the processes. Processes are comprised of a series…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.)   A person was talking to a room full of speakers about building their speaking businesses. The talk got around to the question of giving free speeches — should you do them or should you maintain the integrity of…