(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Leo Tolstoy   Coaching Point: What do you want to change in the world? What do you need to change in you which will then show up as that change out there? Neither…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “When you adopt the viewpoint that there is nothing that exists that is not a part of you, that there is no one who exists who is not part of you, that any judgment you make is self-judgment, that any criticism you level is self-criticism, you…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “You don’t hoist your sails to move the boat, but to put yourself within reach of the wind.” Mike Dooley   Coaching Point: Instead of thinking you need to do the work to ‘make’ some outcome happen, position yourself in the Flow and let the Flow…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice, that is, until we have stopped saying, ‘It got lost,’ and say, ‘I lost it.’” Sydney J. Harris   Coaching Point: This is the…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” Abraham Lincoln   Coaching Point: Do you enjoy your reputation? Is it a clear expression of your character?   Copyright 2010 Steve…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Will Power is a character defect!” Thomas Leonard   Coaching Point: That may sound harsh at first, but think about the energy surrounding and permeating will power. It is a pushing energy. Many people have taught that you need to use will power to make outcomes…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.” Marcel Proust   Coaching Point: It’s dangerous, or at least unwise, to trust your memory, for your memory is constantly, in ways small and large, being re-written. Just about everybody has had…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “I’m a firm believer that everything really is perfect. But, damn, the disguises can be so clever at times!” Jim Moore – Consultant to local and municipal governments   Coaching Point: What if, instead of looking at some of your problems as being problems, you looked…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “A mile of highway can take you a mile. A mile of runway can take you anywhere” “Llano Larry” of the Llano, Texas airport (As quoted in Flying Magazine)   Coaching Point: This quote is obviously about more than highways and runways; more than the difference…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement or enlightenment.)   “If you look at the past with one eye and at the future with the other eye, you end up cross-eyed.” Mark McLemore – Former big-league baseball player   Coaching Point: McLemore is talking about the baseball cliche “Play’m one game at a time.” Professional sports…