(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…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Meditation – don’t give it much thought.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: Of course, meditation is not about thinking. Meditation and thinking are two very different activities. In fact, meditation is not an activity! It’s an intentional state of being. Meditation transcends thinking. For some –…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “The ultimate freedom is the right to choose your attitude toward life.” Victor Frankl   Coaching Point: What are you choosing? Seriously, what are you choosing to think about? I get caught up in ‘stuff’ from time to time and find myself thinking about things which…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “What you have in the end is what you did on the journey.” Wayne “Butch” Gilliam – of The West Texas Investors Club   Coaching Point: Well that sure takes the pressure off. Or does it?   Copyright 2016 Steve Straus. All rights reserved…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “All things are difficult before they are easy.” Thomas Fuller   Coaching Point: It’s called the process of life. Start something, it’s difficult, then it becomes easy. The choice we have is whether we focus on the difficult part or on knowing it will become easy…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “All permanent change is internal.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: When you want to affect a change in your life it’s useful to have some supporting processes and systems in place to assist you in the change. Such as goals, reminders, scales, timers, meetings, etc. These…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Constructive Doubt is to doubt the values valued by unhappy people.” Vernon Howard   Coaching Point: All of us demonstrate our values, consciously or not. Happy people value certain things which tend to be different from what unhappy people value. While we don’t normally think of…