(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Thinking seriously about the future can be a worthwhile exercise, not because the future is knowable but because the process is likely to make us wiser.”Tim Harford – Economist “In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”Dwight D. Eisenhower …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Isn’t it odd. We can only see our outsides, but nearly everything happens on the inside.” Charlie Mackesy – The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse Coaching Point: The more we see the inside, the richer life gets. Which is odd. Some seem to think …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “All the important phases of our life start at a turning point—something someone says to us, something we read, somewhere we visit, or some sudden inspiration that comes out of nowhere. The turning point may be insignificant to us at the time, but looking back we see …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “We all long to be free of constraints, to shape our lives, but that is an illusion. The most brilliant investor makes his money by aligning his actions with the market. Generals align their orders with the reality of the enemy they are facing. Doctors align with …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Those who keep learning will keep rising in life.” Charlie Munger – the late, great investor. Coaching Point: Life is not static. Yet most people don’t keep learning. Repeating a sound bite someone said is not learning. Learning is not hard. It only takes intent. The rest …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “If you can see your whole life’s path laid out then it’s not your life’s path.” Joseph Campbell Coaching Point: So often people worry about their future because they can’t see it clearly all the way to the end. Campbell’s observation can help you let go of …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Once she had read about a meadow in the forest that could only be found by someone who had lost their way. To her mind this captured some of the mystical dimension of human existence. If only one dared to get lost, one could find the unexpected.” …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “The mind that is not baffled is not employed.” Wendell Berry Coaching Point: The full text is, “It may be that when we no longer knowwhich way to go we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “His eyes took it all in and let only some of it out.” A remembered line in a long un-remembered book Coaching Point: Have you ever encountered someone like that, someone who takes it all in? If you did how would you know? What is their …

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.” T.S. Eliot Coaching Point: Just about everyone has been exposed to this Eliot snippet from his “Little Gidding” poem. The usual focus …