(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “You never have to admit you don’t have a clue as long as you have an opinion.” Wise and Aldrich (cartoonists)   Coaching Point: Opinions, they’re around us all the time. In a world now frequently reduced to sound bites, short bits, and quick hits we…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Happiness is not the point. Happiness is the pointer.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: Some thought leaders argue against happiness being the purpose of the evolutionary process. They say it’s folly to imagine that the outcome of fourteen billion years of evolution (or six thousand years…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.” Thomas Jefferson   Coaching Point: A part of the core wiring of humans is the desire to be free, to want to experience liberty. The technical term for it is the desire to be self-determining. It’s…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Stephen Hawking   Coaching Point: Have you ever bumped into a piece of information and discovered you didn’t know something you thought you did? If you are open to doing that a…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Today you’re not real unless you’re virtual.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: Seems strange doesn’t it? But do you now ever hear of a person/event/company/charity/etc. without first going online to see what the virtual world has to inform you about it before you take action? In…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “You can’t read the label of the jar that you’re in!” Many sources (including the oft-quoted Anonymous) Coaching Point: Without being able to read the label you don’t know where you are or what to do next. You’re just in the jar. Stuck. Probably oblivious about…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Assume is the enemy of Aware.” Steve Straus   Coaching Point: Assumptions have their usefulness. They can be shortcuts, life simplifiers which can save you from chasing too many details. Plenty of successful people will tell you that their ability to make decisions without having all…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “A human being is a part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   The title of a painting hanging in an art supply store in Chicago… “It’s the ones who have cracked that let the light shine through.” Christie Chew-Wallace, Artist   Coaching Point: Have you ever felt cracked? A little (or a lot!) ‘off?’ The alien in your…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.” Richard Bach   Coaching Point: “But I can’t.” “It probably won’t work.” “I’m not smart/tall/rich/pretty enough.” “I’ll never have that.” You’ve heard others say these expressions. They are arguing for their limitations. Do you see that they…