(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Reactions to this S3MC seem to be binary, either agree or not like it at all. So be it. I sure didn’t like it when it was first revealed to me. Upon awakening to its wisdom, I found levels…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) There are many ways to learn. This S3MC is about learning through the process of writing. In first high school, then college I was at best an awkward writer, uncomfortable creating sentences, paragraphs, whole papers. Struggling to write was…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) You become what you study. You study because you have to. You have to because someone or some situation makes you. Or you have to because you are so drawn to it that, well, you have to. Research, analyze…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) The windshield cracked from a rock thrown up by a passing truck. Two hits, in fact, two cracks. Over the next few days snaking across right in front of the driver. It’s happened before. No problem, get the windshield…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Think about shining a light on an object. Seeing the lit object is different from the light which illuminates it. There must be light to see it, but the light is separate from it. There are reasons for this…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) In poker, blackjack, and some other card games an Ace may be played – at the card-holder’s option – as either a high- or low-value card. As in, Ace-King-Queen-Jack-Ten or Ace-2-3-4-5. It depends on the other cards in the…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) Filters are some of Life’s little simplifiers. You don’t have to learn everything by yourself. You can use tools, processes, and approaches learned and perfected by others. Filters are some of those. Filters do a lot of the work…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) For several reasons lately the topic of history is getting my attention. Some musing on History: “History is the creation of the present, not merely a record of the past.” I had to contemplate this a bit before I…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) We – each of us – see the world through our own filters, experiences, beliefs, biases, values, needs, wants, lacks, pleasures, relationships, wealth. Every single little bitty attribute we have affects what we perceive. It can’t be any other…

(Principles are basic truths that, when applied, cause success to come to you easier and quicker.) “I belong everywhere I am.” I overheard that sentence recently. It was spoken matter-of-factly with little emotional charge. Clearly it was a simple statement of that person’s truth – “I belong everywhere I am.” Reflecting on it I wonder…