(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “The secret of man’s being is not only to live but to have something to live for.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky   Coaching Point: The question of purpose provides different answers over time. Things change, you evolve, the important becomes the unimportant, the unimportant becomes the important, nothing…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “More valuable than learning how to avoid mistakes is learning how to correct them when they occur, because they will.” Brady Lane   Coaching Point: Lane was speaking about building an airplane from a kit. Learning and getting it right is pretty important when you’re a…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.” Arthur Schopenhauer   Coaching Point: Many people never know their talents and never practice them into strengths. Most highly successful people have developed their talents and use them…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery   Coaching Point: Teaching is good. Lecturing has its…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “. . . If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; . . .” Rudyard Kipling   Coaching Point: Lifted…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I am not absolutely sure of anything.” Richard Feynman   Coaching Point: Richard Feynman was one of the brightest lights in the world of physics research and study. Nanotechnology, quantum…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “I need to put you out of my misery!” Steve Potts   Coaching Point: Sometimes relationships need to end. Sometimes you just need to fire a customer. Or a vendor. Or an employee. Or spouse. Sometimes the misery simply is not worth it. That’s the key…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “It’s hard to get ahead when you’re trying to get even.” John Barnes   Coaching Point: You can put your attention and energy into moving toward the outcomes you want. The question is, what outcomes do you want? If you focus on getting even with someone…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “The unwise man is awake all night, and ponders everything over; when morning comes he is weary in mind, and all is a burden as ever.” Hávamál   Coaching Point: This ancient Nordic/Icelandic poem is excellent advice for living today. To lay awake at night because…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “The essence of freedom is something that is able to overcome its own boundaries. The question is not only to be able to define things, but also to have the boundaries be felt in the proper way – they are defining but not limiting.” Frank Stella…