(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “Without an adversary, prowess shrivels.”. . .“Not what you endure, but how you endure, is important.” Seneca Coaching Point: Prowess; not a word often heard. Prowess is about skill and expertise, a refined level of performance. We can gain prowess through adversity. That may alter our view…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “The future is not a done deal; it exists only as a complete set of probable futures with varying probability densities forming and changing around possible future events.” Thomas Campbell – The Big TOE Coaching Point: So if it’s true that the future is not a done…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “A Master. Whatever he does, he does with the enthusiasm of doing it for the first time. This is the source of his unlimited energy. Every lesson that he teaches (or learns) is a first lesson. Every dance that he dances, he dances for the first time…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “The proof of correctness of any piece of knowledge lies only in the results its application produces. If knowledge cannot be applied, or its application produces no practical results, that knowledge is, by definition, useless and irrelevant. Knowledge is only as significant as its effects.” Thomas Campbell…

(Quotes are capsules of information, reinforcement, or enlightenment.) “It’s hard to grab hold of the things we like if they don’t grab hold of us first.” John Barnes Coaching Point: Grab hold. Very kinesthetic language. Visceral. It’s personal. Yes, when you grab hold of a thing, idea, belief, etc., it is you grabbing hold of…

(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…